Bae Sang-moon, 35, tied for 61st in the third round of the Corales Punta Cana Resort & Club Championship (PGA) Tour of the United States ($3 million in total prize money).
On the third day of the tournament held at Corales Golf Club (par 72, 7,666 yards) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on the 28th (Korean time), Bae Sang-moon hit a 2-over par 74 with 2 buddies and 4 bogies.
With a total of 219 strokes over three days, Bae Sang-moon was tied for 61st among the 71 players who advanced to the third round.
In the second round, Bae Sang-moon, who took the last train through the cut in a tie for 60th place, hit an even par by recording a birdie and two bogies in nine holes in the first half, but only two bogies came out without a buddy in the second half.
Bae Sang-moon participated in six competitions in the 2020-2021 season and passed the cut twice, both of which are the Corales Punta Cana Resort and Club Championships.
The competition was held in September last year due to a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and this year, it was held in March, which was originally scheduled, and was held twice only in the 2020-2021 season.
Bae Sang-moon took a tie for 28th in the competition in September last year.
The green hit rate, which was only 38.9% (7/18) the day before, improved slightly to 55.6% (10/18), but it was still not good.
Joel Damon (U.S.) and Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico) took the lead with 10 under par 206, and 2016 Masters winners Danny Willett (England) and Michael Gleegeek (Canada) tied for third with 9 under par 207 strokes. .
Korean-American player Justin Seo (USA), who tied for first place until the second round, lost five strokes and went down to second-under-par with 214 strokes and a tie for 33rd.
Andrew Yoon (USA), who also tied for sixth in the second round, also tied for 33rd with Justin Seo.
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