Round 4
Congrats to Jae Hee Kim, getting her first career win on her 23rd birthday. Nice job! It's especially sweet given the near miss she had at the S-OIL last year. For those who don't remember, she had led at that event pretty much all week, but Yu Ji Sung had a hole out from the fairway and took a one shot lead into the final round. On Sunday, Sung fell apart while Kim cruised to a lead and a seeming victory. Then the rains came and didn't stop, and they ended up canceling the fourth round and giving the win to Sung. That was a bummer, but today Kim got to taste the win at last!
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It was a very close and exciting battle most of the day. Kim and Soomin Oh were at times tied, with Bang usually just one shot back. Bang and Oh were bombing their drives, while Kim hit one shot after another with perfect rhythm and patience. She really was amazingly composed, leading me to reassess just how good she is/might become. Anyways, the big moment for Oh came on the 17th hole, when she hit a poor drive and couldn't get it up and down. Bang was one back when they reached the par 5 18th, but she could not get it up and down from the fringe and Kim had the win.
The fifteen year old Soomin Oh really announced herself this week. The commentator said she had one hole this week where she flew the ball 275 yards (!!). She has a lot of work to do to sharpen her game, but she's off to a flying start.
Min Byeol had a nice 68 to move up the leaderboard to t-27th. Yewon never got going really all week, finishing t-38th. Youmin had a fantastic second round, but on Sunday struggled and fell out of the top ten. Min Ji Park shot the day's best round, a 65, moving to t-12th.
Hwaiting!!
Scores:
1 Jae Hee Kim -17 66(2) 68(12) 71(19) 66(3) 271 192,378,780
2 Shin Sil Bang -16 65(1) 70(34) 70(11) 67(6) 272 117,564,810
3 Soomin Oh (A) -15 68(8) 68(12) 66(1) 71(31) 273 0
T4 Ye Sung Jun -13 69(12) 67(7) 72(27) 67(6) 275 60,563,687
- Seung Hui Roh -13 69(12) 69(23) 68(3) 69(15) 275 60,563,687
- Patty Tavatanakit -13 67(3) 69(23) 70(11) 69(15) 275 60,563,687
7 Ka Bin Choi -12 71(34) 68(12) 69(7) 68(11) 276 37,406,985
T8 Javaree Boonchant -11 72(46) 69(23) 70(11) 66(3) 277 24,047,348
- Hyun Kyung Park -11 70(20) 68(12) 70(11) 69(15) 277 24,047,348
- Yun Ji Jeong -11 70(20) 69(23) 67(2) 71(31) 277 24,047,348
- Ji U Ko -11 69(12) 69(23) 69(7) 70(21) 277 24,047,348
Notables:
T12 Min Ji Park -10 72(46) 69(23) 72(27) 65(1) 278 13,439,795
- Youmin Hwang -10 73(61) 63(1) 70(11) 72(45) 278 13,439,795
T16 Ji Young Park -9 70(20) 69(23) 73(37) 67(6) 279 11,649,604
T19 Carrie Park -8 72(46) 70(34) 68(3) 70(21) 280 10,687,710
- Se Lin Hyun -8 70(20) 66(2) 71(19) 73(52) 280 10,687,710
T27 Ju Young Park -5 68(8) 70(34) 74(48) 71(31) 283 8,870,799
- Song Yi Ahn -5 69(12) 71(46) 74(48) 69(15) 283 8,870,799
- Min Byeol Kim -5 75(87) 66(2) 74(48) 68(11) 283 8,870,799
- Hee Jeong Lim -5 75(87) 67(7) 72(27) 69(15) 283 8,870,799
T38 Yewon Lee -3 74(77) 68(12) 72(27) 71(31) 285 7,855,467
- Hyo Song Lee (A) -3 72(46) 72(52) 71(19) 70(21) 285 0
- Ayean Cho -3 73(61) 67(7) 69(7) 76(63) 285 7,855,467
T47 Ga Young Lee -1 70(20) 69(23) 76(60) 72(45) 287 7,160,766
T54 Hyo Ju You +1 71(34) 74(75) 71(19) 73(52) 289 6,305,749
T60 Eun Soo Jang +2 71(34) 73(62) 72(27) 74(57) 290 5,985,118
63 Ga Eun Song +5 71(34) 74(75) 76(60) 72(45) 293 5,771,363