Pinau wins 2 weeks in a row, 2 weeks winning prize money 3.7 billion won ‘Jackpot’
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = ‘Special temporary member’ Kim Joo-hyeong (20) has virtually secured the right to participate in the PGA Tour for the 2022-2023 season.
Joo-Hyung Kim finished the PGA Tour Rocket Mortgage Classic ($8.4 million total prize money) at the Detroit Golf Club (par 72, 7,370 yards) in Detroit, Michigan, USA on the 1st (Korean time) with a final total of 18 under par 270, a solo 7 The contest was over.
Kim Joo-hyung, who is currently a special temporary member of the PGA Tour, will qualify for the 2022-2023 season if the total number of FedEx Cup points earned by participating in the PGA Tour tournament in the 2021-2022 season is greater than the 125th place player.
With only one competition remaining in the 2021-2022 regular season, Kim Joo-hyung ranked 7th in this tournament and added regarding 90 points to FedEx Cup points, accumulating points equivalent to the top 100 in the FedEx Cup rankings.
With this, Kim Joo-hyung will be able to hold the PGA Tour for the 2022-2023 season unless there is a cataclysmic event in which players who are currently outside 125th rank in the upper ranks and overtake Kim Joo-hyung by more than 20 at the Wyndham Championship, which will start on the 4th as the last tournament of the regular season. have.
Kim Joo-hyung, who swept major categories such as prize money, grand prize points, and average at-bats at the Korea Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Korean Tour last year, is the first player in the history of the Korean Tour to win the first place in prize money and points before the age of 20.
He also won the Gunsan CC Open in July 2020 at the age of 18 years and 21 days, and also achieved the record for the youngest professional player on the Korean Tour.
He has won one win each in 2020 and 2021 on the Korean Tour, and climbed to the top once in 2019 and 2022 on the Asian Tour, demonstrating a performance that does not look like a 20-year-old.
Kim Joo-hyung, who hit 9-under 63 with one eagle and seven birdies without bogey in the fourth round of this tournament, said, “I played a good game on the last day and my ranking went up.
He caught the eagle with his second shot with 127 yards left on the 10th hole (par 4) and said, “Since I was little, I only wanted to play on the PGA Tour, but it’s like a dream.” He shared his feelings regarding fulfilling his dream of entering the market.
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Tony Finau (USA) won this tournament with a final total of 26 under par 262.
Pinau, who also won the 3M Open last week, climbed to the top of the PGA Tour for the second week in a row, achieving four career victories.
The prize money for the winner of this competition is 15.12 million dollars (regarding 1.97 billion won). If you add up the prize money from last week’s championship, you’ve earned regarding 3.7 billion won in just one week.
This is the first time in 2 years and 9 months since Brendan Todd (USA) in November 2019 to win two consecutive regular tournaments on the PGA Tour.
It was such an overwhelming victory that the tied for second place players, including Patrick Cantlay (USA), had a difference of five strokes in Pinau.
Si-woo Kim (27) tied for 14th with a 15-under 273 stroke.
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