Seong Yu-jin maintained the lead for two consecutive days at the LPGA Tour Lotte Championship (total prize money of $2 million)토스카지노.
On the 15th (Korean time), on the 3rd day of the tournament held at Hoakalay Country Club (par 72, 6,303 yards) in Eva Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Eugene Sung hit 1 under par 71 with 2 birdies and 1 bogey.
Seong Yu-jin, who recorded a total of 9 under par and 207 strokes for three days, became the sole leader by one stroke from a tie for first place the previous day.
Seong Yu-jin is a player who won the Lotte Open of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour last year and participated in this tournament.
If Seong Yu-jin wins, the LPGA Tour non-member champion will emerge for the first time in eight months since Maya Stark (Sweden) at the ISPS Handa World Invitational last August.
A recent example of a Korean player’s non-member win on the LPGA Tour is Kim A-lim at the December 2020 US Women’s Open.
Grace Kim (Australia), Georgia Hall (England), and Linea Strom (Sweden) are tied for second place with an 8-under par of 208, one stroke away.
Korean player Christina Kim (USA) tied for 5th place with Hataoka Nasa (Japan) with a 7 under par 209 strokes.
Christina Kim, who has 3 wins on the LPGA Tour, is aiming for the ‘Top 10’ tour competition in 2 years and 6 months after a tie for 10th in the Shoprite Classic in October 2020.
Choi Hye-jin and Hwang Yoo-min, sponsored by Lotte, finished the third round with a 3-under-par 213 strokes and a tie for 18th place.
Kim Hyo-joo, who won the tournament last year, tied for 47th with a 1-over par of 217.