Kyung-Hoon Lee's Strong Finish... 'Tied for 5th Place'

Schriners Children's Open FR 5 Under Par
Fourth Top 10 Entry This Year
Poston 3rd Career Win, Doug Kim Runner-Up

Lee Kyoung-hoon made it into the ‘Top 5’.

Lee Kyung-hoon is teeing off at the 7th hole of the 4th round of the Shriners Children's Open. [Las Vegas=APF·Yonhap News]

On the 20th (local time), at the TPC Summerlin (par 71, 7,255 yards) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Lee finished the 4th round of the PGA Tour Shriners Children's Open (total prize money $7 million) with a 5-under 66, securing a tie for 5th place (18-under 266). This marks his second top-5 finish since tying for 4th at the Cognizant Classic in March. It is also his fourth top-10 finish of the 2024 season.

Starting from a tie for 9th place, 5 strokes behind, Lee recorded one eagle, four birdies, and one bogey. Although he began shakily with a bogey on the 2nd hole (par 4), he shifted momentum with birdies on the 4th and 7th holes. Then, on the 9th hole (par 5), he made an eagle with a ‘2-on 1-putt’ to join the lead contention. In the back nine, he added two more birdies on the 13th and 16th holes, but there were not enough holes left to overturn the competition. Lee is a player who achieved back-to-back wins at the AT&T Byron Nelson in 2021 and 2022.

J.T. Poston (USA) lowered his score by 4 strokes to clinch the victory by 1 stroke (22-under 262). This is his third PGA Tour win, following victories at the 2019 Wyndham Championship and the 2022 John Deere Classic. The winner’s prize money was $1.26 million (approximately 1.72 billion KRW).

Korean-American Doug Kim surged with a 6-under 65 but had to settle for runner-up by 1 stroke (21-under 263). Korean-Americans Michael Kim and David Thompson (both USA) joined the group tied for 4th place. Kim Sung-hyun reduced his score by 1 stroke to finish 51st (6-under 278) in the tournament.

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