Juhyung Kim 'Successful Comeback'... 'Tied for 4th Best Performance This Year'

RBC Canada Open Final Day 6-Under Surge
Top 10 Entry Since Last October's Shriners Win
MacIntyre Wins, Griffin 2nd, McIlroy 4th

‘PGA star attraction’ Kim Joo-hyung has successfully bounced back.

Kim Joo-hyung is taking his second shot on the 3rd hole of the 4th round at the RBC Canadian Open. [Hamilton (Canada) = AFP·Yonhap News]

On the 2nd (local time), at the Hamilton Golf & Country Club (par 70, 7,084 yards) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Kim surged with a 6-under-par round in the final round of the PGA Tour RBC Canadian Open (total prize money $9.4 million) to leap into a tie for 4th place (13-under-par 267). This marks his first top 10 finish since achieving back-to-back wins at the Shriners Children's Open last October. Before this tournament, he had played in 15 events without ever finishing in the top 10. His personal best was a tie for 17th at the WM Phoenix Open in February.

Starting tied for 11th place, 7 strokes behind, Kim collected 7 birdies (1 bogey). He made three consecutive birdies from holes 1 to 3, then added another birdie at the 7th hole (par 4) to enter the race for the title. He then added ‘stepping stone birdies’ at the 10th and 12th holes, narrowing the gap to the leader to 2 strokes. However, at the 14th hole (par 4), after his tee shot landed in the rough, he made a bogey with a ‘3-putt from 3-on’. He lost momentum in his chase afterward but added a birdie at the final 18th hole (par 4) to secure a spot in the top 5.

Robert MacIntyre (Scotland) added 2-under-par to claim victory by 1 stroke (16-under-par 264). This was his first PGA Tour win in his 45th event. The winner’s prize money was $1,692,000 (approximately 2.3 billion KRW). Ben Griffin (USA) finished 2nd (15-under-par 265), and Victor Perez (France) took 3rd place (14-under-par 266). World No. 3 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) tied for 4th, and Corey Conners (Canada) finished 6th (12-under-par 268) to close out the tournament.

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