Lim Seong-jae, 23, succeeded in making a leap on the third day of the US Pro Golf (PGA) Tour Farmers Insurance Open ($7.5 million in prize money).
In the third round of the tournament held at the Tory Pines Golf Club Nam Course (par 72, 7,765 yards) in La Jolla, California, USA on the 31st (Korean time) on the 31st (Korean time), Lim Sung-jae tied 5 birdies and 2 bogies and hit 3 under par 69.
Lim Sung-jae, who hit 212 hits at a 4 under par in the middle total, raised the ranking by 34 places from the previous day to a tie for 20th.
In this competition, players alternate between rounds 1 and 2 on the north and south course, and rounds 3 and 4 on the south course.
The South course is more difficult than the North course.
In the second round, Im Seong-jae, who was a pro in the South course, struggled with a 2-over par 74 strokes due to bad weather, but on this day he rebounded by reducing 3 strokes on the same course.
In particular, in the second half of the 7th hole (par 4) and 9th hole (par 5), about 11m and 9m birdie putts, respectively, showed off their backscore.
It’s six shots against co-leaders Carlos Ortis (Mexico) and Patrick Reed (US).
Ortis recorded 66 strokes, the smallest hitting 6-under par among the players on the day, and recorded a 10-under-par 206 in the middle.
Ortis aims for a second win in his career since the Vivint Houston Open in November last year.
Reed cut two strokes and went up one notch from the previous day.
Reed challenges his ninth win.
World ranking 2nd place Yon Lam (Spain) tied for 3rd (8 under par 208 strokes), and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who started this year’s PGA tour schedule with this event, is tied for 7th (7 under par 209 strokes).
Ahn Byung-Hoon (30) scored 218 strokes over 2 in the middle, tying at 63rd place without a buddy.
Choi Gyeong-ju (51), who was expected to be tied for fourth on the first day, lost 5 strokes with 5 boogies and ended up with a 3-over par 219 strokes in the middle.
The ranking fell 27 places to 67th place.
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