"Kim Si-woo 2 Under, Im Sung-jae 1 Under"... '24-Year-Old Rookie' Young Starts Strong with 8 Under Early Spurts"

Kim Si-woo is teeing off at the 5th hole on the first day of the RBC Heritage. Hilton Head (USA) = Getty Images / Multibits

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] World No. 47 Kim Si-woo (27) has launched a revenge campaign.

On the 15th (Korean time), at the Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA (par 71, 7,121 yards), the first day of the PGA Tour RBC Heritage (total prize money $8 million) began, and Kim posted 2-under par to place tied for 32nd. The 24-year-old rookie Cameron Young (USA) surprisingly leads at 8-under par, Genesis Invitational champion Joaquin Niemann (Chile) is 2 strokes behind in second place (6-under par 65), and 'Playoff (PO) champion' Patrick Cantlay (USA) is tied for third at 5-under par, chasing the leaders.

Kim Si-woo especially has a painful memory from 2018 when he was tied for the lead with Satoshi Kodaira (Japan) at 12-under par 272, but lost on the third hole of a resumed playoff at the 17th hole (par 3). On this day, he recorded 3 birdies and 1 bogey. He made birdies consecutively on holes 5, 9, and 15, but a second shot into a bunker on the 16th hole (par 4) led to a late bogey. For Korea, Im Sung-jae (24) is tied for 54th at 1-under par, Kang Sung-hoon (35) is tied for 71st at even par, and Lee Kyung-hoon (31) is tied for 92nd at 1-over par.

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