Siwoo Kim 3 Under Par... Fowler and Scheffler Tied for Lead at 8 Under Par

Siwoo Kim Tied 7th in 1st Round of Major US Open
Johnson 3rd, McIlroy 5th, Scheffler Tied 7th
Rahm and Mickelson Tied 25th, Koepka Tied 56th

‘Sony Open Champion’ Kim Si-woo has made a smooth start.

On the 15th (local time), Kim Si-woo posted a 3-under-par round to tie for 7th place in the first round of the US Open (total prize money $20 million), the third major tournament of the 2022/2023 PGA Tour season, held at the North Course of Los Angeles Country Club in California, USA (par 70, 7,423 yards). Ricky Fowler and Xander Schauffele share the lead (8-under 62), while Dustin Johnson (all from the USA) and others are tied for 3rd place (6-under 64).

Kim Si-woo is hitting an iron shot on the 10th hole of the first round of the US Open. [Los Angeles=AP·Yonhap News]

Kim Si-woo started at the 10th hole (par 4), recording four birdies and one bogey. After consecutive birdies on the 14th and 15th holes, he took a brief breather with a bogey on the 17th hole (par 4), then secured two more birdies on the 1st and 8th holes (both par 5). His precise shots stood out with a fairway hit rate of 92% and a greens in regulation rate of 83%. He averaged 1.73 putts per hole. He is five strokes behind the joint leaders, and this position raises expectations for his second win of the season and fifth career victory, five months after winning the Sony Open in January.

Fowler and Schauffele dominated the leaderboard by posting the lowest 18-hole scores of the tournament. World No. 3 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) is tied for 5th place (5-under 65), while No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) and ‘The Hulk’ Bryson DeChambeau (both USA) are tied for 7th. World No. 2 Jon Rahm (Spain) and Phil Mickelson (USA), who is challenging for the ‘Career Grand Slam,’ are tied for 25th place (1-under 69).

On the other hand, ‘Major Hunter’ Brooks Koepka (USA) and defending champion Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) are tied for 56th place (1-over 71). Among Koreans, Im Sung-jae made two birdies but also three bogeys, tying for 56th place. Kim Joo-hyung and Lee Kyung-hoon struggled, tied for 107th place (3-over 73).

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