Korean LPGA winless drought hits 14 tournaments, 2nd longest since 2000

Korean golfer An Narin poeses with a trophy in Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, Nov. 21, 2021. Korea Times file

Korean sophomore An Narin has collected her second top-10 finish of the 2024 LPGA season, coming up a

handful of strokes shy of ending the country's long title drought on the top women's golf tour.

An was the top-performing South Korean player at ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, New Jersey, on

Sunday (local time), as she tied for sixth place at 10-under 203 in this 54-hole event.

An shot a two-under 69 in an up-and-down final round at Seaview Resort's Bay Course that featured six

birdies and four 바카라사이트 bogeys.

Linnea Strom of Sweden shot a tournament-record 60 in the final round to erase a seven-shot deficit to

win the tournament at 14-under. Korea's Jenny Shin, the overnight leader who began the final round at

10-under, finished tied for ninth at nine-under after submitting a 72 on Sunday.

This was the 14th tournament of the 2024 season, and Korea, once a dominant force in women's golf, has

yet to produce a winner. It is the second-longest winless drought to begin a season since 2000, when

Grace Park won the 16th tournament of the campaign.

Strom's 60, which featured nine birdies and an eagle, was the lowest final-round score by a winner in

LPGA history. The previous mark was a 61 by the Korean champion Park In-bee at the Manulife Financial

LPGA Classic in 2014.

Shin, looking for her first win since 2016, birdied the third hole but then had a double bogey on the very

next hole. She managed just one birdie against one bogey the rest of the way.

KOREAN LPGA WINLESS DROUGHT HITS 14 TOURNAMENTS, 2ND LONGEST SINCE 2000