Choi Woon-jeong tied for second place on the first day of the Chevron Championship (total prize money of $5.1 million), the first major event of the LPGA tour season.
In the first round of the tournament held at The Club Carleton Woods (par 72, 6,824 yards) in Woodlands, Texas, USA on the 21st (Korean time), Choi Woon-jung hit a 4 under par 68.
She is tied for second with five others, including world number two Nellie Corda. She is one stroke behind her sole lead, Jen Bei Yun (Taiwan).
Choi Un-jung, who made her LPGA Tour debut in 2009, has yet to reach the two-win mark since winning her first career win at the 2015 Marathon Classic.
On this day, Choi Woon-jung, who started her game on the 10th hole, wrote down her first bogey on her 11th hole (par 4), but drove 3 birdies in the first half and 2 in the second half.
Hyo-joo Kim and Eun-hee Ji tied for ninth with 12 others, including Lee Min-ji (Australia), with 2 under par and 70 strokes.
Kim Hyo-joo hit 5 birdies and 3 bogeys, and Ji Eun-hee recorded 4 birdies and 2 bogies.
World No. 1 Lydia Ko (New Zealand) finished the first day with Choi Hye-jin, Yoo Hae-ran, and Kim A-rim tied for 23rd place at 1 under par.
Ko Jin-young tied for 37th with an even par, and Jeon In-ji, who is aiming for the “Career Grand Slam,” was sluggish with a 6-over par and tied for 122nd.
The major women’s golf tournament consists of a total of five, starting with this tournament and continuing with the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June, the US Women’s Open and Evian Championship in July,토토사이트 and the AIG Women’s Open in August.
The Chevron Championship is a competition held under the name ANA Inspiration until 2021, and the name of the competition was also changed when the title sponsor changed last year.
This year, both the time and location of the event have changed. Until last year, it was held in the first week of April every year at Mission Hills Country Club in California, USA.