ADVANCING INTO ROUNDS 3-4

The top 20 and ties from Friday’s second round advanced to compete in the 36-hole shooting this weekend at Black Diamond Ranch for the three available LIV Golf wild card spots. The list of 22 players who advanced (Rd. 2 score):

Jeunghun Wang, South Korea – 65
Richard T. Lee, Canada – 66
Bjorn Hellgren, Sweden – 66
Sadom Kaewkanjana, Thailand – 66
Max Kennedy, Ireland – 67
Travis Smyth, Australia – 67
Jazz Janewattananond, Thailand – 67
Sarit Suwannarut, Thailand – 67
Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark – 67
Oliver Bekker, South Africa – 67
Danthai Boonma, Thailand – 67
Takanori Konishi, Japan – 67
Joe Pagdin, England – 67
Christopher Wood, Australia – 68
Rattanon Wannasrichan, Thailand – 68
Cory Crawford, Australia – 69
Jose Islas, Mexico – 69
Julian Perico, Peru – 69
Anthony Kim, USA – 69
Kieran Vincent, Zimbabwe – 69
Matt Jones, Australia – 69
Miguel Tabuena, Philippines – 69 

ROUND 2 NOTES 

EVEN SPLIT: Of the 22 players who advanced into the weekend, 11 were exempt into the second round while the other 11 played the first round at Black Diamond Ranch.

Richard T. Lee has the best two-day performance, shooting rounds of 64-66. He considered it an advantage to have a bit more competition time at a course most players in the field had never seen until this week.

“I played three practice rounds and didn’t really get the feel of it too much,” Lee said. “On the first round, actually I found out more about the greens and where to place my shots and not to leave it.”

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN: 15 countries are represented by the 22 remaining players. The only countries with multiple players left are Thailand (5) and Australia (4).

Countries with one player remaining include: Canada, Denmark, England, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, United States and Zimbabwe.

FINDING HIS FORM: Jeunghun Wang said a solo second at the Moutai Singapore Open on the Asian Tour in November – which matched his best finish since his last career win in 2017 – was a turning point that he’s carried over into this week.

“I wasn’t really playing that good before Singapore,” Wang said, “but after Singapore, I got a lot of confidence, and I still now have a lot of confidence. I’m really looking forward to playing the next two days.”