Kim Si-woo (28) recorded 3 under par on the first day of the Players Championship (total prize money of 25 million dollars), the 5th major tournament of the PGA Tour, and started the recapture of the championship cup in 6 years. .

In the first round of the tournament held at TPC Sawgrass (par 72) in Pontevedra Beach, Florida, USA on the 10th (Korean time), Kim Si-woo pulled out 7 birdies, wrote down 4 bogeys, and hit 3 under par 69.

In 2017, Kim Si-woo, who won the tournament as the youngest player (21 years, 10 months, 16 days old) and won his second PGA Tour championship, made a smooth start with a record of 60 at-bats on this day, winning the tournament for the second time in six years. raised expectations.

Chad Lavi (USA), who recorded 8 under par 64 strokes on the first day, took the sole lead, while Colin Morikawa (USA, 7 under par 65 strokes) took second place and Kim Si-woo tied for 12th place.

Kim Si-woo, who started the game on the 10th hole (par 4), made a light birdie by attaching the third shot near the green on the 11th hole (par 5) to the hole 1.2m away. Afterwards, he took two more birdies on holes 14 (par 4) and 17 (par 3), then wrote down a bogey on hole 18 (par 4) and hit 2 under par only in the first half.

In the second half, he added birdies on holes 2 (par 5) and 4 (par 4) and lowered the number of strokes to 4 under par, putting his name at the top of the leaderboard. However, after that, he slowed down by making consecutive bogeys in three holes from hole 5 to hole 7 (above par 4). He failed to send his tee shots to the fairway in holes 5 and 6, and missed par as his second shot fell into the bunker in front of the green in hole 7.

The uptrend was interrupted by bogeying three holes in a row, but the finish was good. In hole 8 (par 3), he put a birdie putt about 6m into the hole, and in hole 9 (par 5), he hit his third shot from 50 yards to the hole 1.2m and finished with a birdie. 온라인바카라

Even though there was a big crisis in the last three holes in a row in the game, it was good to finish all the last two holes with birdies to revive the anticipation for the second round.

After the game, Kim Si-woo said, “I liked the overall feel of the shot, so I played the game well in the first half.” I was able to,” he said, looking back at the game that day.

There were a few tee shot mistakes on the first day, but overall the game was stable. The tee shot accuracy (fairway hit rate) was 71.43% and the green hit rate was 72.22%. I missed the ball in the bunker twice, but once blocked it with a par, and putts totaled 28 that day, and the number of putts per green hole was 1.538.

Korean-Australian Lee Min-woo recorded a 4-under-par 68 to tie for 6th place, but Korean players had a heavy start.

Ahn Byeong-hun (32) finished the first round with a 1-under 71, tied for 31st, Lee Gyeong-hoon (32) shot 1-over-par 73 to tie for 72nd, and the much-anticipated Kim Joo-hyung (21) finished the first round with a 2-over-par 74 (tied for 94th), Lim Seong-jae (25) finished with a 3-over par of 75 (tied for 109th place), and Kim Seong-hyun (25) finished with a 5-over par of 77 (tied for 127th place).

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