Im Seong-jae and John Hur tied for fourth place by one stroke… Si-woo Kim and Kyung-hoon Lee are in the middle
Kim Joo-hyung (20), who has virtually confirmed his advance to the PGA Tour next season, took the lead in the second round of the Wyndham Championship (total prize money of $7.3 million), the last tournament of the 2021-2022 regular season, and set out to win the championship.
Kim Joo-hyung hit a 6-under-par 64 with seven birdies and one bogey in the second round of the tournament held at Sedgefield Country Club (par 70, 7,131 yards) in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA on the 6th (Korean time).
Kim Joo-hyung, who finished 9-under 131 in the midterm, was named jointly with Brandon Wu and Ryan Moore (USA).
This is a ranking that has jumped more than 20 steps from a tie for 23rd at 3-under par in the first round.
The game was suspended for regarding an hour and a half due to bad weather, and then resumed, and four players did not finish the round until sunset.
Kim Joo-hyung, who has been active on the Korean and Asian tours of the Korea Professional Golf Association (KPGA), is currently playing as a special temporary member of the PGA Tour.
Last month, he performed well at the Genesis Scottish Open (3rd place) and The Open (tied 47th place) and obtained special temporary membership.
In the remaining tournaments of the regular season, if the total of FedEx Cup points exceeds the 125th place, the player can qualify for the next season.
After that, Kim Joo-hyung tied for 26th at the 3M Open and finished 7th at last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, earning points equivalent to the top 100 in the FedEx Cup rankings, effectively securing a place on the PGA Tour for the 2022-2023 season.
In the midst of this, he entered the competition for the championship.
Kim Joo-hyung, who started the second round on the 10th hole, made a bogey on the 12th hole (par 3), but following that, he played without hesitation.
He succeeded in rebounding with the ‘stepping stone birdie’ on the 13th, 15th, and 17th holes, and in the second half, he showed off his back with a birdie on the 6th and 8th holes in a row following the 2nd hole (par 4) birdie.
Kim Joo-hyeong, who continued the momentum on the day following playing a quadruple bogey on the first hole the day before, said, “It didn’t start well, but I had a great feeling that I might still do it.
Thanks to the confidence, I am satisfied that the game played well for the next 35 holes.”
He said, “I played comfortably today, and there was a sense of stability in the shots.
He putts well and seems to have had good results.” He emphasized, “I want to play comfortably like this for the remaining two days.”
Im Seong-jae (24), who was in second place in the first round, reduced one stroke by combining four birdies and three bogeys, and was pushed down to tied for fourth place (8-under 132 strokes), one stroke behind the lead.
John Hur (USA), who took the lead alone with a 9-under par the previous day, also lost one shot and fell to tied for fourth place with Im Seong-jae.
The winner of this competition in 2016, Si-Woo Kim (27), reduced two strokes to a tie for 39th (3 under par 137), and Kyung-Hoon Lee (31) tied for 50th (2 under par 138).
Kang Sung-hoon (35) lost two strokes and missed the cut by staying only 100th with a mid-total 1-over par 141.
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