In front of 10,000 galleries, Lim Seong-jae (25, CJ Logistics) clearly proved why he is Korea’s representative golfer.
In the 4th round of the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour’Woori Finance Championship (total prize money of 1.5 billion won)’ held at the Ferrum Club (par 72) in Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 14th, Lim Seong-jae tied 1 eagle and 4 birdies, reducing the total by 4 strokes. He won a thrilling come-from-behind victory with a 10-under-par 278 strokes.
Lim Seong-jae, who beat runner-up Lee Jun-seok (Australia) by one stroke, also took home a prize money of 300 million won.
In fact, it was difficult to find anyone who predicted Lim Seong-jae’s victory even when he started the 4th round with a tie for 4th place at 6 under par, 5 strokes behind the leader. Even Im Seong-jae, who is ranked 18th in the world with two wins on the PGA Tour, was expected to find it difficult to overturn.
For Lim Seong-jae, who won a come-from-behind victory by 7 strokes at the Genesis Championship in October 2019, a 5-stroke gap was not an impossible wall. As if ridiculing everyone’s expectations, Lim Seong-jae won his second Korean Tour victory by overturning it with an elaborate shot and cool mentality.
After finishing tied for 8th at the PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship, he entered Korea immediately. Lim Seong-jae, who had difficulty adjusting to jet lag after returning home from a tournament in the United States, had difficulties adjusting to jet lag, but he overturned in the 4th round thrillingly, enduring with his ‘iron man’-like ‘steel stamina’.
Im Seong-jae lost 1 stroke with 1 birdie and 2 bogeys in the first half of the 4th round, but did not give up.
Im Seong-jae, who gave up before the start of the first round due to infection with Corona 19 ahead of the competition hosted by Woori Financial Group, a sponsor last year, could not give up because he had a great desire and excitement to show himself grown in front of domestic fans he met in 3 years and 7 months. .
Im Seong-jae, who caught the mental thinking that he could do it, revealed his true value in the second half. Im Seong-jae, who succeeded in putting a 2m birdie putt on the 11th (par 4) hole and a 3m eagle putt on the 12th (par 5) hole, and reduced 2 strokes, saved 5 strokes in 3 holes, including catching a birdie on the 13th (par 4) hole. He demonstrated his skills by showing elaborate shots in front of a gallery that exudes strength and cheers.
In the last 18th (par 5) hole, he showed off his temperament as a matchmaker. He fell into a bunker with his second shot and was put in a very unfavorable situation, but he remained calm and unwavering. Rather, he hit a bunker shot 1.5m away from the hole and made a birdie putt first. Lee Jun-seok, who watched Seong-jae Lim’s performance as a matchmaker, missed a shorter birdie putt. This is the moment when Im Seong-jae couldn’t help but be influenced by his name and skills.
In the end, Im Seong-jae prepared a stepping stone for a leap forward with elaborate shots without faltering even in several crises, and then overpowered his opponent armed with a strong mentality and rose to the top once again 스포츠토토.