The first major tournament of the 2023 season for Korean men’s golf, the GS Caltex Maekyung Open (total prize money of 1.3 billion won), the third round was canceled due to heavy rain.

The Korea Golf Association announced on the 6th, “Due to the heavy rain at the Namseoul Country Club competition site in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, the third round will be held on the 7th.” “The tournament has been reduced to a total of 54 holes.”

Until the second round held the day before, Jeong Chan-min (24) took the sole lead with a total of 11 under par 131 strokes and took the first chance of winning in his life.스포츠토토

The Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour Kyochon 1991 Ladies Open (total prize money of 800 million won) was also crippled by heavy rain for two days in a row. The tournament, which is being held at the Asiad Country Club in Gijang-gun, Busan, will be reduced from 54 holes to 36 holes as the first round matches held the previous day did not finish until today.

The KLPGA tour announced, “We decided to cancel the final 3 rounds due to heavy rain and strong winds.”

The match was delayed due to heavy rain on the 5th, so 65 out of 130 players could not complete the first round. On the 6th, the game was also delayed for more than 4 hours due to bad weather. There are 58 players who have not finished the first round in two days.

Accordingly, the KLPGA Tour announced that the remainder of the first round will start at 6:30 am on the 7th, and the second round will be held between 9:00 and 9:30 am.

Kim Woo-jung (25) recorded 4 under par 68 strokes in the first round and finished the game as the sole leader, while Heo Da-bin (25), Hwang Jung-mi (24), and Park Bo-gyeom (25) are tied for second place with 3 under par 69 strokes.

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