Dow Championship Kim, Top 5 in 5 years
Kim In-kyung (36) and Kang Hye-ji (34) tied for third place in the LPGA Tour's two-person team tournament.
The two players, who formed a team called 'Iced Koreano', recorded a final total of 19-under 261 strokes at the 2024 Dow Championship, which ended on the 1st at Midland Country Club (par 70) in Michigan, USA. The team of Attaya Thitikun (Thailand) and Yin Luoning (China) took first place with a score of 22-under 258 strokes. The team of Kim
In-kyung and Kang Hye-ji started the fourth round of the tournament in a tie for second place, one stroke behind the team of Allie Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho (both from the US). The two players reduced their score by five strokes with five birdies, but the team of Thitikun and Yin Luoning, who had been tied for second place until the previous day, reduced their score by eight strokes and had to give up the win. The Ewing-Kupcho pair finished the tournament in second place (21-under 259). 슬롯사이트
Kim In-kyung, who has seven wins on the LPGA Tour, entered the top five for the first time in about five years and three months since tying for fourth at the ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship) in April 2019. Kim In-kyung said, “Just being able to compete with Hye-ji was a completely different and new great experience, so I think I will remember it for a long time,” and added, “I definitely want to participate again with her.”
Kang Hye-ji, who tied for fourth place with Tiffany Chan (Hong Kong) in the 2022 competition, made the top five in the same competition two years later. Kang Hye-ji said, “I was able to stay calm because In-kyung was calm even in difficult situations,” and added, “If In-kyung wants, I want to participate in this competition with her again.”
This tournament, the only team competition on the LPGA Tour, is played in a 'foursome' format in the first and third rounds, where two players alternate hitting one ball, and in the second and fourth rounds, the 'fourball' format in which two players play separately and the better record on each hole is considered the team score. 파칭코 게임