Looking slightly sheepish, South Korean golfer Oh Soo-min smiled at the crowd who greeted her with applause as she walked off the Tanah Merah Club's Tampines Course on March 9.
The 15-year-old had just fired a six-under 66 to top the leaderboard going into the final round of the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women's Open with a 14-under 202 total, three strokes clear of her closest competitors Kim Jae-hee (71) and Bang Shin-sil (70).
Though "a little bit embarrassed" by the attention, beneath the softspoken amateur's shy demeanour lies an irrepressible competitive streak, as seen in her ambition to surpass 15-time Major winner Tiger Woods.
The first-year high school student said: "It's the first time that I'm on top of the leaderboard in a professional tournament like this, so it feels very surreal.
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