Siwoo Kim’s game▶ Click here for a larger view
Kim Si-woo (26), Lim Seong-jae (23), and Lee Gyeong-hoon (30) recorded an even par on the first day of the Players Championship (total prize money of $15 million), which is called the “5th Major Tournament” of the U.S. Professional Golf (PGA) tour.
On the 12th (Korean time), Siwoo Kim wrote one Eagle and Buddy, Bogie and Double Bogie each at the Players Championship Round 1 held at TPC Sawgrass (par 72, 7,189 yards) in Pontevedra Beach, Florida, USA. Even Par 72 I hit it.
As of 7:50 am, Kim Si-woo has been ranked in the top 40.
Kim Si-woo, the winner of this competition in 2017, reached a tie for second place by hitting 7 under par 65 in the first round of last year, but the competition was canceled due to the spread of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
In the first round, which came back after a year, Siwoo Kim started from hole 10 and caught an eagle at hole 16 (par 5), but took a tee shot at hole 17 (par 3), the’signature hole’ of the Players Championship. In the aftermath, he was unable to reduce the number of at-bats in the first half by writing a double bogie.
There was also an example from hole 1 (par 4), but Kim Si-woo protected Even par with a birdie on the last hole 9 (par 5).
Lim Seong-jae examines the green of the 16th hole in the first round▶ Click here for a larger view
Lim Seong-jae, who runs 19th in the FedEx Cup ranking, finished the first round with an even par with 2 birdies and 2 bogies.
Im Seong-jae, who recovered from the first hole, hole 1 (par 4), with a birdie on hole 9 (par 5), lost one stroke in hole 13 (par 3), but was a birdie with a nice tee shot that lasted about 1 meter from hole 17 I snatched and promised the second round with a good feeling.
Lee Gyeong-hoon also traded 4 birdies and 4 bogies to achieve the same results as Kim Si-woo and Lim Seong-jae.
Kang Seong-hoon (34) finished 110th with a 4-over par with 76 strokes.
Ahn Byung-hoon (30) fell to the bottom of the list with an 11-over par 83.
Ahn Byung-hoon, in particular, lost 8 strokes only in the 17th hole.
2008 winner Sergio Garcia (Spain) topped the middle with a 7-under-par 65, including two Eagles, while Brian Harman (USA) scored a 5-under par 67, and Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) scored a 4-under par 68. I’m chasing.
Two years ago, winner Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) was sluggish with a 7-over par 79 hitting a quadruple bogie on hole 18 (par 4).
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