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Minjee Lee concedes to Park Sung-hyun in 2019 HSBC championship
The bogey brought Minjee Lee’s momentum to a halt; she previously managed to lead the leaderboard with three birdies in the front nine at the New Tanjong Course in Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club.
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Park Sung-hyun of South Korea poses with the winner's trophy after the final round of the HSBC Women's World Championship at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on March 3, 2019. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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verything seemed to be going well for world number three Minjee Lee in the final round of the 2019 HSBC Women’s World Championship until she missed her putt in the 14th hole, which resulted in her first bogey.
The bogey brought Lee’s momentum to a halt; she previously managed to lead the leaderboard with three birdies in the front nine at the New Tanjong Course in Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club.
But after her 14th hole bogey, she gave up the lead to world number two Park Sung-hyun, who had been trailing the Australian from the start of the tournament.
South Korea’s Park, who previously conceded that she had struggled to maintain her concentration throughout the tournament, began the day with an impressive start by carding five birdies in the front nine.
But concerns over her ability to remain consistent emerged when she closed the front nine with a bogey on the eighth hole.
The 25-year-old previously displayed a similar inconsistent pattern by starting the second round with a rain of bogeys in the back nine and four, then the third round with two bogeys in the back nine.
However, she managed to push through with another four birdies in the back nine on Sunday. Finishing the round with 15-under-par 273, Park became the third South Korean to win the trophy after Park In-bee and Jang Ha-na.
She led by a two-stroke margin from second place holder Lee, who finished the final round with 13-under-par.
Unfortunately, world number one Ariya Jutanugarn has yet to realize her dream of winning her first title in Asia. The Thai golfer, who started Sunday’s round with a lead 11-under-par, struggled to play her best as she closed in T8 with 8-under-par after making two bogeys and two double bogeys.
