The South Korean golfer finished Jenny Shen A wait that lasted 10 years without titles, after achieving a remarkable victory in a championship ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish OpenShe was ahead by two strokes at the end of the competition on the field Dundonald Links.
Sheen entered the tournament after failing to pass the qualifiers in her last three appearances, but she excelled in Scotland, which she considers her favorite stop on the tour, to win her first title since 2016.
Sheen said after the coronation: “My first victory, I did not feel at the time that it was a deserved victory. It seemed as if it happened by chance, but this victory is completely different. I feel that I deserved it. I worked hard for it.”
The final round witnessed many fluctuations, as Shane expanded her lead from five strokes to eight, before the difference was reduced to two strokes after three over-par strokes on holes 6, 7 and 8, but she regained her balance with an important save on the ninth hole, then achieved two birdies on holes 10 and 12.
Despite going off the course on the last hole, Shin maintained her calm and finished the competition with a score 9 strokes under parShe becomes the first player in 30 years to separate her two victories on the tour by 10 years, since Vicky Vergon achieved a similar time difference between her titles in 1984 and 1996.
Shin, 33 years old, moved with her family from South Korea to the United States when she was nine years old, and became the youngest player to win a championship. United States Junior Girls In 2006 at the age of 13 years. She turned professional in 2010, before winning her first Tour title LPGA 2016.
She was of Korean American origin Er Lim Kim In second place solo after a final round of 68 shots, while the Thai woman came in second place Pajari ananarukarn Third, four strokes behind the leader.
As ranked first in the world Nelly Korda She finished the tournament in 16th place after hitting 69 strokes in the last round, considering that the tournament constituted good preparation for the last major tournament of the season next week.
