Siwoo Kim 4th Place "Regrettable, Hunting for 2 Wins"

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Kim Si-woo narrowly missed out on his second victory.

On the 4th (local time), Kim Si-woo finished 4th (5-under 283) after losing one stroke in the 4th round of the PGA Tour's "special match" Memorial Tournament (total prize money $20 million) held at Muirfield Village Golf Club (par 72, 7,571 yards) in Dublin, Ohio, USA. He aimed for his second win of the season and fifth career victory since winning the Sony Open in January, but this marked his fifth top-10 finish.

Kim Si-woo is taking a tee shot on the 5th hole of the 4th round at the Memorial Tournament. [Dublin (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]

Kim Si-woo started tied for the lead with world No. 3 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), recording six birdies, five bogeys, and one double bogey. He exchanged four birdies and four bogeys over 10 holes, struggling to lower his score. At the 11th hole (par 5), despite reaching the green in two shots, he made three putts and settled for par. At the 14th hole (par 4), his tee shot landed in the water, resulting in a damaging double bogey. He climbed back to 4th place with a birdie on the final 18th hole (par 4). He earned $980,000 (approximately 1.38 billion KRW) in prize money.

“Taekwondo boy” Viktor Hovland (Norway) lowered his score by two strokes to tie with Danny McCarthy (USA) at 7-under 281, then secured the win with a par on the first playoff hole resumed at the 18th hole. This was his fourth career victory, coming 1 year and 7 months after winning the World Wide Technology Championship in November 2021. The winner’s prize was $3.6 million (approximately 4.7 billion KRW). McCarthy was satisfied with his personal best finish despite making a bogey on the 18th hole while leading by one stroke.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) surged with a 5-under round to jump to 3rd place at 6-under 282, just one stroke behind. Jordan Spieth (USA) finished tied for 5th (4-under 284), and McIlroy tied for 7th (3-under 285). World No. 2 Jon Rahm (Spain) tied for 16th (even par 288), An Byeong-hun tied for 24th (1-over 289), and Im Sung-jae and Kim Sung-hyun finished tied for 41st (4-over 292).

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