Leading the showplace… Cantlay 1st shot chase
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Lee Kyung-hoon (31) took the lead on the third day of the PGA Tour Travelers Championship (total prize money of $8.3 million).
In the third round of the tournament held at the TPC River Highlands (par 70, 6,852 yards) in Cromwell, Connecticut, USA on the 26th (Korean time), Lee Kyung-hoon picked out 5 birdies and blocked one bogey to hit a 4-under-par 66.
With a mid-total 12-under par 198, Kyung-hoon Lee was named tied for fifth place, five shots behind leader Xander Shopale (USA 17-under 193 strokes).
After successfully defending his title at AT&T Byron Nelson last month and having two career victories on the PGA Tour, Kyung-Hoon Lee was tied for 30th at 2-under par on the first day of the tournament, and then decreased by 6 strokes in the second round to move up to T-7, and his ranking gradually improved to 5th in the third round. is rising
In the first half of the day, the 3rd hole (par 4) birdie and the 4th hole (par 4) bogey were swapped to reduce the number of strokes, but in the second half, he drew a birdie consecutively on the 13th to 15th holes and took two on the last 18th hole (par 4). The second shot was placed about 1.5 m into the hole, and by reducing one more shot, the back shin shone.
He had the best record of three days in average driving distance (297.2 yards) and hitting green (77.78%).
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Shopale, the men’s golf gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics last year, reduced three strokes that day and maintained the lead.
Shoppallet, who has won 5 of the PGA Tour’s career, teamed up with Patrick Cantlay (USA) to win the Zurich Classic in April, aiming to add a win for the first time in two months.
Coincidentally, Cantlay, who was one of the tied for second place on the previous day, drove a 7-under par, equivalent to the daily best of the third round, and became the sole second place (16-under, 194 strokes) by one stroke, heralding a fierce competition for the championship. Last season’s FedEx Cup champion Cantlay is also challenging for the second win in the season following the Zurich Classic.
Sahis Tigala finished third (14-under 196 strokes), and Kevin Kisner (USA) finished fourth (13-under 197 strokes).
World No. 1 Scottie Schaeffler cut 5 strokes to place 11th (10 under par 200) tied with defending champion Harris English, and John Hur and Tony Finau (USA) tied 15th (9 under par 201). .
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) lost two shots and was pushed down to a tie for 31st (6 under par 204).
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