Posted on March 13, 2016 in News.
World Ladies Championship (LET): The South Koreans win, France 2nd.
The South Korean Jung Min Lee won (-9) in the World Ladies Championship 2016. Céline Herbin (19th), best result of the tricolor clan with Gwladys Nocera (37th), allow France to finish on the second step of the team podium, despite the difficult weather conditions.
Céline Herbin - photo: © Alexis Orloff - ffgolf
The South Koreans, led by Jung-Min Lee, stormed the World Ladies Championship at Mission Hills Resort in Dongguan, China, with Jung-Min Lee ultimately winning her eighth career title. one step ahead of three of his compatriots.
Jung Min Lee of South Korea happy for his title of the World Ladies Championship 2016 on 13 March 2016 at Mission Hills on the Olazabal Golf Course in Dongguan, China. Photo Victor Fraile / Power Sport Images
A blow for Lee who celebrates his double title victory and pockets the bonus of 95,231.85 € for the individual title and who also wins the team competition at the same time as his partner Ko Jin-Young at - 12 total.
«I am very surprised with this result because I did not feel that I was playing my best day and I was not in the leading groupSaid Lee, 24, who won three titles on the Korean LPGA Tour in 2015, after turning pro in 2009. “ my main goal this year is to get my best score on the KLPGA Tour."
Céline Herbin (19th, par), 2015 winner of the Lacoste Ladies Open de France and Gwladys Nocera (37th +3) finished second by team ahead of Taiwan and Wales. The South Korean pair finished with 15 strokes ahead of the French duo.
Three other French women still in the running finish much further. Lucie André is 58th at +10, ahead of Anne-Lise Caudalet Valentine Derrey, 59th at +11.
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