Honma Golf : Smile Queen Ha-Neul Kim Wins JLPGA’s CyberAgent Ladies Golf Tournament.

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May 2017

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Smile Queen Ha-Neul Kim Wins JLPGA's CyberAgent Ladies Golf Tournament.

She captures the playoff to avenge last year's sudden death lip-out, achieving her fourth career JLPGA Tour victory

HONMA GOLF CO., LTD. (Head office: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 35F, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; representative director & president: Yasuki Ito) congratulates Tour staffer Ha-Neul Kim on winning the 2017 JLPGA CyberAgent Ladies Golf Tournament at Grand Fields Country Club in Shizuoka. It's her first victory this season and her fourth career win on the JLPGA Tour.

Ha-Neul Kim's success this year was motivated by avenging last year's playoff that she lost on a lip-out. This year she entered the final day in a first-place tie, before becoming the sole leader after birdying holes 11 and 12. But Ai Suzuki closed the gap, forcing a playoff for the second consecutive year. On the first playoff hole, Kim used her TW737 Vs #10 iron to land her second shot just 10 feet from the cup. She promptly sunk the putt for a birdie and the victory.

＜Ha-Neul Kim＞

Known as a smile queen on the tour, Kim has now achieved her first JLPGA Tour victory of 2017 and has two wins in the past year. This year, her goal is to earn more than three victories and to land in the Top 3 on the JLPGA money list.

TOUR WORLD × TEAM HONMA prove the high performance and strength on tours all over the world again this season, and we are hoping for your continuous support of TEAM HONMA.

Ha-Neul Kim

【Date of Birth】 December 17, 1988

【Nationality】 Korea

【Height】 169cm

【Club Setting】

1W : TOUR WORLD TW727 455 PROTO 3W : TOUR WORLD TW737 FW UT : TOUR WORLD TW737 UT UT : TOUR WORLD TW737 UT UT : TOUR WORLD TW737 UT	9.5° 15° 19° 22° 25°	VIZARD YA55 (R) VIZARD EX-Z65 (SR) VIZARD IN75U VIZARD IN75U VIZARD IN75U
Iron : TOUR WORLD TW737 Vｓ	(#6)	NS PRO 950GH（R）
TOUR WORLD TW737 V (#7～10) NS PRO 950GH（R）
AW : TOUR WORLD TW-W	48°	NS PRO WV105
AW : TOUR WORLD TW-W	52°	NS PRO WV105
SW : TOUR WORLD TW-W	58°	NS PRO WV105

【JLPGA money list】 3rd

【JLPGA Mercedes-Benz Player of the Year Rankings】 3rd

【Average stroke】 3rd

【Par-saving percentage】 2nd

【Putting average】 3rd (※As of April 30,2017)

Comment from Ha-Neul Kim

"I am really pleased that I achieved this first victory of the season, with everyone's wonderful support. Thank you so much. I lost the playoff last year, but tried to play this year's tournament with only positive thoughts. It became a playoff just like last year, but on the first playoff hole, I used my TW737 Vs No. 10 iron for my second shot, and landed it close. That really helped me to clinch the victory. I will try to continuously compete at a top level for the rest of the year, and I appreciate everyone's continued support."