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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = Lim Seong-jae (23), the first Asian national player to finish second in the Masters last year, did not hide his confidence in winning the major.
Lim Sung-jae will participate in the 85th Masters Tournament opening at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, USA on the 8th.
Due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), Lim Seong-jae and Cameron Smith (Australia) finished second place at the Masters for the first time ever held in November.
Although there was a difference of five strokes from the winning world ranking No. 1 Dustin Johnson (USA), Lim Seong-jae once showed impressive performance by pursuing Johnson by one stroke in the final round of the tournament.
Im Seong-jae said in an interview ahead of the opening of this year’s Masters, which will be held again after five months, “It was so amazing that I continued to be in the top ranks in last year’s competition, and I also remembered playing with Johnson on the last day.” It was a feeling that I was proud of the fact that I stepped on it myself,” he said, looking back at Masters in 2020.
He said, “The Masters is the biggest competition among major competitions,” and “So if you win, I definitely want to do it in Masters.”
Im Seong-jae, the first Asian national to make records such as the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour Rookie Award and Masters runner-up, said, “I thought,’I can really win today’ when I got one stroke in the lead on the last day of last year.” After the runner-up, I thought that I could compete to win the major competitions in the future.”
Last year, the Masters was held as a non-audience game due to Corona 19, while some galleries are allowed entry this year.
Lim Seong-jae added, “The story of players with a lot of masters experience is that if there is a gallery, they are really trembling.”
He is the second player to participate in the Masters. It will be important to make it,” he said.
Lim Seong-jae starts the first round with Patrick Cantley (USA) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) at 2:24 a.m. Korean time on the 9th.
Kim Si-woo (26) will have the first round tee shot with Corey Connors (Canada) and Charl Schwartzl (South Africa) at 10:12 p.m. on the 8th of Korea time.
Korean-American player Kevin Na (USA) will appear in the first hole at 1:36 am on the 9th with Jack Johnson and Gary Woodland (above the United States).
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