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| Im Seong-jae is trying to win the Honda Classic for the second consecutive year in the American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour. © AFP=News1 |
Im Seong-jae (23, CJ Logistics), who is trying to win the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour Honda Classic (total prize money of $7 million) for the second consecutive year, expected a lot of wind to blow on the last day of the tournament.
In the third round of the tournament held at the PGA National Champion Course (par 70/7125 yards) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA on the 21st (Korean time), Lim Seong-jae tied 4 birdies, 1 bogie, and 1 double bogie to 1 under par 69 Hit the hits.
Lim Sung-jae, who hit 5 under par 205 in total in the third round, was tied for 7th place with Robert Strep, Bryce Garnett, and Jack Jones (above the United States). It’s five shots against Matt Jones (Australia), who took the lead alone with a 10-under-par 200.
Lim Seong-jae, who finished the third round, said, “The wind blows quite a lot, and the course conditions are quite similar to what I played last year.” I think it ended well.”
On this day, Lim Seong-jae boasted a good flow of 3 under par until the 15th hole of the notorious’Bear Trap’. Following that, it seemed to finish the game smoothly by catching consecutive waves at the 15th hole (par 3) and the 16th hole (par 4). However, at the end of the bear trap, on hole 17 (par 3), the ball fell into a bunker and lost two strokes in a double bogie.
Im Seong-jae explained the situation at the time of the 17th hole, “When it comes to green, it was 100% likely to be drowned, so I tried to lay-up to prevent it from seeing safely. But, unfortunately, the situation led to double bogie,” he explained at the time of the 17th hole.
It takes 5 strokes from the lead, but this tournament is held on a course with a high degree of difficulty, so you can play back in the last round and lose the tournament in a row.
Im Seong-jae said, “I hope the wind blows a lot tomorrow. Then, all the other players will have to play hard. If you play well in the fourth round, I think you can compete for the top level.”