Jeon In-ji's Fierce Battle "3 Strokes Reduced, Tied for 8th"... Ernst Leads by 1 Stroke

Drive On Championship Day 3: Cupcho 2nd, Korda Sisters and Park Hee-young Tied 11th, Lee Jeong-eun 6 Tied 18th

Jeon In-ji shot 3 under par on the third day of the Drive On Championship, rising to a tie for 8th place.

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ‘Dumbo’ Jeon In-ji (27, KB Financial Group) is fighting alone.

On the 7th (Korean time), at the Golden Ocala Golf Club (par 72, 6,852 yards) in Ocala, Florida, USA, on the third day of the 3rd round of the 2021 LPGA Tour Drive On Championship (total prize money $1.5 million), she shot 3 under par to rise to a tie for 8th place (4 under par, 212 strokes). Austin Ernst dominated the top of the leaderboard for three consecutive days (13 under par, 203 strokes), and Jennifer Kupcho (both from the USA) is chasing in 2nd place, one stroke behind (12 under par, 204 strokes).

Jeon In-ji started from a tie for 24th place, 9 strokes behind, and recorded 4 birdies and 1 bogey. She maintained par for the first 7 holes, made her first birdie on the 8th hole (par 4), but made a bogey on the 12th hole (par 5), struggling to reduce her score. However, she showed fierce finishing power by shooting 3 under par in the last 4 holes, including birdies on the 15th hole and consecutive birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. Although she was 9 strokes behind the leader, she increased her chances of entering the ‘top 10’ for the third consecutive tournament.

Ernst shot 3 under par and seized the opportunity for her third career win since the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in August last year. Carlota Ciganda (Spain) is tied for 6th place (5 under par, 211 strokes), and American sisters Jessica and Nelly Korda are tied for 11th place (3 under par, 213 strokes). For Korea, Park Hee-young (34, Isu Group) is tied for 11th place, Lee Jeong-eun 6 (25, Daebang Construction) is tied for 18th place (2 under par, 214 strokes), Kim Se-young (28, Mirae Asset) is tied for 24th place (1 under par, 215 strokes), and Park Sung-hyun (28) is tied for 43rd place (1 over par, 217 strokes).