Jang Yu-bin, the power of the 'powerful' that shone in the crisis, V 'KPGA Tour's three wins in total'
Oct 13, 2024
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Jang Yoo-bin (22) won the KPGA (Korea Professional Golf) Tour Baeksong Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open (total prize money of 1 billion won and winning prize money of 200 million won). Jang Yoo-bin won the final round of the competition held at Asiad CC Pine and Lake Course (par 71, 7104 yards) in Busan on the 13th, beating Jang Hee-min, who was born in 2002, after an extended battle.
This is Jang Yoo-bin, who received great attention ahead of this tournament. He ranked first in Genesis points for the previous six consecutive competitions and second in the category with 800 million won in cumulative prize money. Depending on the results of this competition, you can look at the multi-crowd king. Attention was also being paid to whether he would be able to resolve his regretful loss of victory at the Hyundai Marine Choi Kyung-ju Invitational.
Jang Yoo-min has maintained his lead position until the third round. In the final round, he continued his strides with four birdies in the first half alone.
The first crisis came at Hole 11 (par 4). The tee shot, which flew 309.2 yards (about 282.7 meters), headed to the right penalty area. Jang Yoo-bin, who was punished for not finding the original ball, tried his third shot, but this time, the ball headed to the right penalty area next to the green. Jang Yoo-bin, who narrowly escaped the crisis due to a ball caught at the end of the rough hill, targeted the green with a chip shot, but fell to the 8.2m point of the hole cup. As soon as everyone predicted a fall, Jang Yu-bin managed to maintain his lead by losing only one shot while making a long putt.
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`I really wanted to win wire-to-wire, but it's like my dream,' Jang said. As for the situation on the 11th hole, I thought that the shot hit after the penalty shot turned to the right, but I found the ball and thought that luck was following me"I looked back. In the meantime, "I will play without regret in the rest of the season and try to show better performances. Please keep an eye on us."
With this victory, Jang Yu-bin became the first player to surpass 1 billion won in prize money in a season on the KPGA Tour. In addition, it secured 1,000 Genesis points, solidifying its lead with 6,978 points.68 points. In addition, he will be named the second wire-to-wire winner of the season following Kim Min-kyu's second KPGA Tour victory (2 wins) and Go Won-taek's second wire-to-wire winner of the season.
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