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Queen of long shots with added precision, Yuna explodes with a 9 under 63
Yoon Na-na, the slugger who returned for the first time in a year and nine months after being banned for three years for Ogu Play, reduced her shots by 9 strokes a day in her second tournament.
Lee Na-yoon shot a 9-under 63 in the first round of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour Mediheal Hankook Ilbo Championship (total prize money of 1 billion won) at Club 72 Sky Course (par 72, 6648 yards) in Yeongjong-do, Incheon, on the 11th to tie for the lead with Kim Seo-yoon.
Yoon In-na, who finished the competition tied for 34th at the Doosan E&C Weave Championship last week, posted an average driving distance of 250.82 yards on the day, while boasting accuracy of 85.7% (12/14) on the fairway and 94.4% (17/18) on the green with her iron shots. The average putting distance of 18 holes did not exceed 2 meters on the green, and when she hit the green, she garnered nine birdies without bogey, impressing the gallery.
Starting at the 10th hole, Yoon lost four pars in the first half, winning three consecutive birdies in the third and fifth holes in the second half and consecutive birdies in the eighth and ninth holes, beating Bae So-hyun (8-under 64). Kim Seo-yoon 2 then tied for the lead.
In an interview after the game, Yoon said, "I was happy to play on the grass at Club 72 Golf Course after a long time, and it was even better to get good scores." "I was very nervous during the first competition, but since it was the second competition, I was a little less nervous and my putt distance improved a little. I feel like I'm coming back to life," Yoon said. "I was lucky overall, and I liked my short putt," and Yoon made 100 percent of her five putts within 1.8 meters on the day, and overwhelmed her teammates with her putt sense, recording four putts among five putts within 1.9 to 2.7 meters.
Her 9-under 63 is not only her personal best, but she is also tying with the golf course record of Club No. 72, but she failed to be recognized as her official stroke record as she fought a lie she preferred due to worsening circumstances. The problem was that there were too many divas throughout the course.
If you land the ball on the fairway, you can drop and hit the ball within a distance, so the under par score was low in the lead. Kim Seo-yoon 2, who has not won yet in the second year of the regular tour, also made nine birdies without bogey, and Bae So-hyun also reduced his pars by eight with no bogey.
In the afternoon group, Cho Ah-yeon shot an 8-under 64 with nine birdies and one bogey to tie for third with Bae So-hyun, while Madasom finished in fifth place (7-under 65).
Four players, including Hong Ji-won, the winner of last year's Korean Women's Open, and rookie Lim Ji-yu, tied for sixth (6-under 66) and eight others, including Bang Shin-sil and Park Ji-young, tied for 10th (5-under 67). Last week's winner Hwang Yu-min shot only 1-under 71.