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The strong Korean wave on the first day of the PGA Schreiners Children’s Open

Siwoo Kim, 1 shot 2nd place … Lim Seong-jae, Kim Joo-hyeong and Kim Seong-hyeon placed 4th for 2 shots

On the first day of the PGA Tour’s Schreiners Children’s Open, a strong “Korean wave” made its way.

In the first round of the tournament held at TPC Summerlin (par 71) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on 7 (Korea time) 7 (Korea time), Si-woo Kim (27) sprinted 7-under 64 fired and placed a shot behind the leader Tom Hogi (USA) in 2nd place in a tie

Reigning champion Lim Seong-jae (24), “scary newcomer” Kim Joo-hyeong (20) and Kim Seong-hyeon (24), who have joined the PGA Tour since this season began in September, they reached 6 under 65 and tied for fourth place.

Four Korean players are ready to compete for the championship.

Si-woo Kim and Joo-hyung Kim, who had outstanding performances in the Presidents Cup, took the lead after playing together.

Kim Si-woo, who caught eight birds, said: “I played comfortably with Joo-hyung and it was helpful. Today I was happy with the driver, the iron and the putt.”

Kim Joo-hyung, who played an orderly match in which only six birdies were drawn with no bogeymen, said: “I was a little nervous, but overall the game was consistent and there weren’t many mistakes.

The iron went in a good spot and the tee shot continued to keep the fairway. “He said:” I think a lot of good opportunities can come if you plan well. “

Reigning champion Seongjae Lim attracted attention by catching bird Eagle Sung with a bare ground shot on the 3rd hole (par 4).

Ahn Byung-hoon (31) also finished the first round with a 2-under 69 shot.

Ahn Byung-hoon equalized for 55th place.

However, Lee Kyung-hoon (31) was a bit sluggish with a par 72 for 1, and passing the cut was a fire.

After enjoying the eagle’s luck shooting the 7th hole (par 4), Hogi took the lead by catching 2 eagles and 4 birdies, like putting a 10m eagle putt on the 16th hole (par 5).

Hogi won his first career win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February.

/ yunhap news

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