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Johnson, who was first alone, lost 4 games as he headed to Major 3R
It is noteworthy if Lim Seong-jae (22) will win the ‘4-stroke lap’ for the 11th time in Masters history.
Lim Sung-jae tied for second at 12-under-204 in the middle of 84th Round 3 of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club (par 72, 7,475 yards) in Augusta, Georgia, USA on the 15th ( Korea time).
He’s four strokes behind solo leader Dustin Johnson (US 16 under 200).
Cameron Smith (Australia) and Abraham Anser (Mexico) are behind Johnson with the same score as Lim Sung-jae.
For now, Johnson is more likely to stay in the lead and win.
According to Golf Digest, only 10 players made it past the 4+ stroke gap in the final round of Masters 83 earlier.
The last player to reach at-bats with more than four hits and win the championship was Charles Schwartzl (South Africa) in 2011.
If Lim Seong-jae beats Johnson in the final round of the Masters on the 16th and wears a green jacket, the 11th player in history will be born, who managed to win more than 4 strokes in 9 years.
Johnson, who placed first in the fourth shot alone, is currently number one in the world rankings, but never won the championship after starting the game on the final day as the leader in the third round of a major tournament.
From being pushed to eighth place on the final day since the sole lead of the US Open in 2010, the US Open tied for second place in the lead at the US Open 2015, and the US Open 2018 also fell from a tie in the first to the third only.
Also, at this year’s PGA Championship, I never won first place on the first hit alone and then ended up tied for second in the fourth round.
Johnson is drawing attention to whether he will achieve two unique championship records.
Johnson challenges at least the Bogie Masters champion.
Johnson made just two shots until the third round.
In the second round, 14 and 15 holes hit the bogie in a row.
Current Masters minimum bogie winners have scored 5 bogies in four rounds.
Jimmy Demaret (1940), Jack Nicklaus (1965), Ben Crenshaw (1995), Phil Mickulson (2004) and Trevor Immalman (2008) share the records in this category.
Johnson is also aiming for a new record for the best Masters green hit rate.
Johnson is posting a green hit rate of 87.03% (47 of 54) in this tournament.
Nolan Henk (1992) and Tiger Woods (2001) are the best in this category with 83.33%.
If Johnson is left with 14 or more of the 18 greens in the fourth round, he will be the best in the category.
Smith and Anser are the first Masters to reach the record of ’60 at-bats in the four days’.
In the first to third rounds, Smith batted 67-68-69 and Anser 68-67-69.
Arnold Palmer (1964), Fred Couples (1992) and Miculson (2001) also maintained their 60 at-bats until the third round, but lost the record by reaching 70 in the final round.
Meanwhile, until the second round of this year’s Masters, Johnson, Anser, Smith, Jon Lam (Spain) and Justin Thomas (USA) took the lead.
In the past year, five people – Jason Day (Australia), Brooks Kepka (USA), Francesco Molinari (Italy), Louis Oosthizen (South Africa) and Adam Scott (Australia) – took the lead, and Woods won the championship .
It is noteworthy if there will be a situation where none of them win the championship, even after five players at the Masters trade for two years in a row.
/ yunhap news
