Yoo Hae-ran wins the Hite Jinro Championship... "It feels like old congestion is going down."

(Yeoju = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Tae-yong = "Seven years ago, I was worried about how I would drink if I won the Hite Jinro Championship."

After winning the Hite Jinro Championship, the last major tournament of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour season, which ended on the 4th, Yoo Hae-ran remembered participating in this tournament as an invited player in 2019.

Yoo Hae-ran, who was looking forward to winning the final round at the time, smiled and said, "I was in my third year of high school at the time, and I was worried about what would happen if I drank beer in celebration of winning."

Contrary to worries, Yoo Hae-ran finished the tournament in a tie for 6th place due to a double bogey on the 17th hole (par 4).

This year, seven years later, Yoo Hae-ran, who comfortably won the championship by four strokes over the second-place group, said, “It was a competition I really wanted to win, but I feel like the old congestion is going away.”

Yoo Hae-ran, who drank beer in celebration of winning, laughed and said, "I can't drink alcohol in the first place. I only had two sips today, but my face turned red."

Yoo Hae-ran, who played leisurely throughout the 4th round, looked very disappointed after hitting his tee shot 1m from the 16th hole (par 3).

He expressed regret, saying, "There was a car as a prize in that hole. Deep down, I was hoping for a hole-in-one."

Yoo Hae-ran, who said that he enjoyed playing with his juniors during the competition, advised his juniors, “Don’t focus too much energy on the competition performance, just wait consistently and the win will come.”

Yoo Hae-ra said that putting down the golf club for five weeks because she was not feeling well at the beginning of the season actually helped her.

As he took a break, his passion for golf actually grew.

Yoo Hae-ran will also participate in the KLPGA Tour Iceberg Golf and Seoul Shinmun Open held in Korea in October and the LPGA Tour BMW Ladies Championship held in Haenam, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.

He expressed his determination, “I will play hard to win as a way to repay my fans.”