BMW Ladies 2021 R1
October 21-24
LPGA International Busan, Busan, Republic of Korea
$2,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Your clubhouse leader after Day 1 of the 2021 BMW Ladies Championship, Na Rin An! 👏 pic.twitter.com/n3wm5bKgLX
— LPGA (@LPGA) October 21, 2021
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Two-time KLPGA Tour winner Na Rin An shot a 64 on Thursday to take the lead of the BMW Ladies Championship at 8-under, tying the tournament record set by Danielle Kang in the final round of 2019.
BMW Ladies 2021 R1
An, who is playing in just her second LPGA Tour event after a T63 finish at the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open, carded nine birdies and a single bogey at the 18th and was pleased with her first day.
“I think overall today, even with my missed shots, I was able to make a nice recovery. And overall I was extremely satisfied with my putting. I think the putting went really well today, and that was behind my strong round. I think in the last event [in 2019] and in this event as well, the greens tend to be faster, and I actually like the greens to be a little fast. And I think because of that I was able to read the green better, and I was able to execute my readings basically on the green better as well.”
BMW Ladies 2021 R1
The Rolex Rankings No. 69 is currently signed up for LPGA Q-Series aiming to earn a place on the LPGA Tour. A win this week would give her LPGA Tour Membership.
“Actually I started golf because I wanted to play on the LPGA Tour. So, yes, I hope to [make it on Tour]. I think when it comes to my mindset or my goals, they are largely the same regardless of whether I’m playing on the KLPGA or any other event. I think coming into this event, I hoped that I could win. So that is a hope for me at this point.”
BMW Ladies 2021 R1
Major champion In Gee Chung and KLPGA’s Ju Young Pak, younger sister of LPGA Tour winner Hee Young Park, are tied for second at 7-under.
Chun signed for a bogey-free round, one of 14 players to do so. “My ball-striking wasn’t going very well, so I practiced a lot and I prepared a lot. And going into this round, my ultimate goal was to have a bogey-free round, which I did. So I would like to pat myself on the back for that. And another goal I had was to not really miss any opportunities that arise, and I think I did that too.”
Three players are tied in fourh place at 6-under – five-time LPGA Tour winner Danielle Kang, 2020 U.S. Women’s Open champion A Lim Kim and Hae Ran Ryu.
Jin Young Ko’s consecutive streak of rounds in the 60s ended after a 1-under 71 at the #BLC2021, her first round in the 70s since R3 of the @EvianChamp.
— LPGA Media (@LPGAMedia) October 21, 2021
She remains tied w/ @ANNIKA59 & @1soyeonryu for the most w/ 14, in just her fourth official season on Tour. pic.twitter.com/TeRad5s70K
BMW Ladies 2021 R1
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Na Rin An | -8 |
64 |
T2 |
In Gee Chun | -7 |
65 |
T2 |
Ju Young Pak | -7 |
65 |
T4 |
Danielle Kang | -6 |
66 |
T4 |
Hae Ran Ryu | -6 |
66 |
T4 |
A Lim Kim | -6 |
66 |
T7 |
Sei Young Kim | -5 |
67 |
T7 |
Hee Jeong Lim | -5 |
67 |
T7 |
Minjee Lee | -5 |
67 |
T7 |
Jin Hee Im | -5 |
67 |
T7 |
Esther Henseleit | -5 |
67 |
T7 |
Alison Lee | -5 |
67 |
T7 |
Gaby Lopez | -5 |
67 |
T14 |
Hannah Green | -4 |
68 |
T14 |
Jung Min Hong | -4 |
68 |
T14 |
Ji Hyun Kim | -4 |
68 |
T14 |
Yunji Jeong | -4 |
68 |
T14 |
Somi Lee | -4 |
68 |
T14 |
Da Yeon Lee | -4 |
68 |
T14 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | -4 |
68 |
T21 |
Charley Hull | -3 |
69 |
T21 |
Jeongeun Lee6 | -3 |
69 |
T21 |
Haeji Kang | -3 |
69 |
T21 |
Wichanee Meechai | -3 |
69 |
T21 |
Hee Young Park | -3 |
69 |
T21 |
Albane Valenzuela | -3 |
69 |
T27 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Jennifer Kupcho | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Inbee Park | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Marina Alex | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Jung Min Lee | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Pajaree Anannarukarn | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Celine Boutier | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Leona Maguire | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Da Been Heo | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Yea Lin Kang | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Su Ji Kim | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Yu Liu | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Yesung Jun | -2 |
70 |
T27 |
Ji Yeong2 Kim | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Jennifer Song | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Yu Jin Sung | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Jin Young Ko | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Min Ji Park | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Yebeen Sohn | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Yealimi Noh | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Hyun Kyung Park | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Ji Hyun Oh | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Sung Hyun Park | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Yeun Jung Seo | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Emma Talley | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Su Oh | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Hyo Joo Kim | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Min Song Ha | -1 |
71 |
T42 |
Eun-Hee Ji | -1 |
71 |
T57 |
Giulia Molinaro | E |
72 |
T57 |
Hye-Jin Choi | E |
72 |
T57 |
Ga Eun Song | E |
72 |
T57 |
So Yeon Ryu | E |
72 |
T57 |
Elizabeth Szokol | E |
72 |
T57 |
Hae Rym Kim | E |
72 |
T57 |
Ji Young Park | E |
72 |
T64 |
Lydia Ko | +1 |
73 |
T64 |
Carlota Ciganda | +1 |
73 |
T64 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | +1 |
73 |
T64 |
Jee Hyun Ahn | +1 |
73 |
T64 |
Chella Choi | +1 |
73 |
T64 |
Ga Young Lee | +1 |
73 |
T64 |
Min Lee | +1 |
73 |
T64 |
Sarah Schmelzel | +1 |
73 |
T72 |
Ha Na Jang | +2 |
74 |
T72 |
Wei-Ling Hsu | +2 |
74 |
T72 |
Ye Rim Choi | +2 |
74 |
T75 |
Cheyenne Knight | +3 |
75 |
T75 |
Amy Yang | +3 |
75 |
T75 |
Han Sol Ji | +3 |
75 |
T75 |
Jenny Shin | +3 |
75 |
T79 |
Sarah Kemp | +4 |
76 |
T79 |
Ji Hyun Lee (a) | +4 |
76 |
T79 |
Ashleigh Buhai | +4 |
76 |
T79 |
Bronte Law | +4 |
76 |
83 |
Jeongeun Lee | +6 |
78 |
84 |
Matilda Castren | +8 |
80 |
