Byeong-Hun An "Fires 7-Under Par Surge"... Tied for 2nd Place, 1 Stroke Behind
Regular Season Final Wyndham Championship 1R Victory Race
Henry Leads, Svensson Tied 2nd, Novak 3rd
Kim Seong-hyun Tied 92nd, Lee Kyung-hoon Tied 109th
FedEx Cup ranking 52nd An Byeong-hun continued his recent upward momentum.
On the 3rd (local time), he shot a 7-under-par 63 in the first round of the Wyndham Championship (total prize money $7.6 million), the final regular tournament of the 2022/2023 PGA Tour season, held at Sagefield Country Club (par 70, 7,131 yards) in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, to tie for 2nd place. Russell Henley (USA) leads with 8-under-par 62, Adam Svensson (Canada) is tied for 2nd, and Andrew Novak (USA) is in 3rd place with 6-under-par 64. The top 70 players in the FedEx Cup rankings after this tournament will advance to the first round of the playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, starting next week.
Byung-Hoon An started the first round of the Wyndham Championship with a 7-under-par, tied for 2nd place.
View original imageAn Byeong-hun made eight birdies (one bogey). He made four consecutive birdies from holes 3 to 6 and finished with back-to-back birdies on holes 17 and 18. He is one stroke behind the leader, laying the groundwork for his first-ever PGA Tour victory. An Byeong-hun has played in 177 PGA Tour events without a win. He has earned a total of $12,159,302 (approximately 15.8 billion KRW), ranking 7th among players without a win in terms of total prize money. An Byeong-hun has been riding a good wave with a tie for 3rd at last month's Genesis Scottish Open and a tie for 23rd at the major Open Championship.
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Im Sung-jae is tied for 51st place (1-under-par 69), and Kim Si-woo is tied for 68th place (even par 70). Kim Seong-hyun, ranked 78th in the FedEx Cup, finished tied for 92nd (1-over-par 71). Lee Kyeong-hoon, ranked 73rd in the FedEx Cup, also dropped to tied for 109th (2-over-par 72), putting his playoff qualification in jeopardy. Defending champion Kim Joo-hyung withdrew to treat an ankle injury.
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