▲ Kim Joo-hyung’s first round match
Kim Joo-hyung, 19, jumped to the top on the second day of the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour Puerto Rico Open (total prize money of $3 million).
Kim Joo-hyung caught 7 birdies in the second round of the second round of the tournament held at the Grand Reserve Country Club (par 72, 7,506 yards) in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico on the 27th (Korean time) and hit 6 under par 66 by blocking one bogie. It.
Kim Joo-hyung, who was in the 50th place with 71 strokes of one under par in the first round, recorded a total of 137 strokes under the seven under par for two days, raising the ranking to 9th place with Lucas Glover (USA).
It is 4 strokes against Brandon Woo (US 11 under par, 133 strokes), who became the sole leader.
Kim Joo-hyung, who caused a sensation at the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour Gunsan CC Open in July last year, set the record for the youngest professional player in the history of a tour (18 years and 21 days), and has also challenged the PGA Tour several times.
The Puerto Rico Open is an “alternative competition” designed for players who did not compete in the World Golf Championship (WGC) Workday Championship (total prize money of $10.5 million), which is held mainly for players within the 50th place in the world ranking.
Brandon Wu, who only won the second part of the tour, took the lead. We put our name in the lead.
Ahn Byung-hoon cut two strokes and passed the cut to a tie of 51st (2 under par, 142 strokes), and Bae Sang-moon was unable to advance to the 3rd round, only at 83rd place (1 over par 145 strokes).
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