3rd → 2nd → 1st… Kim Si-woo iron shot lit-Maeil Business Administration

“After checking and correcting my swing, I feel comfortable with my swing. I will be calm and less aggressive in the final round.”

Kim Si-woo (26, CJ Logistics), who won the Players Championship, which is called the ‘5th Major’ in 2017, took the third chance to win the American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour personal history in four years.

Round 3 of the PGA Tour American Express held at the PGA West Stadium Course (par 72) in La Quinta, CA, USA on the 24th (Korean time). Kim Si-woo, who was tied for second place the previous day, picked five birdies without a look, and took the lead with Tony Pinau and Max Houma (above the United States) with a 15-under-par 201 shot in the middle.

Following the Wyndham Championship in 2016 and the Players Championship in 2017, Kim Si-woo, who had a chance to win 3 wins in his personal career, said, “I am comfortable and try to be less aggressive. That is the final round strategy.” Kim Si-woo made up his mind by recalling the regret that he missed the win at the Wyndham Championship last August. At that time, Kim Si-woo started the final round as the sole leader and had a chance to win, but due to tense, he was unable to reduce the number of strokes and finished tied for third place. Kim Si-woo, who is eager not to make the same mistake again, said, “I didn’t play well on the last day at the time. I will wait a little longer and play calmly.”

This competition has a good atmosphere. In particular, the green hit rate that seizes buddy opportunities is the top. The trick is to check your swing. Kim Si-woo explained, “I checked the swing with the coach last week. It’s mainly the backswing and takeaway parts, but when I do the backswing, I tend to pull it slightly inward, but this was fixed.” In fact, Kim Si-woo, who tied for third place with a 77.78% green hit rate in the first round, is getting more and more sharp iron shots with 83.33% in the second round and 87.50% in the third round. The key to winning is the putting. Kim Si-woo also expressed his determination, “It was a pity that I couldn’t take advantage of the fact that I had a lot of opportunities in the second half of the day because my putt was a little crazy compared to the shot, but I will check it so that it can be better tomorrow.”

There is another reason that Siwoo Kim is expected to win. This is because the PGA West Golf Course, where this tournament is held, has a deep relationship with Korea as well as a personal relationship with Kim Si-woo. Siwoo Kim has a good memory of this course. At the PGA Tour Qualifying School held at the PGA West Stadium Course in 2013, Kim Si-woo, a high school student at the time, tied for 20th and passed Q School at the age of 17 years, 5 months and 6 days. This is the record for the youngest Q-school pass ever on the PGA Tour. At the time, unfortunately, only 18 years of age or older could become a member of the PGA Tour, so before June 28, 2013, Kim Si-woo was somewhat restricted from his tour activities.

and also. The owner of PGA West is Korean. Last year, Shin-il Yoo, chairman of Korea Industry Corporation (69), took over nine golf courses, including six PGA West Golf Courses, which are called’Pride of American Golf Courses’. PGA West is composed of three membership courses and three semi-member courses, and not only the deceased master Pete Dye, but also Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, and Arnold Palmer participated in the design. In addition, PGA Tour competitions were held continuously, and PGA Tour Q School final qualifiers were held seven times from 1986 to 2008.

Ahn Byung-hoon (30, CJ Logistics) also aims to win the reversal. On this day, Ahn Byung-hoon reduced his 5 strokes to 6 birdies and 1 bogie, raising the rank to a tie for 11th place with an intermediate total of 11 under par 205. It is only 4 strokes from the leading group, so it is possible to win a reverse match depending on the performance of the last day. Im Seong-jae (23, CJ Logistics), who took the lead in the third round, was unfortunately caught in the triple bogie on the 9th hole, losing one stroke and was pushed to the tie for 20th with 206 strokes in the middle total.

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