The area around Green and Green are the places where the office (21·KB Financial Group) and Dongeun (21·SBI Savings Bank), who left the country on the 29th of last month, spent the most time in Alabama, USA. Since the area around the green and the green are the most different places from the Korean environment, they are 'all-in' to learn short games and putt skills in a lower position.
The U.S. Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour Qualifying (Q) Series Finals will be held at Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Alabama, USA for 5 days starting on the 4th (Korea time). This is a skill level for qualifying (Q) series for the 2026 LPGA Tour. Instead of 72 holes in round 4, 90 holes in the 5th round, and a joint 25th place seed will be given.
With 8 players from Korea participating, Korea Women's Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour representatives are Bangshil and Lee Dong-eun. They played on the domestic stage with 3 wins and 1 victory this year, respectively, and went straight to the finals at the top of the world rankings.
Their specialty is a sharp hit. Bangshin Shil, who made her debut on the KLPGA Tour in 2023 and scored 5 wins in total, ranked No. 1 in average driver shots for 2023 and 2024. This year, Lee Dong-eun was given the throne and placed in second place. As a rookie, Dong Eun, who was 3rd in driver distance last year, averaged 261 yards this year and took first place in slug-hitting. Dong Eun, who was satisfied with being the runner-up last year, won an honorary national title by winning the Korean Women's Open in June this year. The American fairway has short, hard grass, many runs, and is wide, so it seems that the slugger of the security room and Dong Eun will shine even more.
However, in terms of the domestic tour recovery rate this year, the two were unable to show the highest level of performance. The recovery rate is a ratio that writes down a better score than Pana even though a regular on (2 on a par 4 hole, 3 on a par 5 hole) failed. The security room ranked 22nd overall at 65.1%, and Dong Eun ranked 71st at 58.3%. The putt success rate was good when hitting the green. The security room ranked 5th with 27.8%, and Dong Eun ranked 10th with 27.1%. While running on the tour, both of them had a memory of being pushed out due to a short putt mistake during the competition for the championship, so SAT was last-minute to not allow small mistakes.
Since they have to play 18 more holes than in a regular tournament, the idea is that in the end, the ranking will be determined based on how many strokes they keep around an unfamiliar green and on the green. I prepared to minimize variables by practicing sticking to pins in the most reliable and safe way around the green and learning the putt distance.
Additionally, last year's KLPGA Tour's first to fourth place in the KLPGA Tour was Bangshil, Yun Na, Lee Dong-eun, and Hwang Yu-min. Yun Ina finished 8th place in the Q Series last year and spent this year's rookie season, and Hwang Yu-min accepted a direct ticket to the LPGA Tour with 'Cinderella Winner' at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii. Now it's time to go to the security room.
