Lee Kyoung-hoon fired a superb second round of four-under 67 in tough conditions to surge into title contention at the Valspar Championship on Friday where he is just two back of five co-leaders.
Kim Si-woo fired his career best score of eight-under 64 at The Players Championship on Sunday to post his first top-10 of the season as World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler made history in the 50th anniversary of the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament.
Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama will be hoping his putter gets hot at The Players Championship on Sunday after ending the third round in tied ninth place and seven shots behind new leader, Xander Schauffele of the United States.
Taiwan’s C.T. Pan is running on fumes and feeling sore in his left wrist but it has not stopped him from making a bold run at The Players Championship.
At 21 years old, Kim Si-woo became the youngest The Players champion in 2017. Years later, he said he still gets goosebumps thinking about his victory as he joins a strong group of Korean golfers at the flagship tournament's 50th anniversary.
If Hideki Matsuyama beats the strongest field in golf and becomes the first Japanese winner at The Players Championship this week, those who blazed the trail for Asian golf before him will be the least surprised.
"Certainly, when you're talking about the greats of the game and major champions, you want The Players Championship to complement all those other great wins."
The Players has been affixed the moniker “flagship event” for years, but to students of the professional game and aficionados of golf history, it is more.
A total of 61 golfers are joining the field for the no-cut event, which carries a grand prize of 260 million won ($198,000), as coveted titles hang on the line.
Heading to the 17th tee at the Stadium Course – the famed Island Green – I knew we wanted as big of a lead as possible, because you can hit a really good shot there and go in the water.
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