[PGA] Lim Seong-jae, season’s 3rd top 10 aim ‘3R 20th’…

[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Lim Seong-jae raised the ranking to a tie for 20th on Moving Day.

Lim Seong-jae (23, CJ Logistics) held the American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour held at the Tory Pines Golf Club South Course (par 72, 7766 yards) in La Jolla, California, USA on the 31st (Korean time). American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour Farmers In the third round of the Insurance Open ($7.5 million in prize money), he combined 5 birdies and 2 bogies, hitting 3 under par 69.

Lim Seong-jae, tied for 20th place, aims for the third top 10 of the season. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌]

Lim Sung-jae, who hit 212 at 4 under par in the middle total, was tied for 20th place, playing 34 steps from 54th place the previous day. It’s six shots against Patrick Reed (US) and Carlos Ortis (Mexico), joint lead (10 under par 206).

In the first and second rounds, one round is played on the north course and the south course, and the third and fourth rounds are played only in the highly difficult South course. Because of this, Korean players were sluggish the day before, but Im Sung-jae succeeded in rebounding.

The fairway landing rate and the green hit rate were 64.29% and 61.11%, respectively, similar to the previous day, but he adapted to the South Course and raised the ranking by reducing it from 1 under the previous day to 3 under par.

On this day, Lim Seong-jae cut down a stroke at the 18th hole (par 5), the last hole in the first half, and then went down in the second half. However, starting with a birdie on the 3rd hole (par 3), he succeeded in 2 consecutive birdies on the 6th (par 5) and 7th (par 4) holes, and then reduced one stroke again at the 9th hole (par 5).

With this, Lim Seong-jae laid a foothold for the third top 10 of the season. He finished runner-up at the Masters in November and tied for fifth at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which ended in early January.

Patrick Reed raised controversy over’rules violation’. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌]

Patrick Reed (31, USA) also caused controversy over the rules.
It was hole 10. Patrick Reed, who sprinted in the lead by 4 strokes, struck a ball from the fairway bunker on the 10th (par 4) hole into the deep rough. However, Reid caused controversy over cheating, picking up the ball before the matchmaker even came. Reid explained that’the ball was deeply stuck in the rough and pulled the ball out’, and the competition member agreed to a zero penalty drop and saved a par. He received relief without penalty because the ball was stuck in the ground.

On this day, Reed joined the joint leader as a birdie on the 18th hole, catching an eagle on the 6th hole of par 5. In the 2019 Hero World Challenge, Reid improved his lie and received two penalty strokes while practicing swing.

‘World’s No. 2’John Ram (Spain) and Adam Scott (Australia) tied for 3rd with 8 under par 208 strokes with Victor Hoblan (Norway) who was the leader the day before, and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) tied for 8th with 2 strokes reduced Jumped to (7 under par 209 strokes).

The players predicted fierce competition at the last minute, with the gap between the tied eighth place and the leading group only two shots.

Ahn Byung-hoon (30) was tied for 63rd with a 2-over par with 218 strokes, and Choi Gyeong-ju, who was tied for 3rd on the first day, tied for 67th (3rd over).

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