Kang Sung-hoon '4 Over Par Slump'... Spieth 'Tied 2nd, 2 Shots Behind'
Texas Open Day 2: Tingley Leads Tied 19th, Villegas Tied 8th, Noh Seung-yeol and Lee Kyung-hoon Tied 23rd
Kang Sung-hoon is teeing off at the 7th hole on the second day of the Texas Open. San Antonio, Texas, USA - Photo by Getty Images/Multibits
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] It is the slump of Kang Sung-hoon (34, CJ Logistics).
On the 3rd (Korean time), at the San Antonio Golf Club in Texas, USA (par 72, 7,435 yards), during the second day of the PGA Tour Valero Texas Open (total prize money $7.7 million), he lost 4 strokes and slipped to a tie for 19th place (2-under 142). Cameron Tringale leads (9-under 135), with Jordan Spieth (both from the USA) and Matt Wallace (England) tied for 2nd place (7-under 137), and Kevin Stadler (USA) among four players tied for 4th place (5-under 139).
Kang Sung-hoon started from a tie for 2nd place, 2 strokes behind the leader, but recorded 2 birdies, 4 bogeys, and 1 double bogey. He was cruising with birdies on holes 3 and 8, but consecutive bogeys on holes 9 and 10 halted his momentum, followed by a bogey on hole 13 (par 3), a double bogey on hole 14 (par 5), and a bogey on hole 15 (par 4), causing a collapse. His fairway hit rate was only 42.86%, and his greens in regulation rate was 44.44%, showing shaky shots. Although he is 7 strokes behind the leader, he is only 3 strokes behind the group tied for 4th place, making it possible to enter the top ranks.
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Tringale shot 3-under to take the top of the leaderboard. ‘Texas boy’ Spieth also added 2-under, eyeing a comeback. Camilo Villegas (Colombia), who was the leader the previous day, lost 4 strokes and dropped to a tie for 8th place (4-under 140). From Korea, Noh Seung-yul (30) and Lee Kyung-hoon (30) are tied for 23rd place (1-under 143), Kim Si-woo (26) is tied for 32nd place (even par 144), and Choi Kyung-ju (51) is tied for 61st place (2-over 146). An Byeong-hoon (30) is tied for 130th place (9-over 153) and missed the cut.
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