Taehoon Lee (copyright) took the lead by one stroke at the KPGA Tour Woori Finance Championship (total prize money of 1.5 billion won).
In the third day of the competition held at Seowon Valley Country Club (par 71, 731 yards) in Paju, Gyeonggi Province on Sunday, Taehoon Lee cut down one stroke with two birdies and one bogey, leading Moon Do-yeop and Kang Tae-young, who tied for second with 4-under 209 overall. It is interesting to see how Taehoon Lee, which rarely allows a reversal, will fare in the final round if it takes the lead.
Taehoon Lee, who is active as "Richard T Lee" in the Asian Tour, was a Korean-Canadian born in Toronto, Ontario, copyright in 1990 and was a rising star who participated in the U.S. Open in 2007 when he was 16. Taehoon Lee won the Asian Tour Soler Open 11 years ago in 2004, and won his third tour victory at the Shinhan East Sea Open in 2017 and the BNI Indian Masters last year.
Taehoon Lee also has three wins in the KPGA Tour. It won the Shinhan Donghae Open co-hosted by the Asian Tour and the KPGA Tour in 2017, the DB Insurance Promi Open in 2019, and the Hana Bank Invitational in 2021. If it wins this tournament, it will be its fourth win in the KPGA tour in three and a half years.
"I decided to finish with every hole par as pin position was very difficult," Taehoon Lee said after the game. "I focused well throughout the game. It was windy and the green was really fast. Fin position in the final round is also expected to be difficult. I will aim safely for the course and if the opportunity arises, I will aim to win the title with a strategy of aiming for birdie."
Park Joon-hong, who took the lead in the second round, lost four shots and tied for fourth with Ok Tae-hoon with a median total of two under 211.
Kim Baek-joon, the winner of the opening game, shot an eagle at the 10th hole (par 4), his first hole, to elevate his ranking from 50th to the joint 6th with 1-under 213 overall. As he is only three shots behind the first Taehoon Lee, he has ample chance to win the title for two consecutive weeks.
Kim Baek-joon said, "Actually, I did not expect that I would be able to win or rank high in this competition. However, the ranking has come up like this again, and I think the opportunity has come. I will concentrate and play with the goal of winning the championship. 먹튀검증"
Meanwhile, Lee Seung-min, a developmental disability golfer who tied for fourth in the second round the previous day, was sluggish with a 5-over 76 on the day, tied for 14th with a median total of 1 over 214.