‘Golf Emperor’ Tiger Woods (48, USA) played all 72 holes on the US Professional Golf (PGA) tour, which took place in 7 months.
Woods won 2 with 3 birdies and 5 bogeys in the 4th round of the PGA Tour Genesis Invitational (total prize money of $20 million) held at the Riviera Country Club (par 71, 7287 yards) in Pacific Palisades near Los Angeles, California on the 20th (Korean time). He shot an over par 73. He tied for 45th with a final total of 1-under-par 283.
Woods participated in an official tournament seven months after the Open, a major tournament in July of last year. Woods, who seriously injured both legs in a car accident in February 2021, devoted himself to treatment and rehabilitation in 2021, and last year only played three major tournaments, including the Masters, PGA Championship and The Open.
On the last day of the tournament, Woods started off with a 4m birdie on hole 1 (par 5). However, he lost one stroke as his second shot from the 5th hole (par 4) fairway was too short to put the ball on the green. In the par 4 holes 8 and 9, all tee shots fell into fairway bunkers, resulting in two consecutive bogeys.
He also lost a stroke on the 12th hole (par 4). After the second shot went off the green, the approach could not even be put on the green. In the 13th hole (par 4), a birdie putt of about 9m seemed to create a reversal of the atmosphere, but in the 15th hole (par 4), a three-putt made a bogey. On hole 16 (par 3), Woods sent a tee shot 2m inside the hole to catch the third birdie of the day, and finished the tournament with pars on the other two holes.
The championship was won by Jon Rahm (Spain). Ram posted a final total of 17 under par 267 strokes, beating Max Homa (USA) by two strokes to win the championship. Following the Sentry Champions Tournament and American Express in January, it was the third win this year alone. 슬롯사이트 This is the first time Rahm, who has won 10 victories on the PGA Tour, has won 3 victories in one year.
Ram, who was ranked 3rd in the world before this tournament, regained the 1st place in the world rankings to be announced on the 20th with this victory.
Among Korean players, Kim Seong-hyeon (25) tied for 33rd with a 3-under 281 stroke, and Kim Joo-hyung (21) finished the tournament with Woods in a tie for 45th. Lim Seong-jae (25) is tied for 56th with a 1-over par and 285 strokes.