Lim Sung-jae’s tee shot on the 8th hole in the second round▶ Click here for a larger view
Lim Seong-jae, 23, continued to compete for the top spot by reducing the number of at-bats in the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (total prize money of $9.3 million) in the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour.
In the second round of the second round of the tournament held at Bayhill C&L (par 72, 7,454 yards) in Orlando, Florida, USA on the 6th (Korean time), Lim Sung-jae combined one eagle and three birdies, one bogie and one double bogie, and hit two under par 70. Hit.
Lim Seong-jae, who was tied for 7th with 69 strokes of 3 under par in the first round, maintained a tie for 7th with an intermediate total of 139 strokes.
It’s four shots against Corey Connors (Canada), who took the lead alone with a 9-under-par 135.
Lim Sung-jae, who was tied for 3rd in 2019 and 3rd last year at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, raised expectations by turning around within 10th place this year.
Im Seong-jae, who started from hole 1 that day, swapped the 2nd hole (par 3) buddy and the 6th hole (par 5) to maintain at-bats in the first half.
He started the second half with a birdie on the 10th hole (par 4) and was shaken by writing a double bogie in the aftermath of drowning the second shot on the 13th hole (par 4).
However, the match ended by putting a 9m birdie putt on the 14th hole (par 3) and the second shot on the green at the 16th hole (par 5), dropping an Eagle putt close to 7m and rebounding.
Lim Seong-jae missed the fairway only once on this day, and the green hit rate was 72.22% (13/18), which was higher than the first round, which was only half.
Ahn Byung-hoon’s first round match▶ Click here for a larger view
Ahn Byung-hoon (30), who was tied for fourth in the first round with 4 under par 68 strokes, lost 2 strokes and fell to 21st place (142 under par 2).
Ahn Byung-hoon lost 4 strokes in the first half, starting with the double bogie on the second hole (par 3). In the second half, three buddies were thinned out and one bogie was tied to reduce two strokes.
Connors, who was co-leader with Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) the day before, took the lead by reducing three strokes that day.
Martin Laird (Scotland) was in second place (8 under par 136 shots), and McIlroy was tied for third place (7 under par 137 shots) with Victor Hoblan (Norway) and Lanto Griffin (USA).
Bryson DeChambo (USA) reduced one stroke to 6th place (6 under par 138).
Jordan Spice (USA), Justin Rose, and Paul Casey (above England) are tied for 7th place (5 under par 139 strokes) with Lim Sung-jae.
Kang Seong-hoon (34) lost 5 strokes and Lee Gyeong-hoon (30) lost 6 strokes and was tied for 87th place (5 over par, 149 strokes), so he could not pass the cut.
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