Yoon Na-na’s return to the KLPGA tour, which was suspended for playing Ogu, started with an apology and ended with an apology.
Yoon shot a 2-under 70 in the first round of the Doosan E&C Weave Championship, the opening round of the KLPGA Tour 2024 season, held at Teddy Valley Golf and Resort (par 72) in Seogwipo, Jeju on Sunday. By tying three birdies and one bogey, Yoon saved two pars, tying for 19th.
Yoon In-na, who was suspended for writing the wrong score on the scorecard after playing the game as it was even though she knew it was not her ball at the 2022 DB Group Korean Women’s Open, returned to the tournament for the first time in about a year and nine months.
More fans and reporters gathered at the venue than usual. In particular, more than 300 people gathered in the group where Yuna, Bang Shin-sil and Hwang Yoo-min played together. Before the first tee shot, Yuna bowed her head 90 degrees and apologized to the audience.
She played in the game for the first time in a long time, but Yoon still had a long shot. She started to hunt for birdies by banking on her driver shots with an average distance of 270 yards. The first bogey was made at Hole 2, but Yoon remained calm. She garnered her first birdie at Hole 4 and narrowed down one shot each at Hole 9 and 11 to make it 2-under par. While continuing her par streak, Yoon faced a crisis as her tee shot rolled to the left at the last 18th hole. However, she had no more bogeys. She calmly held par and finished the first day of the game in a good mood.
Yoon met with reporters for the first time since the controversy over “Ogu” play, and officially apologized with tears on the day. “I apologize to everyone who might have been hurt by my past mistake,” Yoon said. “I thought a lot about whether it is right to continue 바카라 playing golf. I’m happy to play golf again and I’ll be reborn as an exemplary player from now on.”
“Once again, I am sorry to everyone who was hurt because of me. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to live as a golfer once again. I will try to become a player who contributes to the development of golf rather than individual achievements,” he added.
On the first day, Choi was listed at the top of the leaderboard. Having garnered seven birdies without a bogey to post a 7-under 65, Choi took the lead by beating over Hwang Yoo-min and Noh Seung-hee, who tied for second, by two strokes.