Lim Seong-jae (25) took the lead for two consecutive days at the PGA Tour Zurich Classic (total prize money of 8.6 million dollars), which is played in a team of two. 메이저사이트
Lim Seong-jae, paired with Keith Mitchell (USA), scored a 5 under par 67 in the second round of the tournament held at TPC Louisiana (par 72) in Avondale, Louisiana, USA on the 22nd (Korean time).
Lim Seong-jae and Mitchell, who had tied for 3rd place with a 10-under-par 62 the previous day, spurred the competition for the title by moving up to 2nd place (15-under 129). It is only one stroke behind Wyndham Clark and Bo Housler (above USA), who took the lead with a 16-under par.
Lim Seong-jae and Mitchell, who were in perfect harmony in the first round of the four-ball method, in which each player hit the ball and counted the better score as the team’s score, also got along well in the second round of the four-some method, in which one ball was hit alternately. Hole 6 (par 4) had a double bogey, but 7 birdies were pulled out.
Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyeong, who played together in the Presidents Cup, also reduced their 5 strokes that day to raise their rankings to a tie for 20th place (11 under par). Roh Seung-yeol, who started with Michael Kim, a Korean-American, also managed to reduce only one stroke that day, dropping from a tie for third place the previous day to a tie for 20th.
Ahn Byeong-hun and Kim Seong-hyun tied for 28th (10 under par, 134 strokes), and Bae Sang-moon and Kang Seong-hoon missed the cut with a total of 7 under par and 137 strokes in the second round.
Clarke and Hosler, who tied for the lead with 61 strokes on the first day, continued their upward trend by reducing 5 strokes in the second round and took the lead within two days. Defending champions Patrick Cantley and Zander Chopley (above USA) shot 9 under par to rise vertically to tied for 4th place (14 under par), sparking a second consecutive victory in the tournament.