[서울신문] Siwoo Kim, sees the third trophy on the PGA Tour in the U.S.

American Express 3R co-leader
Ahn Byung-hoon reduced 5 strokes to a joint 13th place’jump’
Lim Seong-jae plunges to 26th place with triple bogie

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▲ Kim Si-woo.
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Kim Si-woo, 26, took the opportunity to reach the third top in the US Professional Golf (PGA) tour.

On the 24th (Korean time), Siwoo Kim pulled out 5 birdies without seeing in the 3rd round of the PGA Tour American Express held at the PGA West Stadium Course (par 72, 7113 yards) in La Quinta, California, USA, and took the lead with 15 under par 201 strokes in the middle. Went out.

Starting the second round with a tie for second place with 10 under par 134 strokes, on the last day, Kim Si-woo will compete for the championship in the champions group with co-leaders Max Homa and Tony Pinau (above USA), 3 years and 8 months after the Players Championship in May 2017. Man’s third tour wins.

Kim Si-woo, who was tied for 3rd in the first round and tied for 2nd in the 2nd round, failed to’two on’ in the 5th hole (par 5) after opening the gun with the first birdie on the 3rd hole (par 4), but green The approach shot I tried from the outside was put inside the hole cup 2m to reduce one more stroke. After blocking 6 holes with a par, he joined the lead group by thinning out the’Stepping Stone’ buddy in holes 12 (par 4), 14 (par 4), and 16 holes (par 5).

Kim Si-woo, who hit the green by 83.33% by hitting the green with an average of 323.4 yards on 14 driver tee shots and missing the green only three times, is only 1.214, which is less than the average of three days in the putting index (SG), which represents the’number of strokes reduced with putt’. Left regret.

Kim Si-woo said, “The shot was good overall, but putt was a little short, so I was disappointed that I couldn’t make use of the buddy opportunity I caught in the second half.” “I will wait a little more tomorrow, calmly and more comfortably and less aggressively.”

Ahn Byung-hoon (30), who climbed to second place on the first day and then stepped back to a tie of 26 in the second round, reduced five strokes and restored the rank to a tie of 13th (11 under par 205). Lim Seong-jae (23), who started the third round as the sole leader, fell into the middle of the 10th under par and tied for 26th place, losing one stroke as a triple bogie due to two consecutive tee shots on the 9th hole (par 4).

Staff Reporter Choi Byung-kyu [email protected]