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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = In this year’s Presidents Cup golf tournament, the international team lost to the US once more, but the Korean players who formed the mainstay of the international team shone.
The Presidents Cup, which ended on the 26th (Korean time) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, ended with a 17.5-12.5 victory for the United States.
The Presidents Cup, a men’s golf competition between the United States and the international team, has resulted in a record of 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, continuing the overwhelming dominance of the United States.
The United States has recently won nine consecutive victories and has won eight of their home matches, and has continued their unbeaten streak since the 1998 Australian Games.
Since the men’s golf competition between the United States and Europe, the two mountain ranges of men’s golf in the world, is held separately as the Ryder Cup, European players do not participate in the international team of the Presidents Cup.
As a result, evaluations continued to follow that the Presidents Cup was a tournament with a structure in which the power imbalance was inevitable.
In this year’s tournament, 4 Korean players out of 12 international team players participated, drawing attention from domestic fans.
Im Seong-jae (24) and Kim Joo-hyeong (20) won the qualification on their own, while Lee Kyung-hoon (31) and Kim Si-woo (27) joined by the recommendation of the manager.
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Among the 24 players who participated in this tournament, Golf Digest, an American golf professional media, gave the ratings, and Kim Joo-hyung received the international highest score of A+.
Regarding Kim Joo-hyung, who recorded 2 wins and 3 losses in this tournament, Golf Digest said, “This week, Tom Kim (Kim Joo-hyung’s English name) was the main character. He showed an exciting game full of energy and left a strong impression on American fans.”
He added, “Kim Joo-hyung has both athletic performance and the ability to appeal to fans, and with these players, the story of the sport of golf becomes richer.”
Kim Joo-hyeong, the youngest member of the international team, played a role in raising the team atmosphere by throwing hats following winning the match on the third day of the tournament.
Kim Si-woo, who had 3 wins and 1 loss, also gave an A grade.
Golf Digest explained the background for giving the high score, saying, “I joined the team through the recommendation of the general manager, but I got the most points in the team.”
In the international team, the top A was Kim Joo-hyung and Kim Si-woo, and Lim Seong-jae with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses and Lee Kyung-hoon with 2 wins and 1 loss received B’s side by side.
The US team’s A+ were two men, Jordan Spieth, who had a total of 5 wins, and Max Homar, who had a record of 4 wins. Justin Thomas with 4-1 and Patrick Cantlay with 3-1 were evaluated as A.
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