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Daniel Burger (USA), ranked 15th in the men’s golf world rankings, is absent from the Honda Classic ($7 million in prize money) on the PGA Tour.
Golf Week, a media specializing in golf in the United States, reported on the 18th that “Burger has announced that he will not attend the Honda Classic one day before the opening of the Honda Classic due to pain in the ribs.”
Burger was the world’s highest ranking player among the Honda Classics this year to be held in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA.
However, with Burger abruptly absent, last year’s winner Im Seong-jae, 23, became the highest ranked player in the world.
Following the 15th place Burger, 18th place Lim Seongjae became the top ranking among the Honda Classic players this year, followed by 48-year-old veteran Lee Westwood (England) with 19th place.
Im Seongjae▶ Click here for a larger view
For Lim Seong-jae, unintentionally, the chances of winning this tournament for the second year in a row have grown slightly.
The PGA Tour ranked first in the’Power Ranking’, which was predicted by itself ahead of this tournament, and evaluated the possibility of winning this tournament in the order of Westwood’s 2nd place and Lim Seongjae’s 3rd place.
Burger has been performing well recently, winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February of this year and a tie for ninth in the Players Championship last week.
Lim Seong-jae, who is aiming for a second straight victory in 43 years after Jack Nicklaus (USA) in 1978, starts the first round match with Ricky Fowler and Keith Mitchell (above the United States) on the 19th at 2:04 am Korean time.
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