<Women's Golf> 20-year-old Hwang Yu-min, in her second year as a professional, wins the opening round of the KLPGA, ”God helped me”

Korean female professional golfer Hwang Yu-min (20), nicknamed "Charge Commander," played at TEDDY VALLEY in Seogwipo, Jeju on the 7th.
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At the 2016 "PGA Championship," she recorded a total of 14 under par and won the championship trophy by one stroke over runner-up Park Hae Joon (20).
In her second year on the tour, Hwang Yu-min won her first victory of the season last year, and this year she got off to a good start by winning the opening tournament in the domestic tournament.
Hwang Yu-min won 10,000 won (approximately 24 million yen) and was ranked first in both season prize money and grand prize points. Hwang Yu-min beat Pang Shin-sik in the first and second rounds of this tournament.
Hwang Yu-min, who is not tall at 163cm, is a strong and fast swing player.
In terms of distance, she is not far behind. In addition, she has a highly repeatable swing and has achieved good results since her debut year. However, in this tournament, Hwang Yumin's victory was also accompanied by good fortune.
Hwang Yu-min's driver shot was off, but it hit a tree and avoided the danger of going out of bounds. If the tee shots on the 10th, 12th, and 13th holes had gone out of bounds, the order would have been wrong.
She was in danger of dropping in the rankings, but thanks to this stroke of luck, she was able to continue the match without losing her score. On the final day, Hwang Yuming hit a fairway shot on the 14th tee.
Hwang Yu-min said, "My tee shot on the 12th hole curved far to the left, and I was so scared of the ball curving to the left that my mind went blank.
"I was very nervous after that, but I was lucky enough to win," he said with a laugh. "I'm happy to have won the opening tournament of the season in Japan. I was able to get my first win sooner than I expected.
I was able to take the first step towards my goal of winning multiple times this year. However, today's victory was 50% luck, so I feel that I need to improve on what I learned this time around before the next tournament.
"I want to prepare thoroughly," she said. Yoon In-na, a rookie who returned to the KLPGA Tour for the first time in 21 months after her suspension for playing a wrong ball was lifted, finished with a total of 2 under par 3.
He finished the tournament in a tie for fourth place.