Uhm Jae-woong has returned to the top of the Korean Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Korean Tour for the first time in five years.Uhm lost one stroke in the fourth round of the Baeksong Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open (total prize money of 1 billion won) at Asiad Country Club (Par 71) in Busan on Monday, but won with a total of 15-under-par 269.Park Sang-hyun, who was looking to win back-to-back tournaments, competed in the same championship group as Uhm but finished three strokes back in second place with a 12-under par 272 total.Uhm made his Korean Tour debut in 2009, but has primarily played on the Asian Tour. Uhm, who won the Hewons Celebrity Pro-Am in September 2018, earned his second victory on the Korean Tour in his hometown of Busan, taking home the official purse of 200 million won, along with a 200 million won cash bonus.
Entering the final round with a one-stroke lead over Park Sang-hyun, Uhm led by three strokes at one point in the first half.Park persisted and birdied the 10th hole (par-4) to take the lead, but Uhm remained calm.While Park dropped a stroke at the 14th (par-4), Uhm parred the hole, setting up a crucial opportunity to win at the 16th (par-3).Park made a costly mistake on the 16th, dropping his tee shot into the water and making a double bogey.Uhm also bogeyed the hole, but was able to pull within two strokes of Park.Coming to the final hole, Uhm 바카라사이트 made a comfortable par putt to win by three strokes after Park made another bogey.
