Chun In-gee brings home the Women's PGA Championship

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Gee Chun was a bright smile through theWomen's PGA Championship. She shoots 64 in the first round and it's easy to comfortably lead most of the tournament.

In the final round, all her positive thoughts were tested.

"Golf is never easy," said a 27-year-old Korean.

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Chung did his best in the first round of the rainy day and continued to work hard for her. Won the third major championship. A sultry weekend in the congressional. On Sunday, she quickly lost the rest of her former pretty lead, and when Lexi Thompson's putting plummeted, she gathered to win one.

Chun shot 3 over 75 in each of the last two days of the tournament. She finished 5 under 283 and was barely enough to beat Thompson (73) and Minjiri (70) all at once.

"Before starting today, my coach said," Gee, if you're enjoying the game, this trophy is yours, "Chun said. "When I'm playing games, I sometimes keep smiling. In other words, sometimes it doesn't work, but I think I was hanging there. So I'm very proud of it now."

The 27-year-old Floridian botted Parpat from a few feet on 14th, but Birdie on 15th returned the lead to 2. Then she bogey par 5 in 16th place, and Chung made a birdie and kept the two players tied in two holes.

Thompson, who declined the press conference after the round, putt three bogies on the 17th. After an impressive approach from 18 roughs, her birdie putt wasn't hit enough.

Chung's approach on par 4 at 18 bounced over the hole just behind the green, but she putt within about five feet, sinking par's attempt and winning.

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Chun is the first in the world since 2018 It was a victory and the second victory in the United States. The first was2015U.S. Open. The following year she won the second major at the Evian Championship in France.

Currently, Chung is the third player fromSouth Korea, winning at least three majors, following Inbee Park (7) and Pak Se-ri (5).

On Thursday, after finishing 8 under 64 in wet conditions, she led Chun with 7 strokes. At the end of the day, her lead dropped to five. This equates to the largest 18-hole advantage in the history of women's majors.

Her impressive beginning gave her room for error — and also prepared her for the potentially tough weekend of high-pressure golf. She was still 6 strokes before Saturday, but her lead dropped to 3 after 3 rounds.

"On the first day, she was really excited because of 64," said Caddy Dean Harden. "It's hard to settle after 64 because you're excited."

Thompson hasn't won the LPGA Tour event since 2019. Her only big win is that she came as a teenager in 2014 at Mission Hills in the Deserts of California. She certainly had a chance. She lost a five-stroke lead in the final round of the US Women's Open at the Olympic Club last year.

In Congress, she returned 10 strokes after the first round, before steadily chasing Chung. Thompson made birdies on Sundays 1st and 3rd. Chung lags behind with bogies 2 and 4.

Thompson missed the 8th and 9th short birdie putts — she foresaw her problem later in the round — but Front Nine's Chun 40 was her two on the turn. I left. Kim Sei-young, who was 6 under at one point, bogged 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th, and was not a factor after that.

When Chung made her first birdie of the day on the 11th of par 5, Thompson answered with her own birdie and stayed two shots ahead with a seven under. When Thompson bogged number 12, so did Chung.

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Chung stole a lie and a double bogey that he couldn't play the day before, and the 16th hole was her favorite turning point in the final round. was. Thompson was just to the right of the green with two shots, but she made a bogey with four shots from there, and Chung waited a long time before rolling her birdie putt.

Lee, who dragged 6 at the beginning of the day, could have tied her to the lead simply by missing the 16th Eagle Putt. When Thompson bogged on the 15th and Lee on the 17th, the Australians were three behind.

With her great approach on the last hole, Lee got a short birdie putt, but even after doing that, Thompson had to drop another two strokes.

It really happened, but I was able to win with Chun's birdie and two pars in the last three holes.

"After turning in the par after 9 o'clock, I really didn't feel much then," said Lee, the US Women's Open Champion this year. "I thought I would have a chance if I could get one or two birdies."

Chung talked about the fight against depression in the past, but after this victory, She became emotional when she talked about her recent conversation with her sister.

"I really cried. I said," I'm really hard to stay in the United States, "Chun said. "She said,'At Gee, you just stop playing golf. You're important.' When I heard her, I didn't want to. I didn't want to stop playing golf. I did. Still spirited, I saw, in Gee, you still want to play golf. "

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"So I'm really working hard this week," she added. "I'm very happy to win after that happened."

Note: After doubling the prize pool for this event, Chun won $ 1.35 million. Defending champion Nelly Korda (75) finished in 30th place tie.