Kyung-Hoon Lee in the 'Top 10'... 'Second Top Finish of the Season'

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Lee Kyoung-hoon finished in the ‘Top 10’.

Lee Kyung-hoon is teeing off at the 17th hole in the 4th round of the Valspar Championship.
[Palm Harbor, USA=AFP·Yonhap News]

On the 24th (local time), at the Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course (Par 71, 7,340 yards) in Palm Harbor, Florida, USA, Lee Kyoung-hoon added a 2-under 69 in the final round of the PGA Tour Valspar Championship (total prize money $8.4 million) to finish tied for 9th place (7-under 277). This is his second ‘Top 10’ finish this year, following a tie for 4th place at the Cognizant Classic earlier this month.

Starting tied for 13th place, 5 shots behind, Lee recorded 5 birdies and 3 bogeys. After a birdie on the 7th hole was canceled out by a bogey on the 9th hole (both par 4s), he showed resilience by making back-to-back birdies on holes 10?11 and 14?15. However, bogeys on the 16th and final 18th holes (both par 4s) were disappointing. He relied on his long drives of up to 318 yards and an average of 1.50 putts per hole when hitting the green.

Peter Malnati (USA) shot 4-under to win by 2 strokes (12-under 272). This is his second career victory, nine years after the 2015 Sanderson Farms Championship, with a winner’s prize of $1,512,000 (approximately 2 billion KRW). Cameron Young finished 2nd (10-under 274), and Xander Schauffele (both USA) tied for 5th place (8-under 276). Keith Mitchell (USA), who led the previous day, struggled with a 6-over round and dropped to tied 17th (4-under 280). Kim Sung-hyun finished tied for 61st (2-over 286).

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