Lee Ye-won wins S-Oil Championship in comeback, extends four-year multi-win streak

Lee Ye-won staged a come-from-behind victory at the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour's S-Oil Championship on Sunday, extending a four-year streak of winning multiple titles per season.

Lee carded a 1-under-par 71 in strong winds during the final round at Elysian Jeju Country Club (par 72, 6,924 yards) in Jeju, finishing at 12-under-par 276 to beat runner-up Moon Jeong-min by three strokes. The winner's prize was 180 million won ($135,000).

The victory marked Lee's second win of the season, coming about six months after the Dukshin EPC Championship in April, and kept alive a four-year run of multiple victories per season.

Entering the final round one stroke behind leader Lee Ji-hyeon 3, Lee Ye-won rolled in a 5.8-meter birdie putt from the fringe on the par-4 second hole to draw level, then added a 1-meter birdie on the par-4 eighth to take the outright lead.

While Lee Ye-won collected two birdies on the front nine, Lee Ji-hyeon 3 collapsed with four consecutive bogeys on holes 8 through 11. Lee Ye-won stretched the lead to three strokes and, with rivals Moon Jeong-min and Yoo Hyeon-jo unable to make birdies in the blustery conditions, cruised to the title despite a three-putt bogey on the par-3 13th hole.

Lee Ye-won joined the KLPGA Tour in 2022, winning Rookie of the Year, and has since blossomed into one of the tour's marquee players. Lee claimed three wins in each of the three seasons from 2023, and earlier this year secured a career 10th title at the Dukshin EPC Championship in April.

Moon Jeong-min exchanged a birdie and a bogey on the final day to finish even par, ending at 9-under-par 279 for the runner-up spot.

Lee Ji-hyeon 3, who had been chasing a first career win, made no birdies and dropped six bogeys to finish at 7-under-par 281, tying for third with Yoo Hyeon-jo, Choi Eun-woo and Song Eun-a.

Jang Eun-su and Lee Jae-yun shared seventh place at 5-under-par 283, while Park Hye-jun, Sung Yu-jin and Jeon Ye-seong tied for ninth at 4-under-par 284.

Money-list leader Kim Min-sol dropped three shots but finished at 3-under-par 285 to tie for 12th. Kim added 11.74 million won in prize money to push season earnings to 1.6 billion won, becoming the first player in tour history to surpass 1.6 billion won in a single season.