Max Homa (USA) overcame a 5-stroke gap at the Farmers Insurance Open (total prize money of 8.7 million dollars) on the PGA Tour and won his second win of the season with a come-from-behind victory. John Rahm (Spain) failed to win three consecutive tournaments and become world No. 1, and new groom Lim Seong-jae (25) tied for 4th, posting his first top 10 of the new year and his best result of the season.
Homa hit 6 under par 66 with 7 birdies and 1 bogey in the final round of the 2022-2023 PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open held at Torrey Pines GC South Course (par 72, 7765 yards) in San Diego, California on the 29th (Korean time). He won with a total of 13 under par 275 strokes. It is two strokes away from Keegan Bradley (11 under par, 277 strokes, USA), who took second place.
Homa recorded an interim total of 7 under par until the 3rd round, and started in a tie for 4th place, 5 strokes behind Sam Ryder (USA), who had been in the lead for all 3 days. However, Homa reduced 4 strokes to the 15th hole (par 4) and took a birdie on the 16th hole (par 3) to jump to the joint lead. Then, Homa added a birdie on the last hole 18 (par 5) and confirmed the championship. 먹튀검증
Homa, who won his second straight victory at the Fortinet Championships in the opening game of the 2022-2023 season held in September last year, became the second player to win two seasons after John Rahm, and won his sixth career victory since the Wells Fargo Championship in 2019.
Lim Seong-jae cut 2 strokes with 4 birdies and 2 bogies and finished with a total of 9 under par 279 strokes. In October of last year, he surpassed the Shriners Children’s Open (7th place) and recorded his best result of the season and his second top 10.
Ram, who started in second place by two strokes from the lead and raised hopes for three consecutive wins, lost two strokes with three birdies, three bogeys, and one double bogey, and finished in a tie for seventh place (8 under par, 280 strokes). After starting with a bogey on the first hole, he moved away from the lead competition by recording a double bogey on the 5th hole (par 4).
Rookie Kim Seong-hyeon (25) finished in a tie for 20th, and Kim Si-woo (28) finished in a tie for 25th. Noh Seung-yeol (32) tied for 44th, and Ahn Byeong-hun (32) tied for 62nd.