Jung Chan-min, a long shot monster, is the top with a wedge this time
Jung Chan-min (23), considered the longest hitter in Korea, won his second championship. This time, he reached the top with Wedge's power, not a driver.
Jung Chan-min tied for the lead with veteran Kang Kyung-nam (40) at 21 under par in the final fourth round of the KPGA Tour Golf Zone Doray Open at Seonsan Golf Club in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on the 5th. After that, he made a birdie on the second hole of overtime to defeat Kang Kyung-nam and reach the top.
Jung Chan-min, a huge man with a height of 1m 88cm and a weight of 120kg, won the Maekyung Open in May by six strokes after showing off his long-distance power. He finished seventh in the very next competition, the Woori Finance Championship. Since then, however, his performance has not been good. The driver didn't go straight because of the shoulder pain. She didn't even make it to the top 10, let alone win.
But at the end of the season, he re-energized. Seonsan Golf Club took out all the OB stakes on the course that it normally had, and the rough was not very long. The conditions were favorable to Jung Chan-min, the longest hitter.
The decisive scene came on the par-3 eighth hole. The tee shot went off the green. It was difficult to make a par save because it was downhill to the pin. Jung Chan-min said, "I was thinking about how to hit it, but I thought it would be better to do what I wanted to do even if I watched it," so I took a flop shot. The ball rose high in the sky, fell about 2 meters in front of the hole, and was sucked into the hole like a lie.
Four consecutive holes of birdies came out while making birdies in this hole. Jung Chan-min also added a birdie in the last hole to enter overtime. So did luck. At the 18th hole (518 meters) of the par-5 18th hole, rival Kang Kyung-nam failed to take advantage of the birdie opportunity.
The second extra time was also played on the same hole. After sending a tee shot straight, Jung put his second shot on the green with a 4-iron. Then, I made a birdie and won the championship.
Meanwhile, Sung Yu-jin won the S-OIL Championship on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, which ended at Jeju Elysian Golf Course on the same day. Sung Yu-jin, who started the game with a combined 12-under-par lead, bogeyed with three putts from the first hole in the final fourth round of the match in bad weather. He lost five strokes in the first half alone and was pushed out of the top 10, but the organizers decided to cancel the final round as the rain accompanied by strong winds intensified. Sung Yu-jin added a championship on the day, recording two wins in the season and three wins in his career. The prize money is 126 million won. Kim Jae-hee tied for second place at 11-under with Lee Ye-won. Lee Ye-won has confirmed the KLPGA Tour's prize money king and grand prize for this season.