Soo-Yun Kang (click to enlarge)
Kangsy! There are few victories I celebrate more than those by Soo-Yun Kang. I was thrilled last year when she won the 2016 Suntory Ladies Open. Now I am doubly pleased to see the 41-year old veteran emerge triumphant from a three woman playoff at the 2017 Resort Trust Ladies. It’s Kangsy’s third career LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) title. She started her round on fire, with 4 birdies on the front nine, but after a bogey on 16 she needed a birdie on 18 to get to 9-under overall for the tournament. That was good enough to get Soo-Yun into a playoff with Saiki Fujita and 25-time JLPGA winner Mi-Jeong Jeon, who had a putt to win on 18 in regulation. A birdie on the first playoff hole earned Kangsy the title. She takes home 14.4 million Japanese yen, around 126,000 USD.
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1 SOO-YUN KANG (-9)
T2 SAIKI FUJITA (-9)
T2 MI-JEONG JEON (-9)
4 PEI-YING TSAI (-7)
LOW AMATEUR
T7 HINA ARAKAKI (-5)
LEADERBOARD
Soo-Yun Kang (click to enlarge)
| RANK | PLAYER | SCORE | 1R | 2R | 3R | TOTAL | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 優勝 | Soo-Yun Kang | -9 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 207 | ¥14,400,000 | |
| 2T | Saiki Fujita | -9 | 69 | 71 | 67 | 207 | ¥6,320,000 | |
| 2T | Mi-Jeong Jeon | -9 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 207 | ¥6,320,000 | |
| 4 | Pei-Ying Tsai | -7 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 209 | ¥4,800,000 | |
| 5T | Na-Ri Lee | -6 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 210 | ¥3,600,000 | |
| 5T | Sun-Ju Ahn | -6 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 210 | ¥3,600,000 | |
| 7T | Saki Takeo | -5 | 69 | 75 | 67 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 7T | Megumi Kido | -5 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 7T | Akane Iijima | -5 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 7T | Eri Okayama | -5 | 66 | 74 | 71 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 7T | Serena Aoki | -5 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 7T | @Hina Arakaki | -5 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 211 | ¥0 | |
| 7T | Ayaka Matsumori | -5 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 7T | Fumika Kawagishi | -5 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 7T | Sumika Nakasone | -5 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 211 | ¥1,788,000 | |
| 16T | Hikari Kawamitsu | -4 | 69 | 74 | 69 | 212 | ¥1,016,000 | |
| 16T | Shoko Sasaki | -4 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 212 | ¥1,016,000 | |
| 16T | Ha-Neul Kim | -4 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 212 | ¥1,016,000 | |
| 16T | Eriko Kobashi | -4 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 212 | ¥1,016,000 | |
| 16T | Keiko Yamamoto | -4 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 212 | ¥1,016,000 | |
| 21T | Yuko Saitoh | -3 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 213 | ¥744,000 | |
| 21T | Jiyai Shin | -3 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 213 | ¥744,000 | |
| 21T | Saki Nagamine | -3 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 213 | ¥744,000 | |
| 21T | Kaori Ohe | -3 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 213 | ¥744,000 | |
| 21T | Asuka Kashiwabara | -3 | 69 | 76 | 68 | 213 | ¥744,000 | |
| 26T | Ayano Yasuda | -2 | 68 | 75 | 71 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | Chie Arimura | -2 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | Mei Takagi | -2 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | Kotone Hori | -2 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | @Sayaka Takahashi | -2 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 214 | ¥0 | |
| 26T | Minami Hiruta | -2 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | Shiho Toyonaga | -2 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | Kyoka Matsumori | -2 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | Junko Omote | -2 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 26T | Kana Nagai | -2 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 214 | ¥632,000 | |
| 36T | Yoko Maeda | -1 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 215 | ¥528,000 | |
| 36T | Erina Hara | -1 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 215 | ¥528,000 | |
| 36T | Mayu Hamada | -1 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 215 | ¥528,000 | |
| 36T | O Sattaya | -1 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 215 | ¥528,000 | |
| 40T | Maaya Suzuki | 0 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 216 | ¥464,000 | |
| 40T | Hiromu Ono | 0 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 216 | ¥464,000 | |
| 40T | Bo-Mee Lee | 0 | 74 | 66 | 76 | 216 | ¥464,000 | |
| 40T | Mao Nozawa | 0 | 68 | 70 | 78 | 216 | ¥464,000 | |
| 44T | Kyoko Furuya | +1 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 217 | ¥408,000 | |
| 44T | Miyu Shinkai | +1 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 217 | ¥408,000 | |
| 44T | @Minori Nagano | +1 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 217 | ¥0 | |
| 44T | Akiko Fukushima | +1 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 217 | ¥408,000 | |
| 44T | @Mone Inami | +1 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 217 | ¥0 | |
| 49T | Rikako Morita | +2 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 218 | ¥354,000 | |
| 49T | Kana Mikashima | +2 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 218 | ¥354,000 | |
| 49T | Mayu Hattori | +2 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 218 | ¥354,000 | |
| 49T | Yumi Takabayashi | +2 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 218 | ¥354,000 | |
| 53 | Satsuki Oshiro | +3 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 219 | ¥328,000 | |
| 54 | Riho Fujisaki | +4 | 73 | 70 | 77 | 220 | ¥320,000 | |
| 55T | Babe Liu | +5 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 221 | ¥304,000 | |
| 55T | Karen Gondo | +5 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 221 | ¥304,000 | |
| 55T | Jae-Eun Chung | +5 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 221 | ¥304,000 |
