Bae Sang-moon succeeded in passing the first PGA Tour cut this year. © AFP=News1
(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Jaesang Lee = Sang-moon Bae (35, Kiwoom Securities) successfully passed the second cut this season and the first cut this year on the PGA Tour of the United States.
Sang-Moon Bae, played with 3 birdies in the second round of the PGA Tour Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship (total prize of $3 million) held at the Corales Golf Club (par 72, 7666 yards) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on the 27th (Korean time). He tied 6 and wrote 75 strokes over a 3 over par.
On the first day, Bae Sang-moon, who was tied for 19th with 2 under par 70 strokes, recorded a total of 1 order par 145 strokes, tied for 60th, and managed to escape the risk of being eliminated from the cut.
In the 2020-21 season, Sang-moon Bae, who entered the sixth tournament, successfully passed the second cut.
This tournament is designed for players who cannot compete in the World Golf Championship (WGC) Dell Technologies match play (total prize pool of $10.5 million) held in Austin, Texas during the same period.
It is regarded as a chance to win for middle and low rankers, as many of the top rankers do not appear.
Bae Sang-moon played back and forth on this day. He recorded a bogie at the 2nd hole (par 3), but he caught a birdie in a row at the 4th and 6th holes, but again he shook as he wrote down the bogies on the 7th and 9th holes.
Having lost two more shots in the second half of the hole, he managed to pull up the cut pass criteria.
Justin Seo (24), a Korean-American, recorded 137 strokes in the middle of a 7-under par, and took the lead with Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico) and Fabrizio Sanotti (Paraguay).
Meanwhile, Choi Gyeong-ju (51, SK Telecom), who participated with Bae Sang-moon, scored a total of 3 over par 147 strokes (79th place) and was eliminated from the cut.
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