Siwoo Kim's Breather "Tied 23rd, 6 Strokes Behind"... Cantlay 'Leaps to the Lead'

RBC Heritage Day 2: 1 Under Par, Streb 2nd, Young and Tringale Tied 3rd, Im Sungjae Tied 34th

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] It is a breather for Kim Si-woo (27, CJ Logistics, photo), ranked 47th in the world.

On the 16th (Korean time), at the Hilton Head Harbour Town Golf Links (par 71, 7,121 yards) in South Carolina, USA, during the second day of the PGA Tour RBC Heritage (total prize money $8 million), he added 1 under par to rise to a tie for 23rd place (3 under par, 139 strokes). 'Playoff (PO) champ' Patrick Cantlay leads (9 under par, 133 strokes), Robert Streb is second (7 under par, 135 strokes), and Cameron Tringale (all from the USA) along with three others are tied for third place (6 under par, 136 strokes).

Starting from a tie for 32nd place, 6 strokes behind, Kim Si-woo recorded 4 birdies and 3 bogeys. In the front nine, from holes 15 to 18, he exchanged 2 bogeys for 2 birdies, struggling to reduce his score. However, on the back nine, he immediately recovered from a bogey on the first hole (hole 1, par 4) with a birdie on the second hole, then reduced another stroke on the fifth hole (also par 5) to join the under-par group. His accuracy was lacking, with both fairway hit rate (57.14%) and greens in regulation (55.56%) hovering around 50%.

He is 6 strokes behind the joint leaders, still in a position to expect his fourth PGA Tour win in 1 year and 3 months since the American Express in January last year. This season, his best finish is a tie for 8th at the Sanderson Farms Championship. This tournament is a stage for revenge for Kim Si-woo. In 2018, as an invited player, he tied for the lead with Goda Ira Satoshi (Japan) but lost painfully after parring the third hole of the resumed playoff at the 17th hole (par 3).

Patrick Cantlay is teeing off on the 9th hole during the second day of the RBC Heritage. Hilton Head, USA = Getty Images / Multibits Photo by Multibits

Cantlay posted 4 under par to dominate the top of the leaderboard. He is a strong player ranked 6th in the world with 6 career wins, including 4 last season. Cameron Young (USA), who led the previous day, lost 2 strokes and slipped to a tie for 3rd. Jordan Spieth is tied for 8th (5 under par, 137 strokes), Collin Morikawa tied for 34th (2 under par, 140 strokes), Justin Thomas tied for 43rd (1 under par, 141 strokes), and defending champion Stewart Cink and Webb Simpson (both USA) are tied for 56th (even par, 142 strokes).

From Korea, Im Sung-jae (24, CJ Logistics), who tied for 8th at the Masters, recorded 3 birdies and 1 double bogey. He is tied for 34th and looking to move up the leaderboard. On the other hand, Kang Sung-hoon (35) tied for 72nd (1 over par, 143 strokes) and Lee Kyung-hoon (31, both CJ Logistics) tied for 97th (4 over par, 146 strokes) performed poorly and failed to advance to the third round. Cameron Smith (Australia), who tied for 3rd at the Masters, Dustin Johnson (USA), and Goda Ira also missed the cut.

Im Sung-jae is hitting an iron shot on the 13th hole during the second day of the RBC Heritage. Hilton Head, USA = Getty Images / Multivitz

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