Im Sungjae "Tied 41st → Leap to Tied 20th"
Rocket Mortgage Classic 3R 6-Under Surge
Fowler Leads, Hadwin 2nd, Pendrith 3rd
Moriakawa 6th, Homa and No Seung-ryeol Tied 30th
Im Sung-jae's fierce effort.
On the 1st (local time), he surged with a 6-under par in the third round of the PGA Tour Rocket Mortgage Classic (total prize money $8.8 million) held at Detroit Golf Club (par 72, 7,370 yards) in Michigan, USA, climbing to a tie for 20th place (12-under par 204). Ricky Fowler (USA) leads (20-under par 196), Adam Hadwin 2nd (19-under par 197), and Taylor Pendrith (both from Canada) are in 3rd place (18-under par 198) in pursuit.
![Im Sung-jae is making an iron shot on the 17th hole of the third round at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. <br>[Detroit (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023070208172983091_1688253449.jpeg)
Im Sung-jae is making an iron shot on the 17th hole of the third round at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
[Detroit (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]
Starting from a tie for 41st place, 7 strokes behind, Im Sung-jae collected 7 birdies (1 bogey). He lost a stroke with a bogey on the 2nd hole after a birdie on the 1st hole (both par 4), but reduced 3 strokes in the front nine with consecutive birdies on the 3rd and 4th holes and another birdie on the 7th hole (par 5). In the back nine, he improved his position with consecutive birdies on the 13th and 14th holes and a birdie on the 17th hole (par 5). He relied on powerful drives averaging 307.10 yards and a pinpoint iron shot accuracy with a green hit rate of 83.33%. He is only 4 strokes behind the group tied for 6th place, putting him in a position to expect a 'top 10' finish.
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Fowler dominated the leaderboard by reducing 8 strokes. Since his 5th career win at the Phoenix Open in February 2019, he has been without a title for over 4 years. World No. 20 Collin Morikawa (USA) is tied for 6th place (16-under par 200). Last week's Travelers Championship winner Keegan Bradley is tied for 26th (11-under par 205), and world No. 9 Max Homa (both from the USA) is tied for 30th (10-under par 206). From Korea, Noh Seung-yeol is tied for 30th, and rookie Kim Sung-hyun is tied for 61st (7-under par 209).
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