Jang Yoo-bin has won the first two consecutive KPGA Tour Gunsan CC Open.
Jang Yoo-bin recorded a 1-under 71 with one eagle, four birdies, three bogeys and one double bogey in the final round of the tournament held at the Gunsan CC Tournament Course (par 72, 7460 yards) on the 14th. Jang Yoo-bin, who became a 16-under 272 overall, beat Jeong Han-mill by two strokes to win the championship. Jang Yoo-bin is the first defending champion to win the Gunsan CC Open, which marks its 15th anniversary this year.
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Jang Yoo-bin started the final round with a three-shot lead. However, the first half of the move fluctuated like a wave. He got off to a good start with a birdie on the first hole (par 4), but his second shot at 232.6m on the second hole (par 5) went to the penalty area, and he finished with a double bogey as he missed the bogey putt he tried with 1.44m left in the hole cup. In the third hole (par 4), a 4.7m par putt missed, and the number of pars accumulated in an instant. Jang Yoo-bin seemed to take a breather with a birdie on the 4th hole (par 4), but he seemed to be moving away from the championship as he only watched in the 6th hole (par 4) and the 7th hole (par 4), respectively.
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A rebound was created at the last minute of the first half. Jang Yoo-bin, who started with a 308m tee shot on the par-5 ninth hole, hit 210m with his second shot from the rough, and calmly succeeded in an eagle putt by attaching the ball to 32cm next to the hole cup.
In the midst of Jang Yoo-bin's turmoil, the competitors seemed to take the opportunity, but Gunsan CC did not easily allow the opportunity to win. In the middle of the second half, Jeong Han-mil came up, forming a second-round structure with Jang Yu-bin.
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It was Jang Yu-bin who laughed at the end. Jeong Han-mil, who was shoulder-to-shoulder with a total of 15 under par on the 16th hole, missed a 3.2m par putt on the 17th hole (par 3), making a bogey. On the other hand, Jang Yoo-bin saved one more shot with a birdie on the 16th hole (par 5), while keeping the number of strokes in the rest of the hole, eventually keeping the top of the leaderboard.
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The competition was held in a prize-winning charity method that adds tickets, food and souvenirs to the basic total prize money of 700 million won, drawing attention to the size of the winning prize. As the final prize money was confirmed at 979.29 million won as of the end of the third round, Jang Yu-bin took 195.85 million won as the winning prize.
