Aaron Wise at the top… Ahn Byung-hoon, Noh Seung-yeol and Choi Gyeong-ju were eliminated
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Lim Seong-jae (23) was tied for 16th in the second round of the Honda Classic ($7 million in total prize money), the first title defense of the U.S. Professional Golf (PGA) tour.
In the second round of the second day of the tournament held at the PGA National Golf Club (par 70) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA on the 20th (Korean time), Seongjae Lim hit a 2 under par 68 with 4 birdies and 2 bogies.
Lim Sung-jae, who was tied for 15th with 68 strokes in the first round and two under par, recorded the same number of strokes in the second round, and recorded 136 strokes for a total of four under par in the second round, and ranked 16th with Adam Scott (Australia).
With 8 strokes against Aaron Wise (128 under the US 12 under par), who took the lead alone, the remaining two days ahead of the difficult lead chase.
Im Seong-jae, who started from Hall 10 on this day, was staggered in the beginning.
After writing down the example in hole 12 (par 4), the second hole of the’Bear Trap (holes 15-17)’, the second hole of the 16th hole (par 4), followed by a tee shot and a third shot in the aftermath toward the bunker. Lost more.
However, Im Seong-jae, who rebounded with a birdie on the 18th hole (par 5), continued the upward trend with a birdie on the 3rd to 4th holes, and finished the game happily by dropping a birdie putt that was 5m or so in the last hole, 9th hole (par 4). .
Lim Seong-jae had an average driver shot distance of 299.7 yards and a fairway landing rate of 71.43% (10/14), which was slightly lower than the previous day, but the green hit rate was 66.67% (12/18), which improved a lot from the previous day, which was in the 40% range.
Besides Lim Seong-jae, all other Korean players were eliminated from the cut.
Ahn Byung-hoon (30), with an even par of 70, finished tied for 69th with a middle total of 2 over par with 142, and Roh Seung-yeol (30) failed to advance to the third round with the same ranking as he lost two strokes.
Lee Gyeong-hoon (30) and Choi Gyeong-ju (50) lost 3 and 2 strokes, respectively, and stayed in the 98th place (5-over par, 145 strokes) and failed to pass the cut.
Kang Seong-hoon (34) was tied for 135th place (12 over par, 152 strokes).
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Wise, who won 1 PGA Tour at AT&T Byron Nelson in May 2018, cut 6 strokes only in the second round, taking the opportunity to leap to the top alone and challenge 2 wins in his career.
Matt Jones (Australia), who took the lead with a 9-under-par course record tie record the day before, was unable to reduce the number of strokes and fell to a tie for second place (131 strokes at 9-under par) due to the failure to reduce the number of strokes.
Ricky Fowler was tied for 31st place (2 under par 138 strokes) with John Huh and Brooks Kepka’s younger brother Chase Kepka (above the United States).
Last week’s Players Championship runner-up, 48-year-old No-jang Lee Westwood (England), lost 8 strokes on the same day and fell to 117th place (8 over par, 148 strokes) and was eliminated from the cut.
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2021/03/20 09:12 sent