Soomin Oh shoots 4 consecutive rounds within the 60’s to win particular person competitors and an exemption into the 2025 CPKC Ladies’s Open
Mississauga, Ont. – The Republic of Korea received the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship for the third time in event historical past, beating Staff Canada 1 on a tiebreaker on the Credit score Valley Golf & Nation Membership in Mississauga, Ont. on Saturday.
The Republic of Korea (Korea) entered the day two photographs again of Staff Canada and at one level trailed the defending champions by six photographs in the course of the remaining spherical. Coming down the stretch Canada had a one-shot lead with three to play. As the ultimate group teed off on no.18 Canada and Korea have been tied at 19-under.
Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta. hit her second shot simply behind the pin leaving a prolonged have a look at birdie whereas Soomin Oh from Korea hit her second shot nearer than Deng however nonetheless confronted a tough putt. Each gamers went on to file pars protecting the rating tied at 19-under. As per event tie breaking guidelines, the decider is the third non-counting rating on the day. Sumin Hong’s rating of 74 simply beat Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. by two.
“I’m very very pleased with my women. We had a tricky day yesterday and at this time, however I instructed them to hold tight and with 4 holes left I stated we begin proper now, and so they did, and so they made it, and I’m very pleased with them,” stated Korea Coach Naon Min.
This marked the second consecutive yr that Korea and Canada battled proper to the very finish, with Canada profitable by one final yr in Brampton, Ont.
“Two of my women have been right here final yr and final yr was the other ending so that they had that have and that gave them a stronger mindset in order that helped,” added Min.
Korea was led once more by Oh, who shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday and Seojin Park who shot a 1-over 73. Canada’s scores on Saturday got here from Deng and Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C. who each shot even par rounds of 72.
Oh stated that the expertise from final yr helped their group this yr and their mindset for the event.
“Our group are all associates, and we cheer for one another and that makes me extra snug, and the end result was good.”
The win offers Korea’s it’s third group title, which is essentially the most within the nine-year historical past of the world championship.
Staff Canada 1 Coach Jeff MacDonald was pleased with how his group competed all week and when one participant struggled, they bounced again the subsequent day all through the week.
“They have been superb all week, they performed nice at this time, they battled. Staff Korea is an actual sturdy group, and we knew that moving into and our women fought actually onerous and I’m simply so pleased for them and so proud for them, robust option to end on the finish however nonetheless an enormous battle,” stated MacDonald.
Staff Canada 1 earned a podium end for the second consecutive yr and was a very new group this yr. MacDonald stated it’s an thrilling time in Canada with plenty of sturdy expertise coming via this system.
“It simply goes to indicate you the depth that now we have throughout the program, two of those women are 14 and one is 15 years outdated so I feel we acquired a very vibrant future forward. There are many women on our NextGen program which are going to step up and do the identical factor,” he stated.
America shot a mixed 2-under on Saturday to enhance their whole rating to 9-under and took bronze medalist honours.
Staff Canada 2 completed tied for twelfth with Italy at 13-over. Staff Canada 2 was represented by 14-year-old Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont., 15-year-old Eileen Park of Purple Deer, Alta. and 17-year-old Lindsay McGrath of Oakville, Ont.
The next are the ultimate standings following the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship:
*Staff Champions by the use of Tie-BreakClick right here for the ultimate group leaderboard following the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship.
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Within the particular person competitors, Soomin Oh took the lead on Thursday and didn’t look again ending with 4 consecutive rounds within the 60’s (69-68-68-69-274) to complete the event at -14 beneath.
“I truly began the event bogey, bogey on my first two holes however I held on tight, and I completed sturdy, so I’m very pleased,” stated Oh via her coach.
Oh completed eight photographs forward of Aphrodite Deng to earn an exemption into the 2025 CPKC Ladies’s Open at Mississaugua Golf & Nation Membership in Mississauga, Ont. August 19 – 24, 2025. Will probably be the second look on the LPGA Tour in her younger profession having performed the 2023 BMW Women Championship which is co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour.
Coach Min was very pleased with Oh’s efficiency all through the week, “Lovely play. This yr she’s been enjoying good and ranks primary in Korea. The primary time I noticed her was a yr in the past, however she’s been rising up and I’m anticipating extra for her future now,” stated Min.
When requested if Oh might grow to be one of many subsequent nice Korean ladies’s golfers, she didn’t hesitate.
“Sure, I’m 100 per cent certain,” she stated.
Deng completed second at 6-under following rounds of 67-75-68-72-282. Arianna Lau of Hong Kong, China completed third at 4-under with rounds of 70-70-72-72-284.
Click on right here for the ultimate particular person leaderboard following the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship.
This yr marked the biggest area in event historical past, with a complete of 72 athletes comprising 24 groups and representing 23 nations competing for the group and particular person titles.
A number of gamers who’ve competed within the World Junior Ladies Golf Championship have gone on to nice success on the LPGA Tour. Canadian Brooke Henderson, a 13-time LPGA Tour winner and Canada’s winningest skilled golfer, completed fourth within the particular person competitors on the inaugural championship in 2014.
Different notable rivals who went on to grow to be LPGA Tour winners embrace Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand who received back-to-back World Junior titles in 2018 and 2019 in addition to Yuka Saso of the Philippines who received the 2016 World Junior title. 2023 CPKC Ladies’s Open winner, Megan Khang of america competed within the inaugural event in 2014. Different former World Junior rivals who’ve gone on to win on the LPGA Tour embrace Hannah Inexperienced of Australia and Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden. Hye-Jin Choi from the Republic of Korea received each the 2015 group and particular person championship on the World Junior Ladies Golf Championship and has earned a number of prime 5 finishes on the LPGA Tour.
The 2025 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship will probably be performed at St. Catharines Golf and Nation Membership, in St. Catharines, Ont., September 15 – 20. The 2026 event will probably be held at The Royal Ottawa Golf Membership in Gatineau, Que., September 28 – October 3, 2026.
