Tied for 12th in Round 1 of the BMW Championship, Second Leg of the Playoffs
Clark, Spaun, Gotterup, and Woodland Share the Lead
Siwoo Kim in 32nd, Tom Kim and Scheffler Tied for 44th
Sungjae Im made a strong push to qualify for the season-ending playoff for the eighth consecutive year.
On August 21 (Korea Standard Time), at Bellerive Country Club (par 70) in St. Louis, Missouri, during the second round of the PGA Tour FedExCup Playoffs (PO), the BMW Championship (total purse of 20 million dollars), he carded 5 birdies and 2 bogeys in the first round. Shooting a 3-under 67, Im finished the day tied for 12th place.
Sungjae Im is teeing off at the 2nd hole in the first round of the BMW Championship. St. Louis=AP Yonhap News
Ranked 40th in the FedExCup standings, Im needs to overtake 10 players in this tournament to secure a spot in the Tour Championship, the grandest stage with a total purse of 40 million dollars. Only the top 30 players in the standings will compete in the playoff finale, which begins on the 28th. If Im maintains his current position, he would finish 41st in the FedExCup rankings.
World No.2 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), along with Wyndham Clark, J.J. Spaun, Chris Gotterup, and Gary Woodland (all from the United States), dominated the top of the leaderboard, each shooting a 6-under 64. Matt Fitzpatrick (England) secured a spot tied for 6th place with a 5-under 65.
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Siwoo Kim, ranked 4th in the FedExCup standings, traded four birdies with four bogeys, leaving his score unchanged. He is tied for 32nd at even par 70, alongside Xander Schauffele (United States). Tom Kim, ranked 26th in the FedExCup, made 6 birdies, 4 bogeys, and 2 double bogeys, ultimately dropping two shots and finishing tied for 44th at 2-over-par 72, along with Scottie Scheffler (United States), who currently leads both the world rankings and the FedExCup standings.
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