3-under-par in Blue Bay LPGA 4th Round, Strong Finish
Second Career Win Since Last Year as a Non-member
Minjee Lee 2nd, Furue 3rd, Kim Arim Tied for 17th
Im Jin-hee tied for 12th place.
On the 9th, at the Asian Swing Blue Bay LPGA (total prize money $2.5 million) 4th round held at the Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course in Hainan Province, China (par 72, 6,712 yards), she shot a 3-under-par 69 to finish tied for 12th place (4-under-par 284). Starting from a tie for 23rd, she recorded 5 birdies and 1 double bogey. After a birdie on the 1st hole, she made a double bogey on the 5th hole (both par 4s), struggling to reduce her score. However, she changed the momentum with a birdie on the 14th hole (par 5) and showed strong finishing power with three consecutive birdies from the 16th to 18th holes. In the previous three tournaments, she finished tied for 4th, tied for 20th, and tied for 4th, respectively.
Takeda Rio (Japan) fired an 8-under-par 64 to secure a commanding 5-stroke victory (17-under-par 271). She is a rookie who debuted this year. This was her second LPGA Tour win in total, coming four months after the Toto Japan Classic last November when she was a non-member. The winner's prize money was $375,000 (approximately 540 million KRW). Minjee Lee finished 2nd (11-under-par 277), and Ayaka Furue (Japan) performed well in 3rd place (10-under-par 278). For Korea, Kim A-rim finished tied for 17th (3-under-par 285), Lee So-mi and Lee Mi-hyang tied for 22nd (2-under-par 286), and Jeon Ji-won ended the tournament tied for 25th (1-under-par 287).
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