Park Hyun-kyung, who was lucky enough to be born twice, said, “I thought ‘I’m screwed’ for 2 seconds, but”
Park Hyun-kyung, who was lucky enough to be born twice, said, “I thought ‘I’m screwed’ for 2 seconds, but”
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"After hearing the sound of the tree being hit, I thought, 'Oh, I'm screwed' for two seconds."
Park Hyun-kyung, who won the McCall-Mona Yongpyong Open on the final day of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour held
at the Birch Hill Golf Club (par 72) in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do on the 30th after an extension, was lucky enough to have her tee shots heading
into the forest hit the trees twice and land on the fairway.
Park Hyun-kyung hit her tee shots to the right repeatedly in the first extension on the same hole as the 18th hole (par 5) in the third round. Both
times, the ball hit a tree and came in to a place where there was no problem with the next shot.
In the overtime, this luck led to a 5m birdie opportunity, and Park Hyun-kyung, who made a birdie putt, became the main character of the record by
winning the overtime for two consecutive weeks and her third win of the season.
Park Hyun-kyung said, "Originally, for the 18th hole, you have to hit the tee shot to the right side of the fairway. But strangely, today I wanted to hit it
straight to the right." "But the first time, I hit it open, and the second time, the wind suddenly blew strong and I hit the ball to the right." I looked back
and said, “I was pushed back.”
“I was lucky both times,” said Park Hyun-kyung, laughing. “At first, I heard the sound of hitting a tree and thought, ‘Oh, I’m screwed,’ but two seconds
later I saw the ball.”
Park Hyun-kyung, who won the BC Card/Hankyeong Ladies Cup on the 23rd in a whopping 4th over, was happy and said, "I could never have
imagined winning two weeks in a row. It was something I only dreamed of. I received a miraculous gift."
He smiled brightly, saying, "After winning 3 times in the first half of the year, I remembered the time when I was only runner-up 9 times. Back then, it
was difficult to win like that, but I won despite playing comfortably and enjoying the game."
“I feel like my efforts were not in vain,” said Park Hyun-kyung. “During the winter training camp, I trained with weights every day for six weeks to
increase my strength, and it was rewarding to increase my driving distance by about 10 yards.”
Park Hyun-kyung, who is tied for the most wins and first place in prize money and grand prize points, explained that the driving distance behind this
year's stellar performance was the increase in distance, saying, "Thanks to the increased distance, my green hit rate increased and my (birdie)
opportunities increased as I grabbed a shorter club."
Park Hyun-kyung, who was the player with the best putting skills on the KLPGA Tour until last year, said, "I think it's an optical illusion that I miss a
lot of birdie opportunities because my green hit rate has increased, so I make more mistakes this year."
He added, “Now, I do that even if I miss a putt,” adding, “The damage 안전한카지노 from a missed putt has been reduced.”
Park Hyun-kyung, who was anxious about a 3-putt bogey at the 3rd hole (par 5) in the 3rd round on this day, said, "I made a bogey at the beginning
because the short putt did not go in, but I thought it was a good thing," and "I also made a green in two attempts at the par 5 10th hole." “Even though
I put the ball up, I made a 3-putt for par, which influenced the flow,” he said.
Park Hyun-kyung, who fell behind Choi Ye-rim by one stroke after continuing her par streak from the 10th to the 15th hole, said, "I looked at the
leaderboard in the middle. I wasn't nervous or impatient at all. I believed that my chance would come soon because there was only a one-stroke
difference."
Park Hyun-kyung, who became a joint leader with a birdie from a distance of one hand on the 16th hole, was dragged into an extension after missing a
3m birdie putt on the 18th hole, but confirmed her victory by sinking a 5m birdie putt in the extension.
Park Hyun-kyung said, "I wasn't confident in the birdie putt on the 18th hole in the third round because it was a downhill slice line. However, I was
confident in the birdie putt in the extension from the moment I marked it. It was the distance I've made the most of this year and my favorite. If you
agree with your dad (who is my caddie), you have a very high chance of making it in, and this time, our opinions were exactly the same. That's why I
was confident in the putt."
Park Hyun-kyung, who recorded a winning percentage of 4 wins and 1 loss in overtime with this win, said, "I didn't think I was strong in overtime, but
after winning the overtime at the last tournament, I felt that I had grown a lot mentally and technically." She added, "This is the first time in the
KLPGA Tour that I have won overtime for two consecutive weeks, so I think it will be helpful if I can bring back good memories for the next overtime."
He explained the reason why he was strong in overtime, saying, "When we go into overtime, I tend to take it easy with the thought that it's 50-50
whether I win or lose. I even enjoy that moment."
Park Hyun-kyung laughed and said, “It would be better to hit the last hole with a 5-shot lead than to win in overtime, but it doesn’t work out the way I
wanted.”
Park Hyun-kyung, who won two wins in 2020 and was one of the three joint winners of the most wins, but has never won a notable individual title,
repeatedly expressed her desire for the grand prize, saying, "I really want to win the grand prize rather than the prize money king."
Park Hyun-kyung, whose season prize money exceeded 880 million won and her total prize money surpassed 3.9 billion won, said, "My goal was to
achieve 10 wins before I retire, and to surpass 1 billion won in prize money this year and 4 billion won in total prize money, but I think I need to adjust
that a little upward."