Kang Seong-hun (36) seized the golden opportunity to win the ‘Top 10’ in about 3 years.
Kang Sung -hoon tied for 11th in the 3rd round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (total prize money of 9 million dollars) held at the Monterey Peninsula Course (par 71, 6957 yards) in Pebble Beach, California, USA on the 5th (Korean time). did.
While the third round was suspended due to bad weather with strong winds blowing at a maximum speed of 64 km/h, Kang Seong-hoon picked only 4 birdies after completing 10 holes. Kang Seong-hoon, who is recording an interim total of 7 under par, jumped from the 30th place the previous day to a tie for 11th place. This is the opportunity to win the ‘Top 10’ 35 months after the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2020.
The first to third rounds of the tournament alternate between Monterey Peninsula CC, Pebble Beach course (par 72, 6972 yards), and Spyglass Hill (par 72, 7041 yards) to determine the finalists, and the final round 4 will be held at Pebble It is played on a beach course.
For Sunghoon Kang, the Monterey Peninsula course is no different from the ‘promised land’. This is because I have a good memory of hitting 11 under par 60 in the second round of this tournament in 2016. Therefore, Kang’s performance is expected in the remainder of the third round, which will be held on the 5th local time.
In the 2011 tournament, Kang Seong-hoon was tied for the lead with a rebound in the second round and looked forward to winning, but tied for 17th due to poor performance in the third and fourth rounds.
Kang Seong-hoon made his PGA Tour debut in 2011, and nine years later, in 2019, at the AT&T Byron Nelson Tournament, he won his first thrilling tour victory. He took the seed as a bonus for two years with 159 before 158, but lost the seed due to consecutive sluggishness. He has participated in 4 competitions this season, where he is getting opportunities to participate mainly in B-class competitions in the past champion category, but has not passed the cut once. 메이저사이트
Peter Malnuty (USA), who completed 12 holes in the third round, rose to first place alone with 12 under par, while Keith Mitchell and Joseph Bramlett (USA) tied for second place by two strokes.
Ahn Byeong-hun (32, CJ Logistics) tied for 38th (intermediate total 3 under par) without completing 9 holes, Kim Seong-hyun (25, Shinhan Financial Group) tied for 54th with 2 under par with 5 holes left, and Noh Seung-yeol (32) tied for 4th With one hole left, he is tied for 63rd at 1 under par.
Meanwhile, the amateur performance of this tournament, which is held in the form of a pro-am with amateur players, was inevitably determined by the results of the third round.
Accordingly, Aaron Rogers (25 under par), an American professional football (NFL) player, took first place in the amateur category. ‘Soccer star’ Gareth Bale finished the tournament tied for 16th with 15 under par.