‘Cutiful’ Park Hyeon-gyeong (23, Korea Land Trust) is about to play the 400th round of his personal career for the 109th time in KLPGA history.
Park Hyun-kyung recorded her even par 72 strokes in the first round of the ‘2023 KLPGA Tour Daeyou Winia MBN Women’s Open’ held at Daeyu Montbert Country Club in Pocheon메이저사이트, Gyeonggi-do on the 7th, and announced a somewhat uneasy start with a tie for 44th place.
Ranking is always important to her professional players, but from Park Hyun-kyung’s point of view, there is one record that deserves more attention than her performance on this day. It is a total digestion of 400 rounds.
Park Hyeon-kyung, who had played 398 rounds of her personal career before this tournament, has finished the first round, so the next day will be the long-awaited 400th round. She has been participating in the first division tour since 2019, and this is the result of consistently achieving top-class results without major injuries.
Park Hyun-kyung’s 400 rounds of digestion is by far outstanding among her debut motives, who say she has all-time talent.
In fact, before this tournament, Lim Hee-jung and Jo Ah-yeon played 373 rounds side by side, and Seong Yu-jin, an icon of ‘chronic waiting’, also recorded 323 rounds, showing a rather big difference between her and Park Hyun-kyung.
Park Hyun-kyung said after the game, “Actually, I knew it after reading the article before the tournament. She reminds me of when I filled 400 rounds. I’m proud,” she said.
1049 rounds recorded by Hong Ran, who retired, ranked first in this category. Park Hyun-kyung said, “I also want to fill 1,000 rounds before retirement. Of course, it is obviously not going to be easy as reaching the record requires consistently maintaining good performance over time. Still, I want to run with this goal before I retire,” she smiled brightly.
On the other hand, on this day, Park Hyun-kyung played a game in a group with Bang Sin-sil, who ranked first in driving distance this season, and Hong Ji-won, who ranked first in fairway landing rate.
It is Park Hyun-kyung who focused on his play even among players with opposite tendencies. He said, “I once played in a group with Sinsil last April. It is a flying distance that is admirable then and now. Every time I see him, I feel that he is a junior with a bright future. It’s amazing,” he said. “I’m friends with Jiwon. I think I was able to play more comfortably because we are usually close.”