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33-year-old veteran Shin Ji-eun has won the LPGA Tour's Scottish Open. It is her second victory achieved a full 10 years after her debut win, setting a rare record on the LPGA Tour not seen in 30 years.
Reporter Ha Seong-nyong has the details.
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Entering the final round with a five-stroke lead, Shin Ji-eun struggled with her shots amid fierce winds, and as her putts repeatedly missed the hole, she dropped three strokes on the front nine alone.
Facing a crisis as her gap with the runner-up narrowed to two strokes, she successfully turned the momentum around by grabbing her first birdie on the 10th hole, and sealed her victory by adding a crucial birdie on the 12th hole to pull ahead by four strokes.
Fending off Kim A-lim by two strokes, Shin Ji-eun savored the emotion of her second victory 10 years and 2 months after her debut win in May 2016.
A gap of more than 10 years between a first and second win is a milestone that has occurred on the LPGA Tour for the first time in 30 years.
Shin shed heavy tears as she received congratulations from her fellow players.
[Chun In-gee : You went through a lot, well done.]
[Shin Ji-eun : Thank you]
[Shin Ji-eun / 2-time LPGA Tour Winner : (10 years ago) My first win didn't really feel like a real win. It felt like a win that came by chance, so I thought I didn't deserve it, but this time I feel like this win was truly earned through hard work.]
Following Yoo Hae-ran's consecutive major wins, South Korean women's golf recorded its sixth win of the season along with three consecutive victories in recent tournaments.
(Video Editing: Park Jung-sam, Design: Jang Chae-woo)
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