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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Hoon = Lim Seong-jae (23) put the first button in the men’s golf’War of the Stars’.
On the 26th (Korean time), Seongjae Lim won 4 under par 68 strokes in the first round of the World Golf Championship (WGC) Workday Championship (total prize money of $10.5 million) held at the Concession Golf Club (par 72) in Bradenton, Florida, USA. I wrote it down.
After finishing the first day of the tournament with a tie for 7th place behind Webb Simpson (USA) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) who jointly lead with a 6-under-par 66, Lim Seong-jae laid a bridgehead to compete for the championship.
The WGC Workday Championship is a special competition in which only 72 athletes, mainly among the top 50 players in the world ranking, compete for the winning prize of $1.82 million without a cut.
Most of the top players participated in it, and it was like a’war of the stars’.
Im Seong-jae, who was stuck in practice by skipping two competitions held in California, USA, aiming for the’Florida Swing’ starting from this competition, pulled out 6 birdies with a sharp iron shot.
The green hit rate reached 77.8% on the tricky course, and an average of 1.643 putts was poured when hitting the green.
However, two views from the par 5 hole were unfortunate.
Simpson, number 9 in the world ranking, added 7 birdies with 1 bogie, and Fitzpatrick caught only 6 birdies without bogie.
Brooks Kepka, Billy Horschel, Kaven Keithner (above the United States), and Sergio Garcia (Spain) hit a 5-under-par 67 to chase the lead group with one stroke.
Defending champion Patrick Reed (USA) tied for 7th with Sungjae Lim.
World ranking 2nd place Yon Lam (Spain) and’runner-up expert’ Tony Pinau (USA) also joined the group 7th with 4 under par 68 strokes like Lim Sung-jae and Reed.
Kim Chan (31), a Korean-American who plays in Japan, was tied for 25th with a 1-under par 71, but Lee Min-woo (23), a Korean-American, was sluggish with a 2-over par 74.
Dustin Johnson (USA), the world’s No. 1 player, and Bryson Dishambo (USA), the single winner of the University Championships held at the course in 2015, drew attention with a 5-over par 77 strokes.
Matthew Wolfe (USA) suffered from an 11-over par 83 hitting with 1 quadruple, 1 triple, and 2 double bogies.
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2021/02/26 08:30 sent