Queenstown golfer Yoonae Jeong has another trophy in the cabinet.
Jeong won the women’s title by three strokes at the Pegasus Classic in Canterbury at the weekend.
The talented youngster finished at 1 over par for the three-round tournament, three shots clear of the women’s field.
Jeong (Millbrook) opened with a 1-over-par 73 to hold a three-shot lead over Rebekah Blackwell-Chin (Titirangi) and Lannie Inoue (Rangiora).
She bogied the second and 11th holes but came home smoothly over the final holes with six pars and one birdie.
An early birdie extended Jeong’s lead in the second round, but she was a little up and down the rest of the way, making a triple bogey on the seventh and a double on the 17th to go with another bogey and two more birdies.
Blackwell-Chin, meanwhile, carded a 2-under round to storm to a four-shot advantage over Jeong.
The Queenstown golfer really showed her mettle in a flawless final round.
Jeong fired three birdies in the front nine and finished with a round of 69.
Blackwell-Chin faltered, starting with a double bogey before carding 2-over 74 for the round, finishing 4-over for the tournament.
Meanwhile, Canterbury star Yuki Miya showed he was the latest New Zealand Academy player to watch.
Miya claimed his first Charles Tour title when he won the Pegasus Classic men’s tournament by one stroke, holding off professionals Harry Bateman and Steven Oh at his home club at the weekend.
Josh Geary set the early pace, carding a 4-under 68 to continue his fine form after victory at the Tauranga Open, while Miya started with a 3-under 69.
Miya followed with a sparkling 5-under 67 to sit at 8-under for the tournament, although Oh went even lower, starting hot with three birdies in his first four holes before holing an eagle on the par-4 15th to post the round of the tournament, an 8-under 64 that vaulted him into the 36-hole lead at 9-under.
The final round was always going to be tense, with Oh a shot ahead of Miya, Bateman one back and four players within four strokes of the lead.
Oh, Miya and Bateman duly moved into a three-way tie with six holes to play.
Miya regained the lead with a superb chip to a foot on the 15th for birdie, and all three men made par on the par-3 17th, setting up a dramatic finish.
Miya’s tee shot on 18 drifted right, forcing a punch-out, but his rivals could not capitalise.
Oh narrowly missed a birdie, Bateman holed his to tie Oh as top professional, and Miya calmly rolled in his par putt to seal a one-stroke victory.
Otago golfer Ricky Kang finished tied for 20th and former New Zealand Open champion Mahal Pearce tied for 32nd.
— Allied Media
