Taeguk Warriors' 'Slow Start'... No Seung-yeol Ties for 65th at 2 Under Par

Sanderson Farms Championship 1R All in Middle-Lower Ranks
Kim Seong-hyun and Kang Seong-hoon 126th, Lee Kyeong-hoon 142nd
Hadley Leads, Noland 2nd, Avery 11th

It is a ‘slow start’ for Korean players.

No Seung-yeol

No Seung-yeol scored 2-under-par 70 in the first round of the PGA Tour Sanderson Farms Championship (total prize money $8.2 million) held on the 5th (local time) at Jackson Country Club (par 72, 7,461 yards) in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, placing him in a tie for 65th. He made 4 birdies and 2 bogeys. This is the best result among the Taeguk Warriors.

Kim Seong-hyun, the runner-up at last month’s Fortinet Championship, also lost a stroke with 2 birdies and 3 bogeys. He is struggling in a tie for 126th place (1-over-par 73). Kang Sung-hoon joined this group, and Lee Kyeong-hoon performed poorly with 3-over-par 75, ranking 142nd out of 144 players.

Chesson Hadley (USA) swept up 8 birdies to take the lead at 8-under-par 64. Henrik Norlander (Sweden) is in a tie for 2nd place at 7-under-par 65, one stroke behind, in pursuit. Ludwig Aberg (Sweden), who earned his PGA Tour card as the No. 1 ranked college player in the US, is performing well in a tie for 11th place at 5-under-par 67. Defending champion Mackenzie Hughes (Canada) is tied for 65th.

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