Can ‘trend’ Park Min-ji (25, NH Investment & Securities) set a record for the first ‘three consecutive losses’ in a single tournament in his personal career?
The Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour ‘2023 NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship’ opens at the Suwon Country Club New Course (par 72, 6586 yards) located in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do for three days from the 12th. In this competition, ‘defending champion’ Park Min-ji challenged her to win her third consecutive championship.
If she achieves the feat of three consecutive victories, Park Min-ji will be named fifth in the history of the KLPGA Tour. So far, only four players have recorded three consecutive victories in a single KLPGA tour: Ok-hee Koo, Se-ri Pak (46), Su-yeon Kang (47), and Hae-rim Kim (34, Samchully). The most recent was Kim Hae-rim’s 2016-2018 Kyochon Honey Ladies Open.
Against Minji Park, Jiyoung Park (Korea Land Trust), Jeongmin Lee (Q Cells) Lee, Yewon Lee (KB Financial Group), Joomi Lee (Golden Blue), Eunwoo Choi (Amano), Lee Dayeon (Mediheal), Bogyeom Park (Angang Construction), etc. Everyone participates and competes for the championship. Attention is focusing on whether “defending champion” Park Min-ji will be able to defeat prominent challengers and win her third consecutive championship.
This tournament is known to be visited by an exceptionally large number of galleries among the KLPGA tours. It was evaluated that it had all three factors, such as the opening period with more outings, convenient accessibility, and gallery convenience facilities and services. Numerous galleries are expected to visit this year again to see Park Min-ji and the challengers compete for the title.
Accordingly, the organizers will significantly expand facilities and services to improve the convenience of galleries. First, the official website of the event was opened to improve the convenience of the gallery for information on the event. Through this, you can see all information at a glance, including ticket purchase, viewing and event information, as well as basic information such as event overview, past winners, participating players, and course information. there is.
Attention was also paid to the expansion of transportation facilities. For galleries using their own vehicles, a gallery parking lot that can accommodate more than 2,000 cars is secured at nearby Luther University and Gangnam University, and a circulating shuttle is operated between the venues. In addition, in preparation for weekend crowds, a circular shuttle will be operated from Giheung Station on the Suin Bundang Line to and from the venue. In the parking lot of Suwon CC, a gallery plaza of 530 pyeong will be created and used as a gallery experience and service space.
In addition, at the NH Investment & Securities PR booth prepared to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the tournament, official golf goods such as signed hats, bucket hats, gloves, umbrellas and pouches were sold, and NH Investment & Securities players (Park Min-ji, Lee Ga-young, Jung Yun-ji, Kim Hye-seung) There will be a fan signing event and various giveaway events. In addition, various events such as trampolines and putting games will be held in the kids zone prepared for the family gallery. 안전놀이터