Shin Ji-ae (37), the "living legend" of Korean women's golf, made history again by becoming the top prize winner of the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA) Tour.

Shin Ji-ae shot a 3-under 69 in the fourth round of the JLPGA Tour's 2025 season opener Daikin Orchid Ladies Tournament (total prize money of 120 million yen) at Ryukyu Golf Club (par 72) in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on the 9th, tied for second place with a total of 6-under 282.

Shin once shared the lead and inflated her dream of winning the 66th World Tour and the 31st JLPGA Tour (including two non-members), but she had to settle for becoming the top prize winner at her 300th appearance on the Japanese stage. Until last year, Shin received prize money of 1,372,0405 yen (about 13.451 billion won) from 299 JLPGA Tour competitions. The prize money gap was only 596,977 yen (about 5.9 million won) with Yuri Fudo (49, Japan), who was previously the No. 1 player. Shin, who earned 8.72 million yen on the day, increased her cumulative prize money to 1,380,743,405 yen (about 13.537 billion won), beating even after she failed to make the cut (1.37 billion yen, about 1.37 billion won) in this competition. 카지노사이트

Shin, who participated in many away tournaments including the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour last year to qualify for the Paris Olympics, plans to focus on the JLPGA tour this year and aim for the season's top prize money. She was the winner of the KLPGA tour from 2006 to 2008, and the LPGA tour's top prize money in 2009. With her goal of surpassing 30 wins (only winning the membership) based on the JLPGA tour's permanent seed, Shin has maintained her top-notch performance by winning the Australian tour in December last year and competing for the lead in this year's event as well. "The No. 1 ranking in total prize money is a record of the tour, not mine. It's all thanks to the increased prize money and the increased number of competitions," Shin said. "I'll wait for my juniors to break this record quickly."

Iwayi Chisato (23) of Japan, who started the LPGA tour this year, won the title for the second consecutive year with 10-under 278 overall. It is her eighth career victory in the JLPGA tour.