Lee Kyung-hoon▶ Click here to enlarge
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Lee Gyeong-hoon (30) raised the expectation of the season’s highest grades by being ranked at the top on the first day of the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour Waist Management Phoenix Open (total prize money of $7.3 million).
In the first round of the tournament held at TPC Scottsdale (par 71, 7,261 yards) in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA on the 5th (Korean time), Lee Gyeong-hoon grabbed 6 birdies and blocked one bogie, hitting a 5-under par 66. .
Lee Kyung-hoon was tied for sixth place, three strokes behind Mark Hubbard and Matthew Nismith (above the US, 8 under par 63), who took the lead.
Prior to the 2020-2021 season, Lee Gyeong-hoon, who participated in 12 competitions and passed the cut six times, was tied for 19th at the Sony Open last month, aiming for the highest ranking.
Lee Gyeong-hoon, who started off the first hole of this tournament, as a birdie, with a good buddy on the 10th hole (par 4), later reduced one stroke at the 13th and 15th holes, which are par 5 holes.
In the 17th hole (par 4), the second shot was burnt well on the green slope, attached to the hole about 2m, and then a birdie was added, and only 4 birdies were drawn in the first half.
Lee Kyung-hoon, who continued his buddy march to the 3rd hole (par 5), wrote his first look at the 6th hole (par 4), but rebounded to the birdie immediately on the next hole (par 3) and raised the rankings.
On this day, Kyung-Hoon Lee only missed two of the 14 fairways, and the green boasted an excellent shot feeling that he never missed.
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Brooks Kepka▶ Click here to enlarge
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Two players who did not win the PGA Tour took the lead in a tie for 6th place, Zander Chopley (USA), a tie for 12th place (4 under par 67 strokes), Jordan Spice (USA), a tie for 21st place (3 under par 68 strokes). Stars such as Yon Ram (Spain) and Brooks Kepka (USA) followed.
In particular, Kepka, who had been eliminated from the cut in three recent competitions, recorded a long-awaited 60 at-bats after 69 strokes in the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the Masters last November.
Ahn Byung-hoon (30) tied four birdies and two bogies and wrote a 2-under-par 69, and tied for 37th place with Matt Kucher (USA).
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and Justin Thomas were tied for 50th with one under par 70.
Last month, American Express winner Kim Si-woo (26) finished the first round with a tie for 70th place (even par 71 strokes), and Lim Seongjae (23) tied for 86th place (1 over par 72 strokes).
Kang Sung-hoon (34) was tied for 129th place (6 over par, 77 strokes).
The Phoenix Open received less than 5,000 spectators a day and held a spectator competition on the PGA tour about three months after the Houston Open, which entered 2,000 a day in November last year.
Drinking and booing are allowed, and a 20,000-seat stand is installed in Hall 16 (par 3), which has been called the’Golf Liberation Area’, but this year the number of spectators itself is very small compared to the previous year, so the unique noisy atmosphere It was difficult to find.
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