He reduced 4 strokes only in the second half. The lively sense of actual combat raises expectations for winning the wire-to-wire. ‘Hulk’ Seo Yo-seop (27, DB Insurance) will challenge for a total of 6 wins on the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour.
Seo Yo-seop took the lead for three consecutive rounds at the DB Insurance Promy Open (total prize money of 700 million won), the season opener of the KPGA Korean Tour, held on the 15th at the Old Course (par 72, 7148 yards) at Ravier Bell Country Club in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do. If he wins like this, he will collect the trophy for the second time in his life after the LX Championship last year.
Seo Yo-seop, who was tied for the lead on Moving Day, had a dark expression because of a birdie who could not be caught in the first half. To make matters worse, it was raining, and the hot long hit, which was his long-term skill, was useless. He laughed, saying, “I played in the rain from the first hole, so I had a hard time controlling my body temperature.” “In the beginning, there were several crisis situations. He didn’t play the way he thought. In the 9th hole (par 4), the tee shot was pushed to the right, and the layup was not accurate, but the putt was the way I wanted, so I made a par save. It was a turning point,” he said.
In fact, after making a par save on the 10th hole (par 4), he rose again to the lead with two consecutive birdies from the 11th hole (par 5). He caught the third birdie on the 15th hole (par 5) and jumped to the top of the leaderboard by recording another consecutive birdie on the 14th hole (par 4). He laughed, saying that he too was “happy with four strokes down.”
It is also the season opener, but it is a tournament hosted by Seo Yo-seop’s main sponsor, DB Insurance. Since Do-yeop Moon won the DB Insurance Promi Open in 2016, no player has ever won the championship. Seo Yo-seop said, “Of course I am greedy for the title of the championship sponsored by his main sponsor. I want to repay you for generously supporting me.”
Having held the lead for three days, winning the wire to wire is both a destiny and a challenge. He said, “I will forget the results of the past three days and go to the final round with the mindset of a new start.” He emphasized, “Both Go Gun-taek and Park Sang-hyun are excellent players, but I am confident.” The reason why Seo Yo-seop has a premonition of victory is that he has gained experience in the Asian Tour and maintained a sense of real combat.
The point to watch is that he competes with Park Sang-hyun (40, Dong-A Pharmaceutical), who won the championship by 5 strokes last year. Park Sang-hyun is challenging the first title defense of the DB Insurance Promi Open. Park Sang-hyun said, “Since his debut, he has never been able to successfully defend his title, but of course he wants to win. He also emphasized that he would like to be proud of being the first to win two consecutive victories in the DB Insurance Prometheus Open. Park Sang-hyun also changed the number of strokes by changing one birdie and one bogey in the first half, but caught four birdies only in the second half and tied for third place by two strokes.
He said, “Since I’m two strokes behind Seo Yo-seop, I don’t think the performance until the third round is important. It is not a big difference, so I will aim for a come-from-behind victory.” “They are both good players. I will have a lot of conversations so that I don’t lose in the battle of strength,” he laughed. It seems that Park Sang-hyun’s eloquence will decide the owner of the trophy. 토토사이트