Hye Youn Kim
On a final day when players at the top were able to shoot low scores, South Korea’s Hye Youn Kim reeled off five birdies against one bogey to shoot a final round 4-under 68, leaving her at 4-under overall for the tournament, good enough to claim victory in the opening event of the 2011 KLPGA season. Youn showed she meant business early, birdying the par-4 1st hole and the par-5 4th hole. She dropped a shot at the par-5 8th but immediately birdied the par-5 9th.
Ha Neul Kim
Tying for 2nd place were fan-favorites Ha Neul Kim and So Yeon Ryu. Ryu, the defending champion, gave it a herculean effort in the final round, tying for low round round of the day with Hyun Ji Kim at 6-under 66. However, that left Ryu at 3-under overall, one shot shy of a playoff to keep her hopes of defending her title alive. Ha Neul Kim’s round included four birdies against one bogey, including birdying four out of five holes, the 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th. She ended the day and the tournament at 3-under. First and second round leader Jung Min Lee survived a 75 on day two to maintain a slim one shot lead heading into the final round. She could not survive another poor round, a final round 4-over 76 that dropped her from 1st place all the way to a tie for 12th.
Hye Youn Kim
Hye Youn Kim
Hye Youn Kim
Hye Youn Kim
Hye Youn Kim
Hye Youn Kim
So Yeon Ryu
Char Young Kim
Char Young Kim
| 1 |  |
Kim Hye Youn |  |
-4 |
| T2 | |
Kim Ha Neul | |
-3 |
| T2 | |
Ryu So Yeon | |
-3 |
| T4 |  |
Chen Ming-Yen | |
-2 |
| T4 | |
Kim Hyun Ji | |
-2 |
| T4 | |
Lee Jeong Eun | |
-2 |
| T4 | |
Jang Ha Na | |
-2 |
Hyun Hwa Sim
Ha Na Jang
Ming Yen Chen
Jeong Eun Lee
| T8 | |
Sim Hyun Hwa | |
-1 |
| T8 | |
Kim Bo Kyung | |
-1 |
| T10 | |
Jung Hye Jin | |
0 |
| T10 | |
Kim Char Young | |
0 |
| T12 |  |
Huang Mei Hao | |
+1 |
| T12 | |
Yoon Chae Young | |
+1 |
| T12 | |
Lee Jung Min | |
+1 |
Full results here:
http://www.clpga.org/score/adm/?a=bGFuZz1lbiZ0YWI9dG91cm5hbWVudHMmc3ViPVNjb3JlYm9hcmQ=
One last thing…I have to check with HappyFan from Seoul Sisters.com, but I think Mi Rim Li won a car! I’m not sure about the translation of the site I’m reading but she did have an ace on the 15th hole of the second round. Now they publish a picture of her leaning on a Hyundai (the tournament sponsor) making victory signs. I think she won the car, but I’ll have to double check with HF and his Korean translation skills.
Mi Rim Lee
UPDATE: A Seoul Sister forum member, sfokim, has confirmed that Mi Rim Lee did indeed win the car as a result of her ace on 15 in the second round!
http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48258&mforum=professionalgol#48258
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