Heo In-hoe, overcoming 5 strokes behind to win in extension Bizplay and Wonder Club Open champion
Heo In-hoe, overcoming 5 strokes behind to win in extension Bizplay and Wonder Club Open champion
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Heo In-hoe overcame a 5-stroke deficit to win the Korea Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Tour Biz Play Wonder Club
Open (total prize money of 700 million won).
In the final 4th round of the tournament held on the 30th at Incheon Club 72CC Sky Course (par 71, 7,103 yards), Heo In-
hoe shot 6-under 65 with 7 birdies and 1 bogey.
Heo In-hoe, who recorded a final total of 17-under 267, tied with Jang Yu-bin and took the match into overtime.
As of the third round, Heo In-hoe was tied for 9th place, 5 strokes behind the sole leader Jang Yu-bin.
In-Hoe Heo, who caught a birdie alongside Yu-Bin Jang in the first extension, caught a birdie alone in the second
extension.
With this, Heo In-hoe has added a win in nine months since the iMBank Open in September of last year, accumulating a
total of six wins. If you add one win from the 2014 Japan Professional Golf Tour, it will be his seventh win.
Heo In-hoe, who received the prize money of 140 million won, recorded a total prize money of 2.07579 billion won,
becoming the 15th person to break the 2 billion won mark.
In addition, he ranked 4th in target points (3,120.92 points) and 6th in prize money (293.47 million won) this season.
With this second place finish, Jang Yu-bin has risen to first place in the Genesis Grand Prix points standings (4,177.86
points). This is his third second place finish this season.
On this day, Jang Yu-bin seemed to have secured an early victory, at one point leading by six strokes.
Jang Yu-bin, who started with a birdie on the 1st hole (par 4), reached 20 under par with consecutive birdies on the 3rd to
5th holes.
However, after recording a bogey on the 9th hole (par 4), he began to fall apart.
The tee shot on the 14th hole (par 4) ended up in the deep rough on the right side, and the shot to get it out only advanced
about 10 meters.
In the end, he recorded his second bogey with a 3-on, 2-putt, and fell behind Heo In-hoe by one stroke.
After that, Jang Yu-bin managed to maintain par through the 17th hole, but made a painful mistake of missing a 47.5 cm
par putt on the 18th hole (par 5), which was the threshold for victory.
Heo In-hoe, who was ahead of the game, gradually pursued Jang Yu-bin with an aggressive game play.
Heo In-hoe recorded a bogey on the 3rd hole (par 5), but quickly recovered with a birdie on the 4th hole (par 3), and
birdies on the 7th hole (par 4) and the 8th hole (par 3).
Heo In-hoe, who finished the first half 7 strokes behind leader Jang Yu-bin, finished the game in sole second place by
hitting 4 birdies in the second half.
In-Hoe Heo, who started off fresh with a birdie on the 10th hole (par 4), hit a bold tee shot of 369 yards on the 11th hole
(par 4) and dropped the ball into the rough.
The distance to the hole was only 8.3m, and Heo In-hoe did not miss a birdie.
Heo In-hoe also recorded a birdie on the 13th hole (par 4) after hitting a 358-yard tee shot, and reduced his number of
strokes on the 17th hole (par 4).
After the game, Heo In-hoe, who was waiting, got an opportunity for overtime thanks to Jang Yu-bin's self-destruction.
Huh In-hoe showed his boldness by taking the driver on his second shot of the first extension on the 18th hole and
dropped a long birdie putt.
In the second extension where the hole location was changed, he and Jang Yu-bin both dropped their tee shots into the
bunker. However, only Heo In-hoe managed 안전 to get a birdie.
Kim Young-soo is in third place (15 under par, 269 strokes), and Kim Han-byeol and Ok Tae-hoon are tied for fourth place
(14 under par, 270 strokes).
Kang Kyung-nam and Park Hee-sung each earned health check-up vouchers by making a hole-in-one on the 4th hole (par
3) and the 8th hole (par 3), respectively. It was Kang Kyung-nam's 7th career hole-in-one, and Park Hee-sung's first.