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Lim Seong-jae achieves the best Asian player in the history of the Masters
Woods holes out after 10 hits at par 3 12
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = Dustin Johnson (USA), the world’s No. 1 men’s golfer, won the 20-under title for the first time at the Masters Tournament.
On the last day of the 84th Masters Tournament ($ 11.5 million in cash prizes) held at Augusta National Golf Club (par 72, 7,475 yards) in Augusta, Georgia, USA, on the 16th (Korean time), Johnson he played 6 birdies in the fourth round. I hit a 4 under par 68 with 2 bogies.
Johnson, who posted a final total of 20 under 268, became the main character in the ‘Green Jacket’ that was given to the Masters Champion for the first time in his life. The winning prize is $ 2.72 million (about 2.3 billion won).
The final record for winning the lowest record at the Masters was 18 under 270 strokes set by Tiger Woods in 1997 and Jordan Spice (over the United States) in 2015.
Spice had been low par 19 during the 2015 tournament, but low par 20 was the first place Johnson stepped on this day.
With this victory, Johnson achieved a total of 24 victories on the American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour and took the second championship cup after 4 years and 5 months after the US Open in June 2016.
In particular, Johnson was confirmed to have a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in October and was unable to participate in the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour The CJ Cup and the Jojo Championship.
However, just one month after testing positive for Corona 19, the Masters ascended to the main throne by setting the first low-20 pair record in history.
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Lim Seong-jae (22), the first Korean player to play in the Champions group in the final round of the Masters, reduced 3 strokes to 5 birdies and 2 bogies, resulting in a total of 15 under 273, and tied for second place with Cameron Smith (Australia).
With this, Lim Seong-jae became the best performer of the Masters among Asian nationals. Previously, the record in this category was Choi Gyeong-ju (50), who finished third in 2004.
Also, the best performance of the first player at the Masters was 276, but Im Seong-jae, who made his Masters debut this time, cut this record by three.
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Johnson, who was tied for second through the third round, and four strokes to lead, narrowed the gap with Lim Seong-jae to one stroke at a time by writing a series of shots on holes 4 and 5.
However, he sighed with a birdie on hole 6 (par 3), and because Im Seongjae, who was chasing him, lost a stroke each on hole 6 and 7, he regained a relaxed lead.
By catching 3 consecutive birdies on holes 13-15, the gap between second place and the gap widened by more than 5 strokes, and the victory was confirmed.
Johnson, who drew first at the end of the first and second rounds, and who took the lead in the third round and won the fifth shot, became a player who achieved a wire-to-wire victory at the Masters five years after Spice. in 2015.
The fifth at-bats win at the Masters is the most at-bats in 23 years since Woods won the twelfth win, the most at-bats in 1997.
Also, after 18 years after Woods in 2002, the world ranked No. 1 at the top of the Masters.
Johnson Day (Australia) of the 2015 PGA Championship (Australia) and Henryk Stensson (Sweden) of the British Open in 2016 were the third in their careers to win all four major tournaments.
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Johnson, who logged just four bogies over four days and achieved the lowest ever bogie championship, rejoiced: “It was a dream to win the Masters since I was a kid. Plus, the same winner last year, Woods, gets a green jacket so it feels like a dream. ”
‘Golf Emperor’ Woods, who challenged the second consecutive Masters victory, lost 4 strokes on the day and finished with a final total of 1-under-par 287 strokes, tied for 38th place.
Woods, in particular, threw the ball into the water three times on the 12th hole (par 3) and had 10 hits, losing 7 hits on this hole alone. This is the first time Woods has hit 10 shots on a hole on a PGA Tour.
Bryson Dishambo (USA), who was nominated for a strong championship prior to the tournament, was tied for 34th with a 286 2 under par.
Smith, who tied for second with Lim Seong-jae, hit 67, 68, 69 and 69 in four days, becoming the first Masters player to record 60 at-bats over four days.
The Masters, which is held in April each year, was held in November for the first time in history due to this year’s new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The 2021 tournament is scheduled to open again in April.
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