Yewon Lee is taking a tee shot at the 4th hole of the FR at the 'NH Investment Ladies Championship' held at Suwon CC in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 12th.

Lee Ye-won (21, KB Financial Group) of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour takes on the momentum of her second win of the season and takes on the challenge of becoming ‘Match Queen.’

Yewon Lee will participate in the Doosan Match Play (total prize money of 900 million won), which will be held for five days starting on the 15th at Ladena Country Club (par 72) in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do.

Ye-won Lee, who dominated major titles including the grand prize, highest prize money, and lowest scoring award last year in her second year as a professional, is cruising this season as well.

Following the Blue Canyon Ladies Championship in March, she also won the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship last week, earning two wins. This is a satisfactory pace for Lee Ye-won, who is setting a new goal of being the king of most wins this season.

Yewon Lee will attempt to win the match play this week. He said, “Match Play is my favorite competition of the year,” and expressed his determination, “I definitely want to win.”

He also had the experience of taking second place in this competition in 2022, during his rookie season.

Although she unfortunately lost the championship by one hole to Hong Jeong-min (22, CJ) in the final, it was a tournament that began to make Lee Ye-won's name known in earnest. Although he did not win the championship that year, based on his consistent performance, he even won the Rookie of the Year award for the first time in his life. If she wins this tournament, she will be the first to reach 3 wins this season, and she will also be able to take the lead in major indicators such as prize money and grand prize points, overtaking Park Ji-young (28, Korea Land Trust), who also won 2 times. Park Ji-young will not participate in this competition and will take a break. Lee Ye-won, who was assigned the second seed with the highest prize money, completed Group 2 with her own hands in the group draw held on the 14th. Lee Ye-won selected veterans Lee Jeong-min (32, Hanwha Q CELLS), Ji Han-sol (28, Dongbu Construction), and Park Do-eun (26, Yellow Chicken) by lottery. Yewon Lee said, “I think we’ll have fun playing because we’re older girls who have played together. “Rather than being afraid of making mistakes, I will try to make a lot of birdies,” he said. “It is difficult, but it is a match play competition that only happens once a year, and I have memories of getting good results, so I am looking forward to it.” Last year's winner Seong Yu-jin (24, Hanwha Q CELLS) advanced to the LPGA Tour, and while the 'defending champion' was absent, the 'permanent seed holder' Ahn Seon-ju (37, National Beef) took the No. 1 seed. Seon-ju Ahn selected Lee Je-young (23, MG Saemaeul Geumgo), Hee-ji Kim (23, Pepper Savings Bank), and Hae-rim Kim (35, Samchully). He smiled and said, “I thought it would be difficult to compete because the players selected from Group A and B were all young, but I was fortunate to select Kim Hae-rim, one of the few born in the 80s,” and added, “We will play hard together.” Group 3 is considered the ‘group of death’. Kim Su-ji (28, Dongbu Construction), who took first place in the 2022 grand prize and average strokes award, with a total of 5 wins, received the third seed, while Lim Hee-jung (24, Doosan Construction), Choi Min-kyung (31, G-vent), and Yoon Na (21, Hite Jinro) was grouped into one group. A 'Group of Death' was created as Lim Hee-jung, who had a total of 5 wins, was pushed to Group B based on last year's prize money rankings, and Yoon Ina, who had been on hiatus for over a year, was classified in Group D. Kim Su-ji said, “I played with Min-kyung Choi the year before last, but I don’t know what will happen with the other two because it’s been a long time since we played together.” She added, “Everyone plays well, and there are players who have a good feeling recently, so I’ll do my best because I don’t know what variables may arise.” “I will hit hard,” he said. In addition, Bang Shin-sil (20, KB Financial Group), who attracts attention with his 'long hit', was in group 6 with Lee Joo-mi (29, Golden Blue), An Song-i, and Jo A-yeon (24, Korea Land Trust), and was the best player in match play history. Park Hyun-kyung (24, Korea Land Trust), who is ranked first in winning percentage (11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses), is in Group 4 with Yoo Seo-yeon (21, Angang Construction), Lee Seung-yeon (26, Pacific Rings Korea) and Kang Ji-seon (28, Huons). ) and became a group. Last year's rookie of the year, Kim Min-byeol (20, Hite Jinro), will compete in the preliminary round with Jeong So-i (22, Yellow Chicken), Choi Ga-bin (21, Samchully), and Moon Jeong-min (22, SBI Savings Bank) in Group 5. With 16 groups of 4 players in each group, only the first place will advance to the round of 16 after going through the full league. Afterwards, the winner will be determined through a 1-on-1 match play tournament.  스포츠토토맨