18-Year-Old National Team Golfer Yang Yoon-seo Takes Solo Lead in Second Round of Korea Women's Open

Eighteen-year-old amateur national team golfer Yang Yoon-seo has caused a sensation by taking the solo lead in the second round of the Korea Women's Open, the first major tournament of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour and a prestigious "national title" event.
Today (June 12), at the second round of the 40th Mercedes-Benz Korea Women's Open held at Lakewood Country Club in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, Yang carded a 4-under-par round with five birdies and one bogey.
With a total score of 4-under-par, Yang sits at the top of the leaderboard, two strokes ahead of co-runners-up Choi Ye-bon and Choi Ga-bin, who are tied at 2-under-par.
Yang, who was selected for the women's national golf team for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games this year, recorded the best performance among all participants in the second round, vaulting into the lead.
As players struggled to navigate the course due to narrow fairways and challenging greens, only three players—Yang Yoon-seo, Choi Ye-bon, and Choi Ga-bin—managed to finish the first two rounds with under-par scores.
Jeon Woo-ri, Ko Ji-won, Kim Ga-hee (Kim Ga-hee 2), and Kim Min-sol are tied for fourth place at even par.
Shin Ji-yai, the winner of the Korea Women's Open in 2006 and 2008, is competing in the tournament for the first time in 18 years and advanced to the third round, tied for 15th at 2-over-par. Park Min-ji, who recently achieved her 20th career regular tour victory to tie Shin's record for the most wins, barely made the cut, finishing tied for 54th at 6-over-par.
Defending champion Lee Dong-eun failed to make the cut after finishing at 7-over-par.
The tournament, which features a total prize purse of 1.5 billion won and a winner's prize of 400 million won, will continue until this coming Sunday, June 14.
(Photo: Courtesy of Korea Golf Association, Yonhap News)
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