Kim Seong-hyeon (25) tied for 6th in the second round of her first tournament of the new year, the PGA Tour Sony Open (total prize money: $7.9 million).
On the 14th (Korean time) the day after the tournament held at the Waialei Country Club (par 70) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Seong-hyun Kim hit 3 under par 67 with 5 birdies and 2 bogeys.
Kim Seong-hyun, who scored an interim total of 8 under par 132, tied for 6th place with Ben Taylor (England) and Austin Ekrot (USA).
It is 3 strokes behind Chris Kirk (USA), who leads alone with 11 under par and 129 strokes.
Taylor Montgomery and JJ Spun (above USA, 10 under par 130 strokes) are tied for second place, and David Lipsky and Hayden Berkeley (above USA) are tied for fourth place with 9 under par and 131 strokes.
Kim Seong-hyun, who started the game with a birdie on the 10th hole (par 4), recorded a bogey on the 11th hole (par 3), but made consecutive birdies on the 17th hole (par 3) and the 18th hole (par 5).
In the second half, he traded bogey and birdie on holes 2 and 3 (each par 4), and finished happily with a birdie putt of about 2.72m on hole 9 (par 5).
Kim Seong-hyun said, “I was not in good shape today, but I was satisfied that I was able to finish the rest of the first round well and finish the second round well.” .
He continued, “This week, professional Choi Kyung-ju gave me a lot of advice while playing a 9-hole practice round, which was very helpful.”
Kim Si-woo (28) tied for 16th place with 1 eagle, 4 birdies, 1 bogey, and 1 double bogie on the day, recording an interim total of 6 under par and 134 strokes.
In hole 2 (par 4), his tee shot fell into the water and his third shot also landed in the bunker in front of the green, writing down a double bogey, but in hole 9 (par 5), he hit his second shot about 5m away from the hole and made an eagle Dropped the putt. 토토사이트
Ahn Byeong-hoon (32) tied for 23rd with 135 strokes, 5 under par, with 1 eagle, 4 birdies and 1 bogey. Lee Kyung-hoon (32) is tied for 33rd with a 4-under par and 136 strokes.
Meanwhile, Kim Joo-hyung (21), Choi Kyung-ju (53), and Lim Seong-jae (25), who had recently shown good results and raised expectations, suffered the bitter taste of being eliminated from the cut.
Kim Joo-hyung, who hit 1 under par with 3 birdies and 2 bogeys, recorded 141 strokes at 1 over par over two days, falling short of the 2 under par, the standard for passing the cut.
Kim Joo-hyung, who won two wins on the PGA Tour last year and tied for 5th place (22 under par, 270 strokes) at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, the first tournament of the new year, was unexpectedly eliminated.
Choi Kyung-ju, who had performed well in the first round with a 4-under-par 66 (tied for 11th place), also made two birdies and five bogeys, slipping to a 1-under-par 139 (tied for 77th) in the interim, and was thwarted from advancing to the third round.
Lim Seong-jae also had to turn around with a 2-over par of 142 without making up for the slump the previous day.