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| Lim Seong-jae looks at the green in the first round of the Sony Open. / Photo = Yonhap News |
23-year-old Im Seong-jae was only a 2-under par on the first day of the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour Sony Open, so he couldn’t make it to the top.
Lim Seong-jae wrote down two buddies without seeing it in the first round of the tournament held at the Waialay Country Club (par 70) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA today (15th) in Korean time.
Lim Seong-jae, who was in the middle of the ranks, six shots behind Peter Malnutty (USA), who hit an 8-under-par 62, needed to work hard from the second round to enter the championship competition.
The shot was the best in the Sentry Tournament of Champions, the first tournament of the year that ended on the 11th, but Seongjae Lim, who left a regret because the putt could not support him, struggled on the green again this day.
The process from tee to green was smooth, with only two misses of the green.
From the tee to the green, he hit 2.788 less than the other players, but Lim Sung-jae spent 2.183 more than average on the green.
The average number of putts reached 2 in 16 holes with the ball on the green in regular at-bats.
Im Seong-jae, who started the game from the 10th hole, suffered because the birdie putt, who tried eight times to the 18th hole, never fell into the hole.
The 1st hole (par 4) 7m birdie putt fell, but in the 9th hole (par 5), the ball hit the green in 2 times and had to go through a birdie thirst for 7 holes until the tap-in birdie was caught.
Im Seong-jae shot an accurate tee shot with 78.6% of the fairway landing rate while hitting an average of 313.2 yards, and the shot was flawless, such as defending the par from two holes that missed the green.
Jim Herman (USA), who had been unable to participate in the Sentry Tournament of Champions due to a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), drew attention by hitting 6 under par 64.
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