PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open Final
Overcoming the foul controversy and winning 5 strokes
Short game and swing improvement in’Iron Armor Mental’
Winning in 7 of the last 8 seasons
Lim Sung-jae 32nd place… Sorry for the late shot hunting
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Patrick Reed (31, USA) fought back with skill at the controversy and criticism surrounding him.
Reed raised the championship cup at the PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open (total prize money of $7.5 million), which ended at the Torrey Pines Golf Club South Course (par 72) in San Diego, California, USA on the 1st (Korean time). He took the lead in the 3rd round the day before, hitting 4 under par 68 with 1 eagle, 3 birdies and 1 bogie (final total of 14 under par 274), winning 5 shots.
Reed is a representative’bad boy’ on the PGA tour. There were rumors that he was involved in a case of cheating or theft in college, about him who moved to Augusta State University while attending Georgia University. After winning the 2014 Cadillac Championship (currently the Mexican Championship), which was still a newcomer, the fans praised it as “I have a talent that ranks among the top 5 in the world.” At the same time, it is also famous for’Iron Armor Mental’. On the final day of the Masters in 2018, the galleries grabbed the green jacket despite the harsh conditions supporting Lori McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who was a companion player over Lead. Ahead of the World Golf Championship (WGC) Mexico Championship in February of last year, the act of removing sand from the back of the ball while playing a practice swing in a bunker two months ago was mentioned again.
Again, Reid raised controversy over the rules. Reed picked up the ball locked in the rough at the 10th hole (par 4) of the third round the day before, and then called the competition committee member and explained that’the ball was stuck’. Even though he might be shaken by the criticism that arose ahead of the final round, he held the first place to the end.
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Reid, who walked to the 5th hole and maintained a joint lead with Yon Ram (Spain) and Victor Hoblan (Norway), changed the mood at the 6th hole (par 5). After putting the second shot on the green, he put a 14m long eagle putt to become the sole leader. In the second half, Reid, who continued his par with a clever play, made a reservation for the championship by running away with four strokes thanks to Hoblan, who was chasing by one stroke, made a successive look at holes 14, 15, and 17. Reid, who celebrated the championship with a 2.5m birdie in the last hole 18 (par 5), won a prize of $1.35 million (about 1.5 billion won).
Regardless of the image, skill is how to not lie. Reid had a 9-win career on the PGA Tour. He reached the top in a year following the Mexican Championship in February last year, and has won one win each in the last four consecutive years. After winning his first win at the 2013 Wyndham Championship, he has won more than one every year for seven seasons, excluding 2017. The only active player in the world who has won at least one more season than the lead during the same period is Dustin Johnson (US, 9th season), the world’s top player. With veteran tutor David Redbetter last fall, the short game and swing consistency are evaluated to have improved.
After winning the Mexican Championship last year, “I am used to blame. “I want to show growth both on and off the course,” said Reid, who said on this day, “A good player has excellent resilience. No matter what happened on and around the course and what kind of breaks I had, I keep improving my shots every day.” Expectations for the US Open to be held at this course in June this year have also increased.
Lim Seong-jae (23, CJ Logistics) finished with a tie for 32nd place under the 3rd. Im Seong-jae, who was once tied for second place by catching only 5 birdies in the first half, regretted the sudden hunting of forgetting 7 shots in 6 holes from 10 to 15 in the second half. Choi Gyeong-ju (51, SK Telecom) is a tie for 69th in the 4-over par. Tony Pinau (USA) was tied for the 7th runner-up (1 win) in his career, and was unable to take off the label of ‘2nd place professional’, and from this competition, Adam Scott (Australia), who uses a driver equipped with a Korean autoflex shaft, jointly It ranked 10th and showed signs of getting out of the recent sluggishness.
/ Reporter Park Min-young [email protected]
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