Kim Min-kyu (23) and Wang Jung-hoon (28) are tied for 18th on the second day of The Open ($17 million), the final major of the season.
Kim and Wang shot a two-over-par 144 in the second round of the tournament at Royal Troon Golf Club (par-71) in South Ayrshire, Scotland, on Tuesday (June 20).
He is three shots off the pace of a four-way tie for seventh place. Only 10 players were under par on a windy and shifty day.
Kim Min-kyu, who qualified by winning the Korea Open, carded four birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey on the day for an even-par 71.
After birdies on No. 2 (par-4) and No. 10 (par-4), Kim slipped to over par with a bogey on No. 12 (par-4) and a double bogey on No. 14 (par-4).
But he reeled off two birdies and a bogey over his final three holes to finish the round at even par.
“Two years ago, I missed the cut in the opening round, but this year, I will make the cut,” said Kim, who accomplished his primary goal.
Wang Jung-hoon, who qualified as the runner-up at the Asian Tour Malaysia Open, carded one birdie and two bogeys to move up 14 spots from the previous day.
Wang dropped shots on the fifth (par-3) and ninth (par-4) before birdieing the 15th (par-4).
Ahn Byung-hoon is tied for 38th (4-over par 146), while Kim Si-woo and Song Young-han are tied for 54th (5-over par 147).
Sungjae Lim shot a 1-over-par 72 to just miss the cut (6-over par).
Kim Joo-hyung, who was runner-up in the opening round of last year’s event at Royal Liverpool, missed the cut after shooting an 11-over-par 153. Ko Gun-taek (18-over par) also packed his bags.
The Emperor of Golf, Tiger Woods (USA), missed the cut after carding one birdie, five bogeys and a double bogey on the day to drop six strokes to 14-over-par 156.
It was Woods’ third consecutive major cut.
Woods finished tied for 60th in this year’s Masters, the lowest among all players to make the cut, and missed the cut at the PGA Championship in May and the U.S. Open in June.
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland – 11-over par) also missed the cut and came up just short of winning the U.S. Open.
Other top players to miss the cut included Ludvig Oberg (SWE), Wyndham Clarke (USA), Viktor Hovlan (NOR) and Bryson DeChambeau (USA).
Defending champion Shane Lowry (IRL) carded five birdies, one bogey and a double-bogey to take a two-stroke lead at 7-under 135.
He is two shots back of Daniel Brown and Justin Rose (Great Britain), who are tied for second at 5-under 137.
Lowry had a particularly eventful day on the 11th (par-4), the most difficult hole of the tournament.
After missing his tee shot, he dropped his second shot into the bushes. At one point, he yelled an expletive at a nearby cameraman for interfering.
He put his provisional ball on the green and seemed to minimize his loss with a bogey.
But the ball she thought was lost was later found, and she was penalized and forced to hit her fourth shot again, resulting in a double bogey.
However, Lowry birdied the 16th (par-5) and 18th (par-4) to finish with a share of the lead.
World No. 1 Scotty Schauffler is tied for fourth (2-under 140) and this year’s PGA Championship winner Zander Schauffele (USA) is tied for seventh (1-under 141). 카지노사이트 추천