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Jeongeun Lee is leader at Kroger Queen City

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South Korea’s Jeongeun Lee (-13) leads the Kroger Queen City Championship, at Cincinnati’s Kenwood Country Club at the end of the second day of this PGA Tour scoring event. With a card of 63 hits, she is one ahead of China’s Xiyu Lin (-12).

Jeongeun Lee, results

Highlight the recovery of the Andalusian Azahara Muñoz (-4), who has returned to the circuit after her recent maternity, and who has made 67 shots to rise to the top 30 of the classification (26th position specifically).

Good reaction also from Luna Sobrón (-1) in the last holes to get into the cut while the Galician Fátima Fernández was eliminated with +2. The return of 72 blow was insufficient to be the weekend. Australian number 3 in the world Minjee Lee (+1) was also eliminated.

Her 69 strokes did not wipe away the bad first day. Lee6 delivered a card of 63 strokes, 9 birdies (four of them consecutive) without error, equaling her second best record on the LPGA. The other round of 63 she did last year at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Born in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do. He went on to Suncheon Bonghwa Elementary School (Korean version), Suncheon Yeonhyang Middle School (Korean version), and Suncheon Cheongam High School (Korean version), and is now in the physical education department of Korea National Sports University.

Currently studying golf. He started playing golf when he was 8 years old, and quit golf once in junior high school due to family circumstances, but started again when he entered high school “to become a teaching (lesson) professional”

After entering Korea National Sports University, participated in the 2015 Summer Universiade (Gwangju, Republic of Korea) golf competition as a national representative player, won a gold medal as a member of the Korean women’s team in the team competition, and also won a gold medal in the individual competition.

She decided to become a professional after the Universiade, and she passed the selection test of the Korean Women’s Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) at the top of the list and became a KLPGA registered player. Immediately after becoming a professional, she won her first professional victory in the 10th round of the KLPGA Jump Tour while on a junior tour.

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