Im Sungjae Ties for 27th... Young Claims First Career Win After Seven Runner-up Finishes

Im Sungjae finished tied for 27th at the Wyndham Championship, the final event of the PGA Tour regular season, which had a total prize fund of $8.2 million.

On August 3 (local time), at Sedgefield Country Club (par 70, 7,131 yards) in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, he shot a 1-over-par 71 in the final fourth round, recording five birdies, four bogeys, and one double bogey. His final total was an 8-under-par 272, dropping him from a tie for 9th place the previous day to a tie for 27th. He aimed for a top-10 finish for the first time in four months since tying for 5th at the Masters in April, but will have to look forward to the next opportunity.

Sungjae Im is teeing off on the 2nd hole of the 4th round at the Wyndham Championship. Greensboro, USA - Photo by AFP Yonhap News

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However, Im Sungjae is ranked 29th in this season's FedEx Cup standings, so he has no problem qualifying for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The PGA Tour selects the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings through the final regular season event, and they advance to the first playoff event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship. This is followed by the second event, the BMW Championship (top 50), and the final event, the Tour Championship (top 30).

Among Korean players, Im Sungjae and Kim Siwoo, who is ranked 46th in the FedEx Cup standings, succeeded in advancing to the playoffs. An Byeonghun, who was ranked 69th before this event and was just inside the top 70, missed the cut and dropped out of the top 70 to 74th place. Kim Juhyung, ranked 94th, also failed to qualify for the playoff stage this time.

The Wyndham Championship title went to Cameron Young (USA), who finished with a total of 22-under-par 258. He comfortably beat second-place finisher Mac Meissner (USA) by six strokes. Young celebrated his first PGA Tour victory. Before this tournament, Young had played in 93 PGA Tour events and finished runner-up seven times without a win. With this victory, he earned $1,476,000 (about 2.05 billion KRW) in prize money. Seven runner-up finishes without a win is the most since 1983 among players who have not won on the PGA Tour. Young, who was the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2021-2022 season, also became the 1,000th winner in PGA Tour history.

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