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World No. 18 Kim Joo-hyung has perfectly completed the rehearsal for next year's Paris Olympics.

On the 24th (local time), he shot a 3-under-par 68 in the 4th round of the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour) Kazoo Open de France (total prize money $3.25 million) held at Le Golf National (Par 71, 7,249 yards) near Paris, France, finishing tied for 6th place (9-under-par 275). Le Golf National is the course where the men's and women's golf events will be held at the Paris Olympics next year. Kim Joo-hyung has the highest world ranking among Korean players, making his Olympic participation highly likely.

Kim Juhyung performed well, finishing tied for 6th at the Kazoo Open de France held at Le Golf National, the battleground for next year's Paris Olympics.

Starting tied for 12th place, 7 strokes behind, Kim Joo-hyung recorded 5 birdies and 2 bogeys. After a birdie on the 3rd hole (Par 5), he faltered with consecutive bogeys on the 4th and 5th holes. However, he turned things around with back-to-back birdies on the 6th and 7th holes, and added two more birdies on the 9th and 14th holes (both Par 5s), successfully breaking into the top 10. He relied on accurate shots with a fairway hit rate of 64.3% and a greens in regulation rate of 72.2%.

World No. 166 Hisatsune Ryo (Japan) fired a 5-under-par 66 to complete a come-from-behind victory (14-under-par 270). He earned his first career win and received prize money of €518,780 (approximately 740 million KRW). Jordan Smith (England) and Jep Winter tied for 2nd place (12-under-par 272), while the "twin golfers" Rasmus Højgaard (Denmark) finished 4th (11-under-par 273). Korean-Australian Lee Min-woo finished tied for 64th place (7-over-par 291).

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