Siwoo Kim's 7-Under Par Surge "Tied 9th, 5 Shots Behind"…Scheffler's 'Dream 59'

PO Round 1 The Northern Trust Day 2 Johnson Leads, Thomas and Lee Kyung-hoon Tied 20th, Woods and McIlroy Tied 58th

Siwoo Kim surged with a 7-under-par on the second day of the Northern Trust, rising to a tie for 9th place.

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] Kim Si-woo (25, CJ Logistics) is on a hot streak.

On the 22nd (Korean time), at Boston TPC in Norton, Massachusetts, USA (Par 71, 7,342 yards), during the second day of the PGA Tour 'Playoffs (PO) Round 1' The Northern Trust (total prize money $9.5 million), he surged with a 7-under-par to jump to a tie for 9th place (10-under-par 132 strokes). World No. 4 Dustin Johnson leads (15-under-par 127 strokes), with Scottie Scheffler (both USA) and Cameron Davis (Australia) tied for 2nd place (13-under-par 129 strokes) in pursuit.

Starting from a tie for 30th place, 4 strokes behind, Kim Si-woo collected 9 birdies (2 bogeys). He reduced 5 strokes in the front nine with consecutive birdies on holes 2 and 3 and a three-birdie streak from holes 5 to 7. In the back nine, after a birdie on hole 10 (par 4), he briefly faltered with bogeys on holes 12 and 14 but showed fierce finishing power with three consecutive birdies from holes 16 to 18. His accurate shots stood out with a fairway hit rate of 78.57% and a greens in regulation rate of 77.78%. He is 5 strokes behind the leader, a position from which a comeback is definitely possible.

Scotty Scheffler is smiling brightly after shooting a "dream 59" on the second day of the Northern Trust. Norton, Massachusetts, USA = Getty Images / Multibits Photo by Multibits

Johnson dominated the leaderboard by reducing 11 strokes. 24-year-old rookie Scheffler made history by recording a 'dream 59' with 12 birdies and no bogeys. He became the 12th player in PGA Tour history to shoot below 60. He also became the second youngest ever to record a sub-60 score, following Justin Thomas (USA), who shot 59 at age 23 at the 2017 Sony Open. Danny Lee (New Zealand) is tied for 4th place (12-under-par 130 strokes).

'PO Ranking No. 1' Thomas is tied for 20th place (7-under-par 135 strokes), World No. 1 Jon Rahm (Spain) is tied for 29th place (6-under-par 136 strokes), and the 'resurgent golf emperor' Tiger Woods (USA) and World No. 3 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) are tied for 58th place (3-under-par 139 strokes), successfully advancing to the third round. Korea's Lee Kyung-hoon (29, CJ Logistics) is tied for 20th place with a 3-under-par. On the other hand, Im Sung-jae (22), Kang Sung-hoon (33), and An Byeong-hoon (29, all CJ Logistics) were cut off.

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