This is a decent start for Lee Kyung-hoon.
Lee Gyeong-hoon shot 2 under par 70 in the first round of the PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational (total prize money of 20 million dollars) held at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge (par 72, 7466 yards) in Orlando, Florida on the 3rd (Korean time). and tied for 23rd place. World No. 1 Yon Lam (Spain) leads (7 under par, 65 strokes), and last week’s Honda Classic winner Chris Kirk, Cameron Young, and Kurt Kitayama (USA) are tied for second place (5 under par, 67 strokes).
Lee Kyung-hoon tied 3 birdies and 1 bogey. In the first half, he reduced two strokes with consecutive birdies on holes 6 and 7, and in the second half, he made up for the bogie on hole 11 (par 4) with a birdie on hole 12 (par 5), and then wrote down par for the remaining 6 holes. Strokes Gained Putting, which benefits from putting, stood out at 2.103 strokes. He is 5 strokes away from the lead, and laid the foundation to expect his 3rd career win 10 months after AT&T Byron Nelson’s victory in May of last year.
Ram caught 1 eagle and 6 birdies (1 bogey). It is a steep rise to enter the’Top 10’ in all 6 competitions this season, including 3 wins. It is a good opportunity to win two competitions in a row following the top of the Genesis Invitational two weeks ago. Ram cheered, saying, “I’m satisfied with the results today,” and “everything worked out as planned.” 스포츠토토
World No. 2 and defending champion Scotty Scheffler (USA) is pursuing a tie for 5th place (4 under par 68 strokes). Jordan Spieth, Xander Chopley, Patrick Cantley, Rickie Fowler, and Keegan Bradley (above America) are also part of this group. On the other hand, world No. 3 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) was sluggish with a tie for 68th (1 over par 73 strokes).
In Korea, Sony Open winner Kim Si-woo tied 4 birdies, 1 bogey and 1 double bogey. It is tied for 35th (1 under par 71 strokes). Im Seong-jae, the ‘new groom’, also joined the group. ‘PGA box office card’ Kim Joo-hyung and newbie Kim Seong-hyun are looking for a leap to the upper ranks in a tie for 50th place (even par 72 strokes). Ahn Byeong-hoon is walking on a thorny path in a tie for 93rd (3 over par 75 strokes).