Seongjae Lim when he won the Woori Financial Championship last year
Lim Seong-jae, who plays on the American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour, aims to defend his title for the first time in his career at the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Tour tournament.
Seongjae Lim will participate in the KPGA Tour Woori Finance Championship (total prize money of 1.5 billion won), which will be held at the Ferrum Club (par 72, 7,232 yards) in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do for four days starting on the 25th.
Seongjae Lim won this tournament held in May of last year, earning his second win on the KPGA Tour following the Genesis Championship in 2019. 메이저사이트
Lim Seong-jae, who is sponsored by Woori Financial Group, was scheduled to participate in the competition in 2022 when it was first held, but was unable to do so after contracting a novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) right before the competition, and lifted the trophy in his second attempt.
Lim Seong-jae, who then participated in the Genesis Championship in October of last year and led until the third round, but lost the championship to Park Sang-hyun after being dragged into overtime on the last day, will be competing in a domestic competition for the first time in six months.
Seongjae Lim, who has won two games on the PGA Tour and two wins on the Web.com Tour, the second division of the PGA Tour, during his professional career, has never successfully defended his title, so attention is focused on whether he can do so in this tournament.
The player who recently won two consecutive tournaments on the KPGA Tour is Taehee Lee of the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in 2020 and 2021.
Lim Seong-jae, who missed the cut in the first major tournament of the season, the Masters Tournament, is returning home after finishing tied for 12th in the RBC Heritage, which ended on the 22nd. 슬롯사이트
He said, “The goal is, of course, to win. I participated in this competition last year as well, so I am familiar with the course and atmosphere,” and expressed his determination, “I will do my best all four days to achieve a good result, such as winning.”
The Woori Financial Championship is the third largest prize money tournament on the KPGA Tour this season, following the Genesis Championship in October (total prize money of $4 million, approximately KRW 5.5 billion), co-hosted by the DP World Tour, and the KPGA Championship in June (KRW 1.6 billion). .
Sang-Pil Yoon, who achieved his first win on tour at the DB Insurance Promy Open, the opening match held from the 11th to the 14th of this month, is attempting to become the first player to get his second win of the season.
Go Gun-taek, who won the KPGA Founders Cup last week and is leading both Genesis grand prize points (1,154.2 points) and prize money (KRW 148.44 million), is currently ranked second in both categories ( For Yoon Sang-pil (1,000 points, 140 million won), it is also an opportunity to leap to first place.
Lee Jung-hwan, who has been on the rise by taking third place in both competitions this year, is aiming for his first win of the season in a competition hosted by the main sponsor.
In addition, Park Sang-hyun, Kim Bio, Jeong Chan-min, Jang Yu-bin, Jo Woo-young, Seo Yo-seop, and the tournament’s first champion (2022) Jang Hee-min were also listed on the participation list.
In the first round group formation announced on the 23rd, Lim Seong-jae, Yoon Sang-pil, and Lee Jeong-hwan were grouped into one group.
Jo Woo-young and Jang Yu-bin, who teamed up for the gold medal with Lim Seong-jae and Kim Si-woo at last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games team event, will be in the same group and compete against Kim Dong-min.
In addition, Park Sang-hyun, Kim Bio, Hwang Jung-gon, Lee Seung-taek, Jeon Garam, and Jazz Tsewatananon (Thailand) will play together. 토토사이트 순위