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Women's golf, which is aiming to win the championship for the second time in a row, stalled in the second round. Jinyoung Ko and four of our players pledged to write a comeback drama.
Reporter Kwon Jong-oh reported the news from Japan, where the match is being held.
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scorching heat of over 40 degrees continued for two days.
Wearing a large umbrella or putting ice on my neck didn't stop the sweat from flowing.
In the heat wave, the world's second-ranked Jin-young Ko competed with No. 1 Nelly Corda in a hot shot match.
Jinyoung Ko took a birdie with a picturesque iron shot on the 2nd hole and cut three strokes in the first half.
They caught three birdies in the second half, but it was disappointing that they committed two bogeys while playing aggressively to pursue the lead Corda.
Corda hit a huge shot on the 18th hole, double bogeying, and cutting nine shots.
Jinyoung Ko slumped into a tie for sixth place, six shots behind leader Corda with a total of 7 under par, but does not give up hope for a comeback victory.
[Go Jin-young / 2nd place in the women's golf world: It's very, very unfortunate. I guess it wasn't as much as I thought it would be. I think 6 strokes is a positive difference because I think it can be reversed at any time.]
Kim Se-young and Kim Hyo-joo were tied for 11th, 9 shots behind, and Park In-bee, the winner of the Rio Olympics, was pushed down to 24th by 10 strokes.
Reversing isn't easy, but it's not impossible either.
Now we have to put all our energy into the remaining two rounds.