The final round of the women's golf domestic tour, this year's first match, was held in Okinawa Prefecture, and one of the "golden generations" who came out of 3rd place, Sakura Koboshi, increased the score by 4 and won a total of 14 under. I won the tour for the third time in total.
The first round of the women's golf domestic tour held in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, was held in bad weather with rain.
Kogure, who came out of 3rd place with a total of 10 under, is one of the same "golden generation" born in 1998 as Hinako Shibuno, and when he surpassed the first half with an even par, the second half improved his score with his own shots. It was.
He took the 4th birdie on the 14th par 4 and took the lead with a total of 13 unders alongside Haruka Morita of the same final group, and faced the final 18th.
In the 18th par 5, Morita, who couldn't improve his score in the par, closed with a birdie, and with a total of 14 under, he won his third tour victory.
Morita, who has a total of 13 unders, is in second place with a one-stroke difference, and Hikari Tanabe, who has increased the score by two to a total of 12 unders, came in third.
19-year-old Mao Saigoh, who kept the lead until the third day, dropped the score with a continuous bogey in the final stage and finished in 4th place with Momoko Ueda with a total of 11 under.
In the local Okinawa prefecture, Hina Arakaki and Yokari Kawamitsu finished in 10th place with a total of 7 under.
Shibuno was 13th with a total of 5 under.
Small celebration "First step towards winning multiple goals"
Sakura Kogure, who won the tour's third victory in the reversal, said, "I thought it would be possible to go after the 14th long putt in the second half, and the victory flickers. I'm happy to win, but honestly, I still don't feel it. I answered with a smile.
Regarding the final round on the 7th, "I was enthusiastic from the start, but I lost confidence in the first bogey. Still, I was able to recover in the second half and played well. Due to the rain, other things I think the fact that the players couldn't improve their scores also led to the victory. "
On top of that, "I will get a boat as a supplementary prize for the victory, so I would like to give it to parents who like fishing. It feels like one step toward the goal of winning multiple times, so I will switch again with a new feeling from next week." I was talking.
Morita "It feels like the last putt is a little more"
Haruka Morita, who finished in 2nd place without hitting the lead, said, "I'm disappointed. I thought that Kogure would take a birdie in the final hole, so I also aimed for a birdie, but I felt that the last putt was a little more. It was. "
On top of that, "I had a double bogey pinch today, but I was able to get through it, so I would like to evaluate it. Looking at the ranking of 2nd place, I thought that what I had done so far was not wrong, and I was confident. I want to keep calm for the next tournament. "
Saigo "I have to connect this experience to the next"
19-year-old Mao Saigoh, who finished in 4th place after dropping the score at the end of the final round while maintaining the lead until the 3rd day, said, "Because the weather was rainy, I thought that I could definitely make a par save in the first half, and I could do that. I'm glad I was able to compete for the championship in the first match of this year, and it's meaningless if I don't connect this experience to the next. I want to change my mind and enjoy playing golf. " Was there.