The tournament with the먹튀검증 longest history on the Korean Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour is the KLPGA Championship. However, only two players have succeeded in defending the title. From 1980 to 1982, Ok-hee Gu won the championship for three consecutive years, and from 2020 to 2021, Hyun-gyeong Park (23, Korea Land Trust) won two consecutive victories. This is because the course design is very complicated and it is not easy to defend the title.
Kim A-lim (28, Hanwha Q Cells), the “long hit queen” who plays on the LPGA tour, is the first major KLPGA championship of the season, which opens on the 27th at the Lakewood Country Club mountain path and forest course (par 72, 6570 yards) in Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. Participate and challenge for 2 consecutive championships. A-lim Kim won a’surprise victory’ at the US Women’s Open, the most prestigious major tournament in which she participated as an invited player in December 2020. Last year, she won the KLPGA Championship with a come-from-behind drama on her final day, and also regained her KLPGA Tour seed, which expired in 2021. Kim A-lim is a strategy to attack her field with her main weapon, formidable long hitting power, as her shot feel is good enough to tie for 4th place after competing for the championship in the first major Chevron Championship of the LPGA Tour season, which ended on the 24th. Kim A-lim, who won the KLPGA Tour Long Hit King in 2018 (259.17 yards) and 2019 (262.53 yards), after advancing to the US stage, increased her distance by more than 10 yards, placing 5th in 2021 (276.76 yards) and 5th in 2022 (274.74 yard). Kim A-rim expressed her strong will for her second consecutive victory, saying, “Recent shots and short games continue to be solid, so expectations are high.” revealed
Park Min-ji (25, NH Investment & Securities), a star star who skipped the Nexen and Saint Nine Masters last week and took a break to prepare for this tournament, is determined to lay the foundation for winning the five major tournaments. Park Min-ji recorded 6 wins each in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, and last year he accumulated 2 wins in the majors. Park Min-ji, who won the Korea Women’s Open, KB Financial Star Championship, and Hite Jinro Championship, is close to achieving a record if she conquers this tournament. Park Hyun-kyung is aiming for her third title in this tournament, using her experience of defending her title. Even last year, he came in 10th place, so he explodes when he participates in the KLPGA Championship. Park Hyeon-kyung participated in 5 competitions this season and is in good condition enough to finish runner-up twice and 6th place.
As Lee Jeong-eun (27, Daebang Construction), who is active on the LPGA tour, is also participating, fierce competition between the foreign and domestic teams is expected. In particular, Lee Jeong-eun is so compatible that she set the KLPGA Tour record for the smallest stroke in 18 holes with a 12-under-par 60 stroke at the Lakewood Country Club course in 2017.