'Overseas Player' Choi Hye-jin "Swallows 11th Win on Domestic Stage"

Choi Hye-jin Wins Lotte Open Title After 2 Years and 7 Months
Jung Yoon-ji 2nd Place, Kim Hyo-joo and Lee So-mi Tied for 3rd
Heo Da-bin 7th, Park Joo-young 8th, Sung Yoo-jin 15th

‘Overseas player’ Choi Hye-jin has taken over the domestic stage.

Choi Hye-jin finished the final 4th round of the KLPGA Tour Lotte Open (total prize money 800 million KRW) held on the 4th at Bears Best Cheongna Golf Club in Incheon (par 72, 6,725 yards) with a score of 1 over par but secured a 2-stroke victory (14 under par 274). This marks her 11th KLPGA Tour win (including 2 wins as an amateur) after 2 years and 7 months since winning the SK Telecom·ADT Caps Championship in November 2020, with a winner’s prize of 144 million KRW.

Choi Hye-jin is celebrating with her caddie after making a birdie on the 5th hole of the final 4th round at the Lotte Open.
[Photo by KLPGA]

Choi Hye-jin started with a 3-stroke lead and recorded 3 birdies and 4 bogeys. She smoothly reduced 1 stroke in the front nine but faltered with bogeys on the 11th and 13th holes in the back nine. Fortunately, she managed to par the remaining 5 holes and tasted the joy of victory. Choi Hye-jin won the grand prize for three consecutive years from 2018 to 2020 and debuted on the LPGA Tour last year. She has yet to win on the U.S. stage. This year, she participated in 8 tournaments, with her best results being tied for 13th at the Lotte Championship and the Cognizant Founders Cup.

Jung Yoon-ji scored an even par to take second place (12 under par 276). LPGA members Kim Hyo-joo, Lee So-mi, Lee So-young, and Kim Ji-soo performed well, tying for 3rd place (11 under par 277). Heo Da-bin finished 7th (9 under par 279), while Lim Jin-hee, Park Joo-young, Choi Ye-bon, and Bae So-hyun tied for 8th place (8 under par 280). Defending champion Sung Yoo-jin finished the tournament tied for 15th place (6 under par 282) after shooting 4 under par.