[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Patrick Cantlay, who took the lead throughout the tournament, won the $15 million prize.
Patrick Cantlay (29, USA), who started with a bonus 10-under par with the ‘FedEx Cup Ranking No. 1’, was held at the East Lake Golf Club (par 70 7346 yards) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on the 6th (Korean time). )Tour FedEx Cup playoff (PO) final match, in the 4th round of the Tour Championship, reduced one stroke to 4 birdies and 3 bogeys.
| [미국= 로이터 뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Patrick Cantlay (29USA) held the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour FedEx Cup Playoff (PO) Final Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club (par 70 7346 yards) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on the 6th (Korea time). In the fourth round, he reduced one stroke to 4 birdies and 3 bogeys. Cantlay, who recorded a final total of 21-under 269 strokes, won the championship bonus of $15 million (about 17.5 billion won), beating ‘World No. 1’ Jon Lam (Spain) by one stroke. 2021.09.7 fineview@newspim.com |
Cantlay, who recorded a final total of 21-under 269 strokes, won the championship bonus of $15 million (about 17.5 billion won), beating ‘World No. 1’ Jon Lam (Spain) by one stroke.
With this, Cantlay won the BMW Championship for the second week in a row, the fourth of the season, and six PGA victories. The runner-up Yonlam received $5 million (about 5.8 billion won).
In the first half of the day, Cantlay had two birdies and two bogeys. When Yonlam pursued with a birdie on the par 4 5th hole in the first half, Cantlay responded with a par 4 16th hole birdie. He then traded the 17th (par 4) bogey and the 18th (par 5) birdie. Yonlam added a birdie on the last 18th hole, but could not fill the gap between the bonus strokes and bowed his head by one stroke.
Following him, Kevin Naga, a Korean American, reduced three strokes to 16-under and placed third, and Justin Thomas (USA) placed fourth with 15-under.
Xander Scheffle (USA), who cut six strokes, tied for 5th (14-under) with Victor Holland, Bryson DeChambo 7th (13-under), and Dustin Johnson (USA) ninth (11-under).
Im Seong-jae (23‧CJ Korea Express) made one birdie and three bogeys in a row in the first half. However, in the second half, he caught four birdies without bogey and cut two strokes to finish the tournament in a tie for 20th with a 4-under par.
However, Im Seong-jae caught 5 birdies that day and wrote a total of 498 birdies this season, breaking the record for the most birdies recorded by Steve Fleis (USA) in 2000 with 493 for the first time in 21 years. Seongjae Lim, who has maintained the No. 1 spot on the PGA Tour for three years in a row, is 67 more than the second-placed pattern Kidzaire (USA, 431). Im Sung-jae received a bonus of $4975 million (about 574.98 million won).
Im Seong-jae, the only Korean player to appear in the Tour Championship three times in a row, tied for 19th in 2019 and 11th in 2020.
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