Im Seong-jae (25), the ‘new groom’, made the first top 10 of the new year with the best performance of the season.
Lim Seong-jae made 4 birdies in the 4th round on the last day of the PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open (total prize money of $8.7 million) held at the Torrey Pines Golf Club South Course (par 72) in La Jolla, California on the 29th (Korean time). I wrote down two bogeys and hit a 2 under par 70. Im Seong-jae, who recorded a final total of 9 under par 279 strokes, finished the tournament in a tie for 4th place, 4 strokes behind champion Max Homa (USA, 13 under par 275 strokes).
Lim Seong-jae, who performed his best last season by finishing runner-up in the FedEx Cup, married his girlfriend of over a year in December of last year.
Lim Seong-jae, who enjoyed a honeymoon in Hawaii after getting married, began his New Year’s schedule starting with the Sentry Tournament of Champions earlier this month and made a fresh start with a tie for 13th place. However, he was unable to continue his upward trend as he was eliminated from the cut at the following Sony Open.
It was the first time in the 2022-2023 season that Im Seong-jae missed the cut at a PGA Tour event, and it was about six months after the Genesis Scottish Open held in Scotland in July last year.
He once again aimed for the top 10 at the following American Express, but unfortunately failed to cross the top 10 threshold with a tie for 18th.
In this tournament, from the first day, he hit 4 under par 68 strokes, raising expectations for the first top 10 of the new year. In the second round, the ranking went backwards with a tie for 23rd, but in the third round, he reduced 5 strokes and raised the ranking to a tie for 4th.
Lim Seong-jae, who played on the final day, continued par in the first four holes and then showed an uneasy appearance by writing down a bogey on the 5th hole (par 4). However, he changed his flow after recording the first birdie of the day on the 7th hole (par 4). Lim Seong-jae, who reduced one more stroke in the 9th hole (par 5), bogeyed in the 10th hole (par 4), but then caught birdies in the 11th hole (par 3) and 14th hole (par 4) and kept a tie for 4th place. It is his personal best result this season, surpassing 7th place at the Shriners Children’s Open in October last year.
With Lim Seong-jae finishing the tournament in a tie for 4th place, Korean players continued their streak of top 10 in the four tournaments held this year.
At the Sentry Tournament of Champions, Kim Joo-hyung tied for 5th place and Lee Kyung-hoon tied for 7th, starting with Siwoo Kim at the Sony Open. took over
Five Korean players participated in this tournament and ‘all passed the cut’.
Kim Seong-hyun (25), who was expecting a top 10, lost 4 strokes on the last day, so he was satisfied with a tie for 20th (2 under par, 286 strokes), while Kim Si-woo tied for 25th (1 under par, 287 strokes) and Noh Seung-yeol tied for 44th (2 over par). 290 strokes) and Ahn Byeong-hun tied for 62nd place (6 over par 294 strokes) to finish the tournament.
Homa added a win four months after the Fortinet Championship in September of last year, the opening game of this season, and achieved his sixth victory on the PGA Tour. The winning prize is $1,566,000 (approximately 1.93 billion won).
Homa, who was tied for 4th place, 5 strokes behind leader Sam Ryder (USA) until the 3rd round, succeeded in reversing with a 6 under par 66 that day. 메이저놀이터
John Rahm (Spain), who could have returned to the top of the world rankings if he won this tournament, was satisfied with a tie for 7th place (a total of 8 under par, 280 strokes) as he shot a 2-over-par 74 on the final day.
Rider, who started as the sole leader, lost 3 strokes that day and finished the tournament tied for 4th place (9 under par 279 strokes).