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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = Brandon Grace (South Africa) captured Eagle and Buddy in holes 17 and 18, and rose to the top after five years on the PGA Tour.
On the last day of the PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open ($3 million in prize money) held at Grand Reserve Country Club (par 72, 7,506 yards) in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico on the 1st (Korean time), Grace 1 Eagle and 4 Birdies at Round 4 He hit 6 under par 66 with his dog.
With a final total of 19 under par and 269 strokes, Grace won 2nd place Jonathan Vegas (Venezuela) by one stroke.
Grace, who won two PGA Tour titles five years after RBC Heritage in April 2016, won the prize money of $540,000 (about KRW 600 million).
Grace, who was tied for 3rd place by one stroke behind the lead until the third round, was one stroke behind the lead Vegas until the 16th hole that day.
However, the shot from the shallow bunker in front of the 17th hole (par 4) green went into the hole as it was and became an eagle, becoming the sole leader for the first stroke.
Vegas, who played in the previous group, tied for first place with Grace with a birdie on the 18th hole (par 5), but Grace also captured the birdie in the last hole and won a thrilling one-stroke victory.
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Among Korean players, Kim Joo-hyung (19) had the best performance with a final total of 11 under par 277 strokes and a tie for 15th.
Kim Joo-hyung, who was eliminated from the cut at the American Express in January, recorded the highest ranking ever in his PGA Tour. The previous record was a tie for 33rd at the Corales Punta Cana Resort & Club Championship last September.
Ahn Byung-hoon (30) finished with a 7-under par 281 and tied for 35th.
This competition is a competition of players who did not participate in the World Golf Championship (WGC) Workday Championship held in Bradenton, Florida, USA during the same period.
Since it is a competition that lacks the world’s top rankings, the FedEx Cup points given to the winner are 300 points, less than the 500 points given to the average PGA Tour winners.
The winning prize is also half of that of a regular tour competition, but the winner will qualify for two seasons of the PGA Tour, PGA Championship and Players Championship.
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On this day, the officials of the Puerto Rico Open competition wore a red top and black bottoms to pray for the healing of Tiger Woods (US), who was seriously injured in a recent car rollover accident.
The red top and black bottom are the colors of the golf clothes that Woods wears on the last day of the tournament as a custom.
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