Park Sung-hyun falls short of full KLPGA Tour seed for next year, finishing 59th in qualifying

Park Sung-hyun finished 59th in the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour's seed ranking event, falling short of securing a full tour card for next year.

Playing the final round Friday at Muan Country Club's East A and East B courses (par 72) in Muan-gun, South Jeolla Province, Park traded two birdies and two bogeys to finish at even par, closing the tournament at 2-under-par 286 for 59th place.

Over the four-day event, Park managed only a 2-under-par score in the third round, finishing at even par in each of the other three. A strong final-round charge was essential to crack the top 20 and earn a full seed, but Park could not deliver.

The seed ranking event does not operate on a simple pass-or-fail cutoff. The higher a player finishes, the more opportunities she earns to compete on the regular tour the following season. A top-20 finish generally allows a player to enter most standard tournaments, while 59th makes consistent starts difficult. The result means less that Park is barred from domestic competition altogether, and more that Park has failed to secure a stable foundation from which to compete regularly.

Ma Da-som claimed top honors, firing a 6-under-par 66 in the final round to finish at 19-under-par 269. Playing bogey-free with six birdies, Ma edged out Lee Seung-min — who had led through Thursday — by one stroke to take medalist honors.

Lee shot a final-round 4-under-par 68 to finish at 18-under-par 270, earning second place. Kim Na-young followed with a 7-under-par 65 to post 17-under-par 271 and finish third.

Hong Ji-won, a former Korean Women's Open champion, finished seventh at 12-under-par 276, while Song Ga-eun, who spent the current season on the second-tier tour, came in 16th at 10-under-par 278 — both earning returns to the regular tour next year. Choi Un-jeong, a former LPGA Tour player, finished 70th at 1-under-par 287, making a return to the domestic circuit unlikely.