Siwoo Kim's 4-Under Finish... World No. 58 Detri's First Victory
by Roh Woolae
Published 10 Feb.2025 07:42(KST)
Updated 10 Feb.2025 08:12(KST)
Jumping 18 Spots to Tie for 21st at the WM Phoenix Open
Detry Wins by 7 Strokes, Takes Home 2.4 Billion KRW in Prize Money
Scheffler Finishes 25th, Kim Joo-hyung 44th, Im Sung-jae 57th
Kim Si-woo showed strong finishing power.
Kim Si-woo is teeing off at the 15th hole during the 4th round of the WM Phoenix Open. Scottsdale=Photo by Reuters and Yonhap News
원본보기 아이콘On the 9th (local time), at the TPC Scottsdale (par 71, 7,261 yards) in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, the final round of the PGA Tour WM Phoenix Open (total prize money $9.2 million) concluded with Kim recording 5 birdies and 1 bogey. He jumped 18 spots from a tie for 39th place the previous day to finish tied for 21st (10-under 274). Starting at the 10th hole, after stepping stone birdies on the 13th and 15th holes, he took a brief breather with a bogey on the 16th hole (par 3). He then added stepping stone birdies on the 18th and 2nd holes, finishing the tournament on a high note with a birdie on the final 9th hole (par 4).
World No. 58 Thomas Detry (Belgium) surged with a 6-under round to claim a commanding victory by 7 strokes (24-under 260). He earned his first career win and took home the winner's prize of $1,656,000 (approximately 2.4 billion KRW). Michael Kim and Daniel Berger (both USA) tied for 2nd place (17-under 267). Jordan Spieth tied for 4th (16-under 268), Justin Thomas (USA) tied for 6th (15-under 269), and Minwoo Lee (Australia) tied for 12th (13-under 271). World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) lost one stroke and dropped to a tie for 25th (9-under 275).
For Korea, Kim Joo-hyung lost 2 strokes and fell to a tie for 44th (6-under 278). Im Sung-jae also struggled with a 4-over round, dropping to a tie for 57th (4-under 280). Lee Kyung-hoon tied for 67th (1-under 283), and An Byeong-hun finished 73rd (2-over 286).
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