Kyung-Hoon Lee, tied for 7th, went around the turning point of the American Professional Golf PGA Tour Travelers’ Championship.
In the second round of the tournament held at TPC River Highlands (par 70, 6,852 yards) in Cromwell, Connecticut, USA on the 25th, Lee Kyung-hoon hit a 6-under 64 with one eagle, five birdies, and one bogey.
Lee Kyung-hoon, who recorded an 8-under 132 shot in the middle, advanced 23 places from the previous day’s tie 30 to tied for 7th and advanced to the third round.
It is 6 shots behind leader Xander Shopley (USA), but it is only one stroke behind second place places such as Patrick Cantlay (USA), so you can expect a comeback victory in the remaining two rounds.
In the first half alone, Kyung-Hoon Lee, who cut four shots with four birdies without bogey, succeeded in putting a birdie of about 4.3m on the 11th hole of the par 3 in the second half, boosting momentum.
Then, on the par 5 13th hole, after the second shot, he put the ball on the green and put a 6.4m eagle putt, which was cheered by the galleries.
After the game, Lee Kyung-hoon, who had his second chance of winning the season after winning AT&T’s Byron Nelson last month, said, “I was able to reduce the number of strokes a lot in the early game because there was less wind than yesterday. I think I can catch it,” he said.
Shopley, who shot a 7-under 63 for two days in a row, took the lead alone, five shots ahead of tied for second with a 14-under 126 average.
Next, Cantlay, Harris English, Nick Hardy, Kevin Kisner (USA), and Cam Davis (Australia) tied for second with a 9-under 131 shot.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and JT Poston (USA), who were joint leaders in the first round, hit an even par in the second round, and fell to a joint 7th place with Lee Kyung-hoon.
McIlroy, who was considered a strong contender for the championship, took the lead with six birdies and one bogey up to the 11th hole, recording a 5-under par, but a quadruple bogey on the par 4 12th hole and a double bogey on the par 4 15th hole collapsed.
After the game, McIlroy said, “I was sluggish on the 12th and 15th, but I got a birdie right on the 16th and recovered well. .
Si-woo Kim, who competed with Kyung-hoon Lee, missed the cut by one shot with a 1-under par 139 in the middle, and Sung-hoon Kang also failed to advance to the third round with only 147 7-over-pars.
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