‘Major Hunter’ Brooks Kepka (USA) took the first place in the second round of the World Golf Championship (WGC) Workday Championship (total prize money of $10.5 million).
Kepka hit a 6 under par 66 in the second round of the second round of the tournament held at the Concession Golf Club (par 72, 7,474 yards) in Bradenton, Florida, USA on the 27th (Korean time), combining 7 birdies and 1 bogie.
With a median total of 11-under par 133, Kepka started the third round with a single lead ahead of the tied second-place players by one stroke.
Kepka is a player nicknamed’Major Hunter’ by winning 4 wins, half of her 8 wins on the American Professional Golf (PGA) tour.
This tournament is not a major, but it is a World Golf Championship that is classified in the ranks just below the major tournament along with the Players Championship, which is called the ‘5th major’.
He, who once rose to the top of the world rankings, was unable to announce last year’s victory after a knee injury in 2019, but announced his resurgence by conquering the PGA Tour Phoenix Open earlier this month.
Kepka, which has recently been on the rise, won the FedEx St. Jude Invitational in July 2019 at WGC.
It means that 5 of his 8 wins were harvested from the majors or WGC.
Kepka caught a birdie in a row on the 15th and 17th holes, hitting the lead by two shots at one point, but lost one stroke by puttingt three times in the last 18th hole (par 4).
Colin Morikawa, Billy Horshall (above the United States) and Cameron Smith (Australia) are tied for second place, behind the lead with 134 strokes of 10 under par.
Tony Pinau (USA), who finished runner-up at the Genesis Invitational last week, tied for fifth place with a 9-under-par 135.
Lim Seong-jae (23), who tied for 7th with a 4-under-par 68 in the first round, recorded 3 birdies, 3 bogies, and 1 double bogie and sluggish with a 2-over par 74.
Im Seong-jae, who recorded a total of 142 strokes under a 2nd par on two days, was tied for 26th with Korean players Kevin Na and Kim Chan (above the United States).
Hole 2 (par 4) Bunker shot The scene where I lost 2 strokes by mistake was disappointing.
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