Kim Si-woo tied for 15th in the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (total prize money of $20 million) on the PGA Tour.
Kim Si-woo tied seven birdies and two bogeys in the first round of the tournament at Pebble Beach Golf Links (par 72, 6,972 yards) in Pebble Beach, California on the 31st (Korea time).
Kim Si-woo, who is three strokes behind Russell Henley of the U.S., who led the tournament alone with an 8-under 64, finished the first day of the tournament in a tie for 15th place.
Kim Si-woo showed a relatively stable shot sense, including a fairway seating rate of 78.6% (11/14) and a green hitting rate of 83.3% (15/18), and followed the average number of putts when hitting the green.
Kim Si-woo, who participated in four competitions this year, tied for 32nd in the opening game of the season earlier this month, showing his best performance. He failed to make the cut twice out of the four competitions.
The tournament will be played alternately in the first and second rounds at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglace Hill Golf Course (par 72, 7,41 yards) and in the third and fourth rounds at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
In addition, in the first and second rounds, professional players and amateurs will play in groups of two, and Kim Si-woo teamed up with Ron Kruszewski, a U.S. business figure, to tie for the le
Like Kim Si-woo, Lim Sung-jae, who played in the first round at Pebble Beach Golf Links, tied for 23rd by cutting four shots with five birdies and one bogey.
Lim Sung-jae, who has achieved a "top five" record twice in three competitions this year, has a good chance of winning the top prize in the remaining round by four strokes from the lead.
Justin Rose (England) and this year's American Express winner Jeff Straka (Austria) formed a joint second-place group, one stroke behind the leader. 메이저놀이터
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler of the U.S., who injured his right hand in the glass at the end of last year and entered the official tournament field for the first time this year, got off to a relatively good start, tying for 15th with Kim Si-woo and others at 5-under 67.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) had a hole-in-one on the 119-yard 15th hole (par 3).
This is the second time McIlroy has played a hole-in-one at a PGA Tour event since the first round of the Travelers Championship in June 2023.
McIlroy tied for eighth with a 6-under 66. Both Schaeffler and McIlroy played first round at the Spyglace Hill Golf Course.
Shane Lowry of Ireland, who hosted the first round at Pebble Beach Golf Links, also scored a hole-in-one on the 113-yard seventh hole (par 3) to start the second round tied for eighth with McIlroy and others.
Kim is tied for 36th with 3-under 69, and Ahn is tied for 61st with 1-under 71. Kim and Ahn will play at Pebble Beach Golf Links in the second round.
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