ji yuai leads in first round of china women's tour elite championship
2024-09-14
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shanghai, september 13 (china news service) the 2024 women's china tour elite championship kicked off in shanghai on the 13th. chinese player ji yuai shot a bogey-free 66, 6 strokes under par, and was in the leading position.
the first fila golf women's elite championship was hosted by the china golf association and certified by the china ladies professional golf tour. it attracted 132 players from 11 countries and regions including china, thailand, japan, malaysia, indonesia, singapore, the philippines, new zealand, canada, hong kong, china, and taipei, china.
the sun was strong on chongming island, where the event was held. ji yuai used an 8-iron against the wind to 6 feet on the sixth hole to grab her first birdie. she used the same 8-iron on the next hole and hit it to 4 feet for birdie. she made an up-and-down putt on the ninth hole for birdie. after the transition, she made two long putts of more than 20 feet on the 11th and 15th holes to score points.
athletes in the competition. photo: provided by the event organizer
although she caught so many birdies, ji yuai felt that the hole she was most satisfied with was the 13th hole. after hitting two bad shots, she cut from a distance of 45 yards to 10 feet next to the flagpole and successfully saved par.
ji yuai said that she had good luck. "this golf course is very windy and the rough is hard to save, which is quite difficult." ji yuai said that it is difficult to find the ball after the rough, and the ball position is usually very bad, "but i found the ball and the ball position is good, there are no balls that are difficult to save, i think the luck factor accounts for 80% today."
in april this year, ji yuai made a breakthrough in the tianjin women's open, but she said that this year has been very difficult. she then fell ill in the beijing open and did not recover at the zhuhai open. she thought she would have another breakthrough in the singapore open, but she strained her body while practicing physical fitness. "a series of small accidents prevented me from winning the championship again."
due to darkness, the first round of the competition was not completed. six groups of players will return early in the morning on the second day to make up the game. in the end, ji yuai caught 6 birdies in the first round, leading wang zixuan, tang rongze (amateur), and zhou shiyuan (amateur) by 2 strokes. the competition will continue on the 14th, and the champion will be decided on the 15th. (end)
