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Post by HappyFan on Jun 21, 2020 9:20:07 GMT
Round 4 Congratulations to So Yeon Ryu for at last winning the Korea Women's Open!!! She didn't make a lot of birdies, but she hung tough and managed to recover nicely from her mistakes. The shot of the week for her was probably the final bunker shot. When Hyo Joo went into the bunker, it looked like Ryu had it, then she put her own iron into the bunker. But she got it out of the sand to a foot and that was that. Ji Hyun struggled on the front nine, but on the back she started playing well. Got to 10 under, then her approach on the 13th went into the hazard and she was never able to recover. Still managed a 4th. She is going to win soon. Jin Young apparently has an ankle injury, but still notched a top ten, as did Six and Sei Young. Ayean Cho ran up to 7 under, then fell back, but still had a top ten herself. Great job again by So Yeon Ryu. HWAITING!!! 1 So Yeon Ryu -12 66 67 71 72 276 2 Hyo Joo Kim -11 70 69 68 70 277 3 Hye Jin Choi -9 69 69 71 70 279 4 Ji Hyun Oh -8 68 66 71 75 280 - Sei Young Kim -8 68 69 73 70 280 6 Jin Young Ko -6 65 72 73 72 282 7 Hae Rym Kim -5 70 67 73 73 283 - Ayean Cho -5 70 73 69 71 283 9 Ji Young Park -4 69 71 72 72 284 - Han Sol Ji -4 70 71 72 71 284 - Jeongeun Lee6 -4 71 69 73 71 284 - Min Ji Park -4 73 71 72 68 284 - Hae Ran Ryu (R) -4 73 69 70 72 284 Notables: 14 Min Young Lee -2 66 75 71 74 286 - Eun Soo Jang -2 69 74 73 70 286 - Seon Woo Bae -2 70 72 74 70 286 20 Hee Jeong Lim -1 68 72 72 75 287 29 Song Yi Ahn Even 70 69 75 74 288 - Eun Hee Ji Even 71 72 73 72 288 33 So Young Lee +1 69 74 73 73 289 - Hyun Kyung Park +1 72 71 71 75 289 - Bo Mee Lee +1 73 72 70 74 289 37 Ga Young Lee +2 70 74 74 72 290 43 So Mi Lee +3 71 73 73 74 291 - Gyeol Park +3 73 71 75 72 291 47 Da Yeon Lee +4 73 70 76 73 292 50 Cecilia Cho +5 74 72 75 72 293 55 Yealimi Noh +6 72 74 69 79 294 - Ji Hyun Kim +6 72 71 73 78 294 72 Min Sun Kim +13 72 72 82 75 301 75 A Lim Kim +15 74 72 84 73 303 So Yeon Ryu Celebrate Trophy Ji Hyun Oh Final Group Jin Young Ko Hyo Joo Kim Hye Jin Choi Sei Young Kim Lee6 Gyeol Park Ayean Cho Ga Young Lee Chae Yoon Park Min Young Lee Eun Soo Jang Yeon Jung Seo Hae Ran Ryu Se Lin Hyun Hyun Kyung Park Eun Hee Ji Seon Woo Bae Han Sol Ji Ji Won Shin Ji Young Kim Hee Jeong Lim 9th grade amateur Shin Shil Bang Jin Seon Han Je Young Lee Yul Lin Hwang
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 21, 2020 9:57:23 GMT
Just read on the Korean internet that So Yeon is donating her entire first prize money to a Covid-19 charity. That's 250 million won or around $225,000.
Once again, the classiest golfer in the world.
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 21, 2020 10:00:34 GMT
Fun fact: this is So Yeon's fifth national title. She has previously won the national championships of the US, Canada, Japan and China.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jun 21, 2020 15:28:21 GMT
KIA Moter FR Highlight
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Post by verdantgarden on Jun 21, 2020 16:24:46 GMT
Right on! Couldn't happen to a better person. That sand save on the last hole to clinch the victory was sweet. Conditions must have been much tougher on the weekend as SoYeon still won in spite of shooting only -1 over the last two rounds after shooting -11 after the first two.
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Post by legitimategolf on Jun 21, 2020 16:34:09 GMT
I hope this gang of moonlighters runs the table if/when the LPGA reopens. There's no denying they are in midseason form, while much of the LPGA is still stuck at home baking bread and riding Peloton bikes and what not.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jun 21, 2020 17:19:36 GMT
So Yeon has always donated her time and money to different Charities. One of the many things I like about her.
So Yeon doesn't appear to have her shades on when she dropped her club on number ten. I wonder if she forgot to put them on, after the three putt on nine.
After giving a stroke back on number nine with the three putt. The par she made on number ten was huge. The nine straight pars, on the tough back nine was great. Because the pursuers had to make birdies and no bogeys to catch her. The par save on eighteen and win, erased my memory of 2008.
A big congratulation to her for the great win.
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Post by jumpcut on Jun 21, 2020 17:34:05 GMT
Fantastic tournament but, now that the novelty of the English language broadcast has worn off a bit, I'll say SBS could do better in the announcing department. They changed the color guy halfway through the week, but the new guy barely spoke above a murmur and acted like he'd rather be anywhere else. He seemed surprised to learn from Mike Kim that the Rolex Rankings were frozen. I'll be generous and assume the first color man got sick and this guy was unwillingly drafted as a last-minute replacement.
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 21, 2020 17:39:50 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jun 21, 2020 17:53:16 GMT
Final round live stream.
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Post by legitimategolf on Jun 21, 2020 18:42:57 GMT
Fantastic tournament but, now that the novelty of the English language broadcast has worn off a bit, I'll say SBS could do better in the announcing department. They changed the color guy halfway through the week, but the new guy barely spoke above a murmur and acted like he'd rather be anywhere else. He seemed surprised to learn from Mike Kim that the Rolex Rankings were frozen. I'll be generous and assume the first color man got sick and this guy was unwillingly drafted as a last-minute replacement. Furthermore... So Yeon "Roo"?? Actually I'm just checking out the replay. Was the English broadcast live? I couldn't find it anywhere and used trusty old illicit stream.
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Post by jumpcut on Jun 21, 2020 19:11:28 GMT
Fantastic tournament but, now that the novelty of the English language broadcast has worn off a bit, I'll say SBS could do better in the announcing department. They changed the color guy halfway through the week, but the new guy barely spoke above a murmur and acted like he'd rather be anywhere else. He seemed surprised to learn from Mike Kim that the Rolex Rankings were frozen. I'll be generous and assume the first color man got sick and this guy was unwillingly drafted as a last-minute replacement. Furthermore... So Yeon "Roo"?? Actually I'm just checking out the replay. Was the English broadcast live? I couldn't find it anywhere and used trusty old illicit stream. Just add SBS Golf to your YouTube subscriptions and you're all set. Actually, I give the play-by-play guy a pass on ROO. He's Korean so he obviously knows the correct pronunciation. He's probably unaware that So Yeon uses the Korean pronunciation in the US...and instead the guy is using the pronunciation that MLB pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu requested American fans call him: REEYOO, or just ROO. Someone should set the guy straight though.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jun 21, 2020 21:39:54 GMT
After winning the Korea Women’s Open Sunday in Incheon, South Korea, So Yeon Ryu donated her earnings to the coronavirus relief effort.
Provided by Golfweek
Ryu, a two-time major champion, shot an even-par 72 Sunday at the Bear’s Best CheongNa Golf Club to win the tournament by one shot at 12-under 276. The tournament was Ryu’s first in four months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In her first Korea LPGA Tour win since 2015, Ryu earned more than $200,000 for her win.
Ryu, ranked No. 18 on the Rolex Ranking, won by defeating Sei Young Kim, who led by one stroke at the turn, but carded three bogeys on the back nine. Kim finished T-4 after a final-round 70. Hyo Joo Kim finished second, one shot behind Ryu, at 11 under after shooting a 70.
Jin Young Ko, currently the No. 1 player in women’s golf, shot 72 to finish sixth.
If Golfweek is going to pick up something off the wire, get it right. Sei Young Kim did not lead after the turn, her closest was within three strokes
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jun 21, 2020 21:59:43 GMT
Ryu wins on return and donates $206,000 purse to virus charity AFP 7 hrs ago
Former world number one Ryu So-Yeon hung on for a one-shot victory on the Korean tour on Sunday and then donated her entire purse of over $200,000 to coronavirus charities. Ryu So-Yeon also donated money to victims of the bushfires after tournaments in Australia in February.
Ryu, who makes a habit of donating her winnings to charity. Shot a par 72 in the final round of the Korean Open to hold off Kim Hyo-Joo, and then announced she was giving away her 250 million won ($206,270) winnings.
"I thought of donating since last night," 29-year-old Ryu said, according to local media.
"Before the awards ceremony, I called my mom. I told her that I'm going to make the announcement so don't get too surprised. She was just as happy as I was.
"Since this tournament has a lot of meaning to me and I thought that I may be able to play better if I had a positive goal, I came up with it last night."
Ryu, a two-time major winner, had not played since February 16 when she finished tied for 34th in the Australian Open, the last event before the LPGA Tour was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.
"All the competitions KLPGA golfers are currently playing are like a bonus for us," the Korean LPGA quoted her as saying in an Instagram post.
"We only have to come and hit the ball, but a lot of people are continuing to struggle. This donation is going towards funding COVID-19 recovery."
Ryu has donated prize money to good causes before.
After her last victory in the United States, at the Meijer Classic in 2018, she gave $100,000, one third of her first-place cheque, to a food programme run by the tournament's title sponsor, a supermarket chain.
Earlier this year, she donated half the money she made at the Vic Open to help those who suffered as a result of the Australian bushfires. She finished second and the gift was more than $45,000.
On Sunday, the LPGA, which plans to resume in Ohio at the end of July, tweeted its congratulations to Ryu.
On Instagram, Ryu thanked, among others, her caddy, a local university student. Caddies normally can expect a percentage of a golfer's tournament winnings.
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Post by 18majors on Jun 21, 2020 23:08:17 GMT
Yealimi Noh got fried, but she smiled to the end.
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