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Mynavi ABC Championship Golf Tournament 2019

Jung-Gon Hwang made his wish come true by holing a winning eagle putt at 18th

Jung-Gon Hwang started out his final round 1 shot behind the leader, Shugo Imahira. Their battle was a seesaw game until Shugo make 2 straight bogeys on 15 and 16, which gave Jung-Gon a shot advantage before going into the final hole.

Shugo Imahira, Satoshi Kodaira and Jung-Gon Hwang all reached the green in 2, all 3 of them had the eagle chance. Satoshi couldn't hole it, but Shugo showed his charisma and made that eagle putt to put pressure on Jung-Gon. But still with so much pressure on him, Jung-Gon answered Shugo's challenge by making the eagle putt back and grabbed the come from behind win, his 4th Tour victory, which he waited for 4 years.

Jung-Gon has already presented to the fans and press that he has decided to go for compulsory military service in South Korea after this season.
"I am glad that I have secured my position in this Tour before going away for 2 years of compulsory military service."

He is very loved by many friend in this Tour, who jumped up in joy to see him win today, congratulated him with water shower by the 18th green.