{"id":262355,"date":"2026-05-28T01:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/28\/klpga-title-race-upended-kim-min-sol-surges-to-no-1\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:26:53","slug":"klpga-title-race-upended-kim-min-sol-surges-to-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/sports\/2026\/05\/28\/klpga-title-race-upended-kim-min-sol-surges-to-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"KLPGA Title Race Upended: Kim Min-sol Surges to No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation resultTwo weeks ago, Lee Ye-won held all three major KLPGA crowns \u2014 the money list, Player of the Year points and scoring average. After last week\u2019s E1 Charity Open, however, the face of the money list changed: with Lee competing on the JLPGA in Japan, Kim Min-sol moved up to No. 1.The rankings could shift even more between this week and next. Lee is overseas on the JLPGA this week, and next week four of Korea\u2019s top players will head to the U.S. Women\u2019s Open on the LPGA Tour, meaning several leading names will miss domestic events.Current money list- 1st \u2014 Kim Min-sol (KRW 376,310,000 (approximately $282,233))- 2nd \u2014 Lee Ye-won (KRW 375,730,000 (approximately $281,798))- 3rd \u2014 Bang Shin-sil (KRW 363,110,000 (approximately $272,333))- 4th \u2014 Ko Ji-won (KRW 334,990,000 (approximately $251,243))- 5th \u2014 Yoo Hyun-jo (KRW 298,970,000 (approximately $224,228))- 6th \u2014 Jeon Ye-seong (KRW 295,570,000 (approximately $221,678))The margins are razor-thin. The Player of the Year standings are just as tight:- 1st \u2014 Lee Ye-won (158 points)- 2nd \u2014 Bang Shin-sil (153)- 3rd \u2014 Kim Min-sol (143)- 4th \u2014 Ko Ji-won (137)- 5th \u2014 Kim Si-hyun (127)- 6th \u2014 Lee Da-yeon (123)- 7th \u2014 Yoo Hyun-jo (113)The KLPGA players entered in next week\u2019s U.S. Women\u2019s Open are Kim Min-sol, Yoo Hyun-jo, Ko Ji-won and Hong Jeong-min. Those four won\u2019t be in the field for the Celltrion Queens Masters. Of that group, only Yoo will play this week at the Sh Suhyup Bank MBN Women\u2019s Open (May 29\u201331), a three-day event at The Starhue Golf Club in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province; Kim, Ko and Hong will skip domestic events for a second consecutive week.All eyes will be on whether Bang \u2014 currently second in points and third in earnings \u2014 can claim No. 1 in both categories over the next two weeks. Bang won the Doosan Match Play in mid-May but then missed the cut at the E1 Charity Open. It\u2019s also possible Lee reclaims the top spot when she returns from Japan for the Celltrion Queens Masters.Scoring average \u2014 a stat that\u2019s less tied to the number of events played \u2014 shows a slightly different order: Lee Ye-won leads with a 70.09 average, Lee Da-yeon is second at 70.41, Park Hyun-kyung third at 70.54; Kim Min-sol is sixth at 70.71, Ko Ji-won seventh at 70.96, Bang Shin-sil 10th at 71.14 and Yoo Hyun-jo 12th at 71.21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Min-sol rises to the top of KLPGA rankings as Lee Ye-won competes in Japan, with title races tightening ahead of US Women&#8217;s 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