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She has won in each of her last four seasons, starting Nelly Korda, at No. 2 the highest-ranked player in the
with the Women's PGA Championship in 2017. field, tied for 40th.
Inverness hosted the one-time event, and both con- Several top players from South Korea played their
tenders are likely to be back next summer when the home tour this week, including Jin Young Ko and Sung
storied club hosts the Solheim Cup. Hyun Park. It is not clear if they will travel to Scotland
Minjee Lee of Australia shot 70 and finished alone for the Women's British Open.
in third, three shots behind. She was followed by Yui
Kawamoto of Japan, who shot a 72, and Jodi Ewart 톨레도 오하이오 주 —대니엘 강은 COVID-19 6개월 동안
Shadoff of England, who faltered later for a 75. LPGA 투어에서 멀어졌지만, 그렇다고 그녀가 경쟁 없이 지냈
Ewart Shadoff, still searching for her first LPGA Tour 다는 것을 말하지는 않는다.
victory, was three shots behind on the back nine until 대니엘은 콘 페리 투어에서 두 시즌을 보낸 친오빠 알렉스와
she went bogey-bogey-double bogey through the 15th PGA 투어 루키 시즌을 보내고 있는 남자친구 매버릭 맥닐리와
hole, and finished with a birdie when it was too late. 함께 했던 경기들도 없던 기간이었지만 그녀는 백 티와 포워드
It helped that the leaders were in the final group and 티를 번갈아 가며 함께 연습했고 라스베가스의 다른 코스를 돌
knew where they stood. Kang wanted to be sure after 아 다니면서 그녀의 경기가 점점나아지는 것을 느꼈다.
the 15th, however, so she took her mobile phone from 대니엘 강이 2월 이후 첫 LPGA 투어 대회인 인버네스에서 열린
the bag to check the scores. That was allowed because LPGA 드라이브 온 챔피언십에서 셀린 부티에 에게 2언더파 70
there were no scoreboards anywhere on the course. 타로 1타 차 승리를 거머쥐었다.
Her aggressive attitude never changed. Even after the 대니엘은 어려운 골프 코스인 인버네스에서 우승해 꾸준한 골프
bogey on the 13th dropped her to 7 under, Kang said 의 진수를 보여주었다. 급변하는 코스의 상황에서 언더파를 기
she set a target of finishing at 10 under. She didn't 록한 선수는 5명에 불과했다. 71타로 막을 내린 대니엘 강과 부
make another birdie. She didn't have to. 티에는 마지막 한 시간을 결전으로 만들었다. 부티에는 파 3, 12
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