Yoo Hae-ran wins KLPGA Hite Jinro Championship major

Yoo Hae-ran secured her first KLPGA Tour major title at the 26th Hite Jinro Championship held at Blue Heron Golf Club in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province. Finishing with a total of 4-under 284, Yoo was the only player to record an under-par score throughout the tournament, finishing four strokes ahead of runners-up Kim Min-sol and Kim Min-ju.

This victory marks Yoo’s sixth career KLPGA win and her first major on the domestic circuit. It follows her successful season on the LPGA Tour, where she won the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the Amundi Evian Championship. This win also marks her return to the Korean stage after 26 months.

In other notable results, Kim Min-sol finished in a tie for second place, earning 142.5 million won. This brought her total season earnings to 1.52997 billion won, setting a new KLPGA Tour record for the highest single-season earnings.