'Golf Empress' Park In-Bee, who participated in the US LPGA Tour for the first time this year, never missed a single lead from the first round to the last day and won a perfect victory with'Wire to Wire', raising expectations for the Tokyo Olympics.



Park In-bi tied 1 Eagle, 3 Birdies and 3 Bogies in the final 4 rounds of the LPGA Tour KIA Classic held at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, and hit a 2-under-par 70.



Park In-bi, who recorded a final total of 14 under par, reached the top by defeating US's Amy Olsen and Lexy Thompson, who were tied for second place, by five strokes.



The winning prize is 270,000 dollars, and our money is 35.5 million won.



This is the 21st personal career victory in 13 months since the ISPS Handa Women's Open in February last year.



Park In-bi approached by 4 wins to 25 wins, the record for the most wins on the Korean LPGA Tour held by Se-ri Park.



In the KIA Classic, they finished runner-up three times in 2010, 2016, and 2019, and reached the top this year for the first time in their 11th appearance.



Park In-bi, who started the fourth round with a single lead in the fifth stroke, kept the par up to the sixth hole, while the second-placed group such as Thompson reduced the number of strokes and pursued, but Park In-bi ran away with a birdie in the seventh hole (par 4) to solidify the lead in earnest. Entered.



He pulled out buddies in a row from the 9th hole (par 4) and the 10th hole (par 5) and once outrun the pursuit by 7 strokes.



Park Inbi wrote down his first look with a three putt on the 12th hole (par 4), followed by a struggling in the deep rough on the 13th hole (par 4), committing a continuous look.



Still, Park In-bi didn't shake anymore, but rather put a tee shot on the green from the short par 4's 16th hole, and put an eagle putt at a distance of about 8 meters into the hole, reducing two strokes at once and stabbing the win.



On the last hole 18 (par 4), I wrote down an example with a three putt, but there was no problem with winning.



Park In-bi, who took a break after the CME Group Tour Championship in December of last year, reported the first Korean player to win this season by winning the LPGA Tour Tournament in three months.



In addition, Park In-Bee was the oldest Korean LPGA Tour winner and tied.



Born on July 12, 1988, Park In-bi celebrated the 32-year-old, 8 months and 16th. This is the same age as when Park Hee-young reached a new record for winning the oldest Korean champion at the ISPS Handa Big Open on February 9 last year.



The green light was also on for two consecutive Olympic wins.



Park Inbi, a gold medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has also reserved a ticket for this year's Tokyo Olympics with this victory.



At the end of June, at the end of June in the Tokyo Olympics, the top two players from one country can compete, and a country with two or more athletes within the 15th place of the world ranking can compete up to four from the 15th place.



Park In-bi is ranked 4th in the world rankings, and is in the stable position as it is the third highest ranking after Ko Jin-young and Kim Se-young, the 2nd place in the world rankings among Korean players.



Kim Hyo-joo, the 8th place in the world ranking, is behind it.



Today (29th) Ko Jin-young, who reduced 2 strokes in the final round, climbed to the 8-under par alone 4th place, and Kim Hyo-joo also reduced 2 strokes to finish the tournament with a joint 5th place at 7 under par.



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