In the first round held on the 26th (Korean time) at Torrey Pines GC Book Course (par 72‧7258 yards) in San Diego, California, USA, Kim tied 7 birdies and 2 bogies to hit 5 under par 67.
With this, Kim Seong-hyun tied for 12th place with Colin Morikawa, Taylor Montgomery, Ben Griffin (above USA), and Vincent Norman (Sweden). He is 3 strokes behind Brent Grant, Sam Ryder (Above USA), and Aaron Rye (England), who tied for the lead with an 8-under-par 64 stroke. 토토사이트
Kim Seong-hyun, who won the Rookie of the Year award at the Korn Ferry Tour, the second part of the PGA Tour last year, won the PGA Tour card for the 2022-23 season by ranking 11th in the regular season point rankings.
Kim Seong-hyun, who participated in the PGA Tour’s Shriners Children’s Open in October last year as a rookie, finished fourth, proving his competitiveness.
On this day, Kim Seong-hyun’s early days were uneasy. He hesitated by committing consecutive bogeys in holes 3 (par 3) and 4 (par 4).
On this day, Kim Seong-hyun’s early days were uneasy. He hesitated by committing consecutive bogeys in holes 3 (par 3) and 4 (par 4).
However, he caught his first birdie on the 5th hole (par 5) and made up for his previous mistakes by reducing another stroke on the 7th hole (par 4). He also made a birdie on the 9th hole (par 5).
In the second half, Kim Seong-hyun found a sense of stability. He caught consecutive birdies on holes 11 (par 4) and 12 (par 3), and then made consecutive birdies again on holes 16 (par 4) and 17 (par 5), finishing the first round with 5 under par.
Lim Seong-jae (25) and Ahn Byeong-hoon (32, CJ Logistics), who competed together, each scored 4 under par 68 to tie for 19th place. Kim Si-woo (28, CJ Logistics) tied for 33rd with a 3-under par, and Roh Seung-yeol (32, Sivent) tied for 50th with a 2-under par.
Yon Rahm (Spain), who is trying to win three tournaments in a row, was sluggish, including a double bogey, and tied for 116th with a 1-over-par 73 strokes.