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| Kim Si-woo won the American Express PGA Tour on the 25th (Korean time). © AFP=News1 |
Kim Si-woo (26, CJ Logistics) won the American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour American Express ($6.7 million in total prize money) and achieved 3 wins in total in 3 years and 8 months.
In the final 4th round of the tournament held at the PGA West La Quinta Country Club Stadium Course (par 72, 7113 yards) in La Quinta, CA, USA on the 24th (Korean time), Kim Si-woo recorded 8 birdies without a look and recorded 8 under par 64 strokes. Worked.
Kim Si-woo won the championship trophy with a final total of 23 under par 265 strokes, overtaking 22 under par 266 strokes Patrick Cantley (USA) by one stroke. The 3rd personal and 18th Korean PGA Tour winner.
Kim Si-woo, who received attention after winning the 2016 Wyndham Championship, became the youngest ever champion at the age of 21 at The Players Championship in 2017.
After that, from 2018 to 2020, it was unrelated and had a difficult time, but in about 3 years and 8 months, the championship trophy was added and splendidly revived.
With this victory, Kim Si-woo has risen to 2nd place alone in the PGA Tour’s record number of Korean championships, following Choi Gyeong-ju (8 total wins).
Kim Si-woo, who entered the final round with a joint lead, captured a row of birdies on the 4th hole (par 3) and the 5th hole (par 5). Following this, the 7th hole (par 4) and the 8th hole (par 5) continued the upward trend by adding a birdie.
Kim Si-Woo caught a birdie in the 10th hole (par 4) and the 11th hole (par 5) and continued to have a good shot, but was pushed down to second place due to the rising trend of Cantler. However, he caught a birdie on the 16th hole (par 5) and stepped up to the top again.
Then, after putting a tee shot at a distance of 5.8 meters in the hole cup on the 17th hole (par 3), he calmly succeeded in a birdie and became the sole leader.
Kim Si-woo made no mistake on the 18th hole (par 4). After succeeding in 2nd on, the championship was confirmed by finishing with 2 putts.
Cantley, who competed for the championship with Kim Si-woo, captured 11 birdies without seeing, and took second place alone with 266 strokes under the par 22. Cameron Davis (Australia) took third place alone with 268 strokes under the 20 under par, and Tony Pinau (USA) took fourth place with 269 strokes under the 19 under par.
The other Korean players were also good. Ahn Byung-hoon (30, CJ Logistics) reduced 3 strokes on the last day and finished a tie for 8th place with a total of 14 under par 274 strokes, and succeeded in the first top 10 of the season.
Lim Seong-jae (23, CJ Logistics) finished the tournament with a tie of 12th place with 13 under par 275 shots, reducing three strokes on that day. Lee Kyung-hoon (30, CJ Logistics) was tied for 32nd place with 278 strokes under the par of 10.