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Im Seong-jae (22), who set the record for the first Asian rookie award in the history of the American Professional Golf (PGA) tour, has rewritten another history of Asian men’s golf. In the Masters Tournament, which is a major tournament, Asisa won second place as the highest grade.
On the 16th (Korean time), the last day of the 84th Masters Tournament ($ 11.5 million total cash prize) held at the Augusta National Golf Club (par 72, 7,475 yards) in Augusta, Georgia, USA ., 5 birdies and 5 birdies He reached 3 under par 69 with 2 boogies.
Lim Sung-jae, who recorded 273 shots on a par 15 under in the final, finished tied for second with Cameron Smith (Australia).
It was 5 shots aside from 20 under 268 for No. 1 Dustin Johnson. The second tied prize is $ 1012,000 (approximately 1.12 billion won).
With this, Lim Seong-jae became the first Asian national player to finish runner-up in the Masters, which is called ‘Masters’.
As an Asian player, the top performer in this event was 50-year-old Choi Kyung-joo, who finished third in 2004 until last year.
Lim Sung-jae, who was tied for second, 4 hits behind Johnson through the third round, started the fourth round as the first Korean player in the Masters Final Round Champions Group.
Early in the game, Johnson was pressed to the first hit, raising the atmosphere for a change of course.
Johnson wrote a series of bogies on the fourth and fifth holes, and Lim Seong-jae caught the birdie from a distance of less than 2 meters straight on the second and third holes.
However, for Im Seong-jae, hole 6 (par 3) was painful. He missed a short distance of about 1.2m from this hole, while Johnson hit a 2m birdie putt a little further and quickly got away by three shots.
Im Seong-jae, who was unable to continue the uptrend at first, saw another look as the second shot from hole 7 (par 4) crossed the green and headed for the bunker.
The gap, which had been reduced to 1 hit, was opened again to 4 hits, and the Mac was released, and this gap was not reduced again until the game ended.
Reporter Yoon Jong Han [email protected]
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