Bae Sang-moon passes the second cut of the PGA Tour season… Choi Kyung-joo was eliminated


Korean American Justin Seo, co-leader of the Punta Cana Championship

Bae Sang-moon, 35, passed the cut for the second time this season and for the first time in this year on the American Professional Golf (PGA) tour.

Buddy 3 in the second round of the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship (total prize money of $3 million) on the PGA Tour held at the Corales Golf Club (par 72, 7,666 yards) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on the 27th (Korean time) He tied the dog and 6 bogies and hit a 3-over par 75.

In the first round, Bae Sang-moon, who was tied for 19th with 70 strokes under the 2 under par, recorded a total of 145 strokes for the 1 over par for two days.

In the 2020-2021 season, Bae Sang-moon, who participated in six competitions, including this one, succeeded in passing the second cut.

Unfortunately, the competition that passed the cut earlier was the Corales Punta Cana Resort and Club Championship.

The 2019-2020 season, which was scheduled for March last year, was held in September after the season changed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and this year was held in time and held twice this season alone.

After being tied for 28th in the tournament in September of last year, Bae Sang-moon, who was eliminated in both the Bermuda Championships in November and two tournaments this year, recorded another cut in the Dominican Republic.

On this day, the fairway landing rate was 71.43% (10/14), which was higher than the first round, but he managed to pass the cut with a hit rate of 38.89% (7/18) with a hit rate of only 38.89% (7/18) without keeping half of the green.

Choi Gyeong-ju (51), who played together, lost 2 strokes and was eliminated in the cut by staying at 79th place with a total of 3 over-par 147 strokes.

Justin Seo (24), a Korean-American, wrote a 7-under par 137 strokes in the middle, and took the lead with Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico) and Fabrizio Sanotti (Paraguay).

Justin Seo, who was tied for fourth with four under par in the first round, was challenged to win the first PGA Tour by reducing three more strokes, including an Eagle.

Andrew Yun, 30, tied for sixth with Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) (5 under par 139) and followed the lead by two strokes.

This competition is a “alternative competition” designed for players who cannot compete in the World Golf Championship (WGC) Dell Technologies match play (total prize money of $10.5 million) held in Austin, Texas during the same period.

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