The second tournament of the 2023 season of the Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour, which opened earlier, the PLK Pacific Rings Korea Championship (total prize money of 700 million won) will be held at the Vietnam Twin Doves Golf Club (par 72) for three days from the 16th. ) opens at

The Hyosung Championship, which was held at the same venue for three years from 2017 to 2019, resumed after three years with a different title sponsor.

It was held as the opening match of the KLPGA tour from 2017 to 2019, but this year it became the second tournament of the season following the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open, which ended on the 11th.

In this tournament, 2022 season prize money king Park Min-ji (24), who is considered the best player on the KLPGA tour, and Kim Su-ji (26), who is the 2022 grand prize winner and 1st in average at bats, do not participate.

In addition, Park Ji-young, who won the opening match at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open, was also omitted.

Park Ji-young, who won the Hyosung Championship in 2018, is more confident than anyone else at Twin Doves Golf Club, but declined to participate in the heat for two weeks in a row to avoid the game.

With the absence of Park Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, and Park Ji-young, Lee So-young (25) and Park Hyun-kyung (22) drew attention as strong candidates for the championship.

The two finished runner-up side by side at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open on the 11th.

The two, who were aiming for a comeback in the final round with a tie for second place, only one stroke behind the winner Park Ji-young, had to settle for second place as the final round was canceled due to bad weather.

As evidenced by the 12th and 13th place in the prize money rankings last season, Lee So-young and Park Hyeon-gyeong, respectively, have the ability to win on the KLPGA Tour anytime.

In terms of average at-bats, which is an indicator of performance, Park Hyun-kyung was 10th and Lee So-young was 13th.

Lee So-young won 5 times in her career, and Park Hyun-kyung won 3 times, including 2 consecutive wins at the KLPGA Championship.

The two are also strong at the Twin Doves Golf Club in Vietnam, where this tournament is held.

Lee So-young also finished runner-up at the Hyosung Championship held at Twin Doves Golf Club in 2018. 메이저놀이터 Even then, the winner was one stroke short of Park Ji-young.

Lee So-young tied for fourth in 2019. She made three appearances and finished in the top 10 twice.

Twin Doves Golf Club is a golf course that Park Hyun-kyung has a good memory in 2018, where she tied for 6th place.

Lee So-young said, “At Twin Doves Golf Club, the iron shot was always good. Instead, it is difficult to play the green, but I think that if you attack the green well, you can achieve good results.” I will do it,” he said eagerly.

Hong Jeong-min (20), who finished 10th in the prize money rankings by reaching the top of the Doosan Match Play Championship last year, also expressed his regret about finishing runner-up by one stroke in Singapore a week ago.

Lim Hee-jung (22), who won the Korean Women’s Open last year and finished 5th in the prize money rankings, also competes for her first win of the season early.

Kim Min-byeol (18), who predicted the birth of a “super rookie” by passing the top spot in the seed match, goes to his debut match. She has a full-fledged Rookie of the Year competition with Hwang Yoo-min (19), who was considered the strongest during her amateur days.

Ahn So-hyun (27), who regained her KLPGA tour seed after three years, will also hold her first tournament of the season here.

Ko Ji-woo (20), a 2nd year student, and Ko Ji-won (18), a rookie this year, will have a sibling match.