# 74 matches, 75 sets Yang Hee-young, with her tenacity, wins her first major title

7 under, 3 strokes behind the 2nd place winners of the Women's PGA Championship Total 6 wins
“The 18th hole is the longest in my career” 25th in the world ranking → expected to enter the top 15, likely to compete in the Olympics Breaking the ‘Korean military attache’ record[.](https://www.totoblog.xyz
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Champagne ceremony… “I am honored to have a major trophy before retirement” Yang Hee-young (left) is showered with champagne by fellow players, including Kim A-rim (tied for 30th place), after winning the KMPG Women’s PGA Championship, the third major tournament of the LPGA Tour season, on the 24th[.](https://profilebook.mn.co/posts/41698629)

“I doubted myself whether I would be able to win a major championship before I retired.”

Nearly half of her life has been spent on the LPGA Tour. At times, I was frustrated as I faced the summit of a major tournament that seemed within reach but was hard to reach. Still, she didn't give up and eventually did it.

Yang Hee-young (35) won her first major tournament by reaching the top of the LPGA Tour KPMG Women's PGA Championship held at Sahalee Country Club (par 72) in West Mamish, Washington, USA on the 24th. This is his first win in his 17th season and 75th major tournament since his debut on the tour in 2008. Yang Hee-young, who won 7 months after the CME Group Tour Championship, which was the final match of the season in November last year, recorded her 6th win in her tour career[.](https://profilebook.mn.co/posts/41698757)

On this day, Hee-Young Yang failed to reduce her number of strokes in the final fourth round of the tournament with 5 birdies, 3 bogeys, and 1 double bogey, but recorded a final total of 7-under 281 strokes, beating the joint second-place group of Jin-Young Ko, Lilia Bu (USA), and Miyu Yamashita (Japan) by three strokes to lift the winner's trophy. Yang Hee-Young, who received the winner's prize money of 1.56 million dollars (approximately 2.167 billion won), increased her career prize money to 15.55 million dollars [슬롯사이트](https://www.bsc.news/post/safe-totosite-ranking-top-15-major-safe-playground-2024
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Yang Hee-Young has rarely won a major tournament. Prior to this tournament, she had finished in the top 10 21 times, including two runner-up finishes, out of the 74 major tournaments she had participated in, but had never reached the top. Yang Hee-young only recorded runner-up finishes in major tournaments (2012, 2015) at the US Women's Open.

Yang Hee-young did not miss the opportunity to win in her 75th major tournament. Starting the 4th round with a two-stroke lead over the group tied for second place, she reduced two strokes in the first half. In the second half, Yang Hee-young widened the gap with the group in second place to seven strokes, but lost three strokes with a bogey on the 16th hole (par 4) and a double bogey on the 17th hole (par 3), but did not allow a comeback by finishing the 18th hole (par 5) with a par. Yang Hee-young said, “I told my caddie on the 18th hole fairway, ‘This is the longest 18th hole in my career.’ I was very stressed and felt burdened,” and added, “I only focused on what I could control on the golf course. I told myself countless times to just do what I prepared. I proved myself that I am competitive.”

Yang Hee-young said that she dreamed of becoming a golfer when she watched Se-ri Pak, the first Korean player to win this tournament in 1998 when she was nine years old. Yang Hee-young pointed to the trophy on this day and said, “I see Se-ri Pak’s name here. I am honored to have what I have always dreamed of (a major tournament trophy).” Yang Hee-young also set a record as the oldest Korean player to win a major tournament on the LPGA Tour[.](https://profilebook.mn.co/posts/41698975) The previous record was held by Lee Mi-rim, who won the 2020 ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship) at age 30. With this win, Yang Hee-young also secured a ticket to the Paris Olympics, which will open in July. This is her second Olympic appearance after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro tournament, where she tied for fourth place. Tickets to the Paris Olympics for women’s golf are distributed based on the world rankings announced on the 25th. With this win, Yang Hee-young is expected to rise from 25th to within 15th place. Each country can participate in the Olympic women's golf tournament with two players, but if there are several players ranked within the top 15 in the world, up to four players can participate. Korea's Ko Jin-young, Kim Hyo-joo, and Yang Hee-young will participate. Yang Hee-young said, "It is an honor to compete in the tournament with the Taegeuk mark on my chest. I will prepare well as I have been named to the national team." Yang Hee-young's victory also ended the streak of 15 tournaments without a Korean player winning since the opening of the 2024 LPGA Tour. It was also the longest winning drought since 2000, when a Korean player won only the 16th tournament since the opening. [토토사이트](https://www.pachinkosite.info
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