Byeong-Hun An 'Ties for 6th Place'... Kirk 'Leads by 2 Strokes'

PGA Tour Honda Classic Round 3

It is a strong performance by An Byeong-hun.

On the 26th (Korean time), An Byeong-hun added 3 under par in the third round of the PGA Tour Honda Classic (total prize money $8.4 million) held at the PGA National Champion Course (par 70, 7,125 yards) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA, rising to a tie for 6th place (8 under par, 202 strokes). Chris Kirk leads (13 under par, 197 strokes), Eric Cole is in second place (11 under par, 199 strokes), and Korean-American Justin Suh (all from the USA) is in third place (10 under par, 200 strokes).

Byung-Hoon An scored 3 under par in the third round of the Honda Classic, placing him in a tie for 6th place.

Starting from a tie for 10th place, 5 strokes behind, An Byeong-hun recorded 5 birdies and 2 bogeys. In the front nine, he exchanged 2 birdies for 2 bogeys, struggling to lower his score. He joined the under-par group with a birdie on the 13th hole (par 4), and improved his ranking with consecutive birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. His long drives averaged 313.5 yards, and his putting average per hole was an impressive 1.686. This is his second potential top 10 finish of the season, five months after tying for 4th place at the Fortinet Championship, the 2022/2023 season opener last September.

Kirk shot 4 under par to take the top spot on the leaderboard. He is a veteran with four career wins. Justin Suh, who was the leader the previous day, recorded an even-par round. Having been ranked number one in the amateur world rankings, Justin Suh is a promising player who made a spectacular entry into the PGA Tour by winning the final event of the Korn Ferry Tour (the second-tier tour) last year and finishing first in points. Shane Lowry (Ireland) surged with a 5 under par round to jump to a tie for 4th place (9 under par, 201 strokes).

For Korea, Im Sung-jae exchanged 2 birdies for 2 bogeys, dropping from a tie for 28th place the previous day to a tie for 39th place (2 under par, 208 strokes). Im Sung-jae, the 2020 champion of this tournament, was picked by experts as the top favorite to win but struggled on the greens and was unable to make a strong comeback. Kim Seong-hyun, who debuted on the PGA Tour this season, also shot an even-par round and is tied for 65th place (1 over par, 211 strokes).

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