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Kim Si-woo (31) has been on a sharp rise since the beginning of the PGA Tour season. He has raised his ranking significantly in the second round of the tournament, aiming to enter the top ranks for three consecutive tournaments.
Kim Si-woo tied seven birdies and one bogey in the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course North Course (par 72) in San Diego, California on the 31st (Korea time) to write a 6-under 66.
Kim Si-woo, who had an interim total of 10-under 134, jumped 18 places from the joint 23rd place the previous day to settle for fifth place alone. He is seven shots behind Justin Rose (England, 17-under 127), who is leading the way alone.
On this day, Kim Si-woo started from the 10th hole (par 5) and gained momentum by making consecutive birdies at the same time as the start. Kim Si-woo, who added birdies in holes 13, 15 and 17 and cut five hits in the first half alone, added birdies in holes 1 (par 4) and 5 (par 5) in the second half. However, he made a bogey after a difficult tee shot in the last 9th hole (par 5).
Kim Si-woo is on the rise, tying for 11th at this season's opening Sony Open and tying for 6th at the American Express. In this competition, he is currently in the lead with a turning point and is aiming to break the season's best performance.
Other Korean players' performances were mixed. Kim Sung-hyun (28), who was on par with Kim Si-woo in the first round, failed to reduce the number of pars by exchanging two birdies and two bogeys on the same day. Kim Sung-hyun, who recorded an interim total of 4-under 140, fell to a tie for 45th place.
Kim Joo-hyung (24) managed to survive. Kim Joo-hyung, who saved two pars in the second round, scored a 3-under 141 in the middle to advance to the third round of the 58th-ranked chin-up, which is the baseline for passing the cut. On the other hand, Lee Seung-taek (31) was sluggish with a total of 10 over par 154 pars, and suffered from failing to make the cut.
Rose firmly held the lead position. Rose, who was the lone lead in the first round, cut five more shots, including one eagle, beating the second-place group by four shots and seeking a career-high 13 wins.
Brooks Koepka of the U.S., who left LIV Golf and returned to the PGA Tour for the first time in four years, managed to pass the cut by tying for 58th with Kim Joo-hyung by washing up his slump on the first day and reducing four shots.
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