CHINA OPEN WINNER KIM CAN AFFORD TO BY FINE BY KOREA TOUR
Kim Bi-o's gamble to play in the more lucrative China Open rather than a low-key event on home turf, for which he was fined by the Korean Golf Tour, paid off today as he won the OneAsia Tour event.
The KGT fined the 20-year-old South Korean and compatriot Kim Dae-hyun $4,600 each for skipping a $460,000 home event to play in the $1 million China Masters instead.
Kim Bi-o had reasons to feel vindicated as he prevailed in a sudden-death play-off against New Zealand's Michael Long to win the title at the Nanshan International Golf Club in Shandong province that made him richer by $180,000.
Levelled at 10-under with three others, he holed an eight-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole to seal the title.
Kim Dae-hyun's defiance paid off too as he pocketed $11,975 for finishing tied 16th at five-under.
The KGT fined the 20-year-old South Korean and compatriot Kim Dae-hyun $4,600 each for skipping a $460,000 home event to play in the $1 million China Masters instead.
Kim Bi-o had reasons to feel vindicated as he prevailed in a sudden-death play-off against New Zealand's Michael Long to win the title at the Nanshan International Golf Club in Shandong province that made him richer by $180,000.
Levelled at 10-under with three others, he holed an eight-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole to seal the title.
Kim Dae-hyun's defiance paid off too as he pocketed $11,975 for finishing tied 16th at five-under.
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