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The U.S. Professional Golf (PGA) Tour picked Lim Seong-jae (22) as a player under the age of 25 to pay attention to next year.
On the 23rd (Korean time), PGA Tour official website PGA Tour.com announced that Lim Seong-jae was the fourth in the list of 10 players under the age of 25 to pay attention to in 2021. This year’s major PGA Championship winner Colin Morikawa (USA), Puerto Rico Open champion Victory Hoblan (Norway), followed by Matthew Wolf (USA), famous for his geek swing.
PGA Tour.com wrote, “It is the right choice for Im Seong-jae to find a home in Atlanta, where the annual Tour Championship is held.” It means that Seong-jae Lim will appear in the Tour Championship this year, in which he must steadily achieve results throughout the season and rise to the 30th place in the FedEx rankings. Lim Sung-jae participated in the Tour Championship last year and this year, the first year of his debut on the PGA Tour.
PGA Tour.com said that Lim Sung-jae’s rise was weakened as the tour was limped due to Corona 19, but it also said that it achieved a valuable achievement as runner-up in the Masters. Scotty Schaeffler (USA), Joaquin Neiman (Chile), Will Theorys (USA), Aaron Weiss (USA), Sam Burns (USA), and Doc Redman (USA) were on this list.
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