Siwoo Kim Tied for 12th... "So Close, Top 10 Entry"

Taylor Wins WM Phoenix Open in Playoff with 4-Under Par over 26 Holes on Final Day
Hoffman 2nd, Scheffler 3rd
Spieth 6th, Kim Juhyung 17th, Kim Sunghyun 28th

This is Kim Si-woo's strong finish.

Siwoo Kim is making an iron shot on the 7th hole of the final 4th round at the WM Phoenix Open. [Scottsdale, USA=Photo by AFP·Yonhap News]

On the 11th (local time), at TPC Scottsdale (par 71) in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, Kim Si-woo finished the final day of the PGA Tour WM Phoenix Open (total prize money $8.8 million) with a 4-under-par over 26 holes, securing a tie for 12th place (12-under-par 272). Following a tie for 14th at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, this marks his second consecutive top 15 finish.

Kim Si-woo exchanged one birdie and one bogey over the eight holes postponed due to bad weather the previous day, then swept up five birdies (one bogey) in the fourth round. After birdies on the 4th and 7th holes gave him momentum, he took a brief breather with a bogey on the 11th hole (par 4). He then surged with three birdies on the 13th, 15th, and 17th holes, climbing the leaderboard. He relied on his 'pinpoint iron shots' with a green hit rate of 83.33% as his driving force.

Nick Taylor (Canada) shot 6-under-par to tie with Charlie Hoffman (USA) at 21-under-par 263, then secured the winning birdie on the second hole of the playoff resumed at the 18th hole (par 4). This is his fourth career win, his first in eight months since the RBC Canadian Open last June, with a winner's prize of $1,584,000 (approximately 2.1 billion KRW). Hoffman fought hard with a 7-under-par but had to settle for runner-up. World No. 1 and defending champion Scottie Scheffler (USA) finished tied for 3rd place (18-under-par 266). Sam Burns tied for 3rd, and Jordan Spieth (both USA) tied for 6th (14-under-par 270).

From Korea, Kim Joo-hyung improved by four strokes to jump 15 places from the previous day, finishing tied for 17th (10-under-par 274), marking his best personal performance this year, surpassing his tie for 31st at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Kim Sung-hyun finished tied for 28th (8-under-par 276). Im Sung-jae shot 3-under-par but ended up tied for 66th (1-under-par 283). An Byeong-hun also shot 1-under-par, joining this group.

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