‘Two Eagles’ Seongjae Lim jumps to 22nd by reducing 4 3R strokes on the PGA Tour
Input 2022.04.17 (07:11)
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Im Seong-jae (24) rose in the ranks in the third round of the PGA Tour RBC Heritage (total prize money of $8 million).
Im Seong-jae hit a 4-under 67 in the third day of the tournament at the Harbortown Golf Links (par 71) in Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA on the 17th (Korean time).
Im Seong-jae, who raised his ranking from T-34 the previous day to T-22 (6 under par 207), saved the fire from entering the top 10 for the 6th time of the season.
It is 2 strokes behind the group tied for 9th.
Im Seong-jae made 14 appearances this season, including one championship, and placed his name in the top 10 five times.
Im Seong-jae pulled out two eagles that day.
Sungjae Lim’s second shot with 118 yards left on the first hole (par 4) was sucked into the hole and started the game pleasantly.
Sungjae Lim, who lost two strokes due to a bunker shot mistake on the 3rd hole (par 4), made up for it with birdies on the 5th (par 5) and 6th holes (par 4), but the 7th (par 3) and 12th holes (par 4) ), I forgot one stroke at a time.
On the 14th hole (par 3), Lim reduced one stroke by dropping the tee shot one step ahead of the hole, and on the 15th hole (par 5), the third shot from the bunker next to the green blew into a thrilling eagle.
Im Sung-jae, who gained momentum, showed off his ability to cut four shots in three holes by putting a 4m birdie putt on the 16th hole (par 4).
Si-woo Kim (27) made 4 birdies, but was unable to reduce even one hit with 1 double bogey and 2 bogies.
Si-Woo Kim was tied for 48th (three-under 210 strokes).
Harold Varner III (USA), who received attention following winning the Saudi International on the Asian Professional Golf Tour in February, where a large number of elite players participated, drove an 8-under par and took the lead with a mid-total 11-under 202 shot.
Varner III, who has not yet won a championship on the PGA Tour, finished runner-up last year.
Shane Lowry (Ireland), who cut six strokes, Eric van Ruyen (South Africa) with a four-under par 67, and Patrick Cantlay (USA), who took the lead the day before, were in second place by one stroke (10-under 203). .
Last year’s FedEx Cup champions, world No. 6 Cantlay, only managed to reduce by one stroke following a struggle in the third round.
Aaron Weiss (USA), Hudson Swafford (Canada), Jeb Sturaka (Austria), and Matt Kutcher (USA) joined the race for the championship with a 9-under 204 shot.
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