Lim Seong-jae (25) tied for fourth place at the Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour thanks to a shot eagle on the 18th hole.
On the 27th (Korean time), on the third day of the tournament held at Torrey Pines South Course (par 72) in San Diego, California, USA, Lim Seong-jae shot 5 under par 67, with a median total of 7 under par 209 strokes, Colin Morikawa, Max Homa and Sahis Tigala (above). United States) tied for 4th place.
Im Seong-jae gained momentum from the beginning of the game with consecutive birdies on the 1st and 2nd holes on the moving day. Im Seong-jae, who dropped a 10m long birdie putt in the first hole, caught a 1.6m birdie in the second hole. Afterwards, Lim Seong-jae, who reduced 3 strokes in the first half with a 1.5m birdie on hole 6 (par 5), exchanged bogies and birdies on holes 12 and 13, and then shot a 15-yard bunker shot on the last hole 18 (par 5). I put it in and connected it to Eagle.
Im Seong-jae said about the eagle situation on the 18th hole after the game, “I went to the bunker and the lie was so good that I thought that if I made good contact with the ball, the spin would work well. As he thought, good contact came out and the spin ate well, so he was able to hit an accurate bunker shot, and it seemed to be connected with an eagle.”
Rookie Kim Seong-hyeon (25) also reduced 3 strokes with 1 eagle, 4 birdies and 3 bogies to rank in 8th place with a median total of 6 under par and 210 strokes. Kim Seong-hyeon also caught an eagle on the 18th hole, and after two rounds, he made an eagle putt at a distance of 5m.
Regarding the eagle situation on the 18th hole, Kim Seong-hyun said, “The second shot was a little tricky, but I was debating whether to hit the 5-wood or the 3-wood. I was able to finish it,” he explained.
Ahn Byeong-hun (32) reduced one stroke to tie for 9th place with a median total of 5 under par and 211 strokes. However, Siwoo Kim (28), the winner of last week’s Sony Open, recorded an even par and tied for 32nd with a median total of 2 under par, 214 strokes, and Noh Seung-yeol (32) lost two strokes to record a tie for 60th with an intermediate total of 1 over par, 217 strokes. 안전놀이터
John Rahm (Spain), who is trying to win three consecutive wins, drove 6 under par and climbed to second place with a median total of 10 under par and 206 strokes. He is only two strokes behind leader Sam Ryder (USA). The rider, who has yet to win the PGA Tour, only recorded an even par by exchanging one bogey with a birdie that day.
Ram, who recorded a tie for 116th with a 1-over par on the first day, reduced 5 strokes in the second round to rise to a tie for 14th, and jumped to 2nd on the moving day. On this day, Ram also caught birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle in holes 6 through 9, reducing 5 strokes in 4 holes. In the 2nd round the previous day, Ram also reduced 5 strokes by catching Eagle-Buddy-Buddy-Buddy in the 5th to 8th holes.