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[이데일리 스타in 주영로 기자] ‘8th runner-up, 44th top 10.’
Tony Pinau (USA) failed to break the runner-up Jinx once again at the Genesis Invitational ($9.3 million in total prize money) of the PGA Tour.
On the last day of the tournament held at the Pacific Palisades’ Riviera Country Club (par 71) on the 22nd (Korean time) on the 22nd (Korean time), Pinau pulled out 8 birdies from the 4th round and hit a 7 under par 64 by blocking Bogie with 1. Pinau, who cut 7 strokes in the last game alone, hit a 12-under par 272 in total, and entered overtime with Max Houma (USA).
In the 2016 Puerto Rico Open, he had his second chance to win his career five years after he recorded his first and only victory on the PGA Tour.
In addition, Homa in the overtime game missed the birdie putt approximately 1m away from the 18th hole at the end of the regular round, so the atmosphere leaned toward Pinau.
However, Pinau, who has suffered from the terrible runner-up Jinx, was unable to establish a relationship with the championship again.
In the first leg of overtime, Buddy Putt couldn’t decide to play out of the hole, and in the second overtime, Far Putt missed the hole and won the championship. Houma won by putting a far putt in the second extension from the 14th hole.
Pinau, who won his first win in 2016, has been knocking on the door more often since 2018. However, it is not open easily. He couldn’t just win, but his performance was comparable to that of the top PGA Tour players.
Starting with the runner-up at the Safeway Open in the opening game of the 2017-2018 season, he finished runner-up at the Genesis Open (now Genesis Invitational) and Northern Trust three times.
In the 2018-2019 season, he was satisfied with the runner-up again in the World Golf Championship (WGC) HSBC Champions and the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge, so he couldn’t easily beat Jinx.
Since then, he has won runner-up eight times, including the Waste Management Phoenix Open in the 2019-2020 season, the Farmers Insurance Open in the 2020-2021 season, and this competition. It is also Pinau’s 44th Top 10 on the PGA Tour.
He only won the championship once, but being on the 15th in the world ranking (based on the announcement on February 14th) is thanks to the top 10.
Pinau, who received a prize of $101,3700 (approximately 1,121 billion won) in runner-up on the day, was satisfied with increasing his career prize to $22.9431 (approx.
Houma, who beat Pinau after an overtime battle and won, took all the three-year seed and 550 FedEx Cup points, along with a prize money of $1674,000 (about 1.85 billion won).
After winning the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2019, he won his second win in about 1 year and 9 months.
Sam Burns (USA), who ran up to the third round, hit 11 under par 273 for 3rd place, Cameron Smith (Australia) 4th (9 under par 275), and Dustin Johnson (USA) tied for 8th (6th) 268 under par).
Lee Gyeong-hoon (30) finished in 66th place (9 over par 293 strokes), and Kang Sung-hoon (34) finished in 67th place (10 over par 294 strokes).
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