"Ah!"' If I had reduced it by one more shot, I'd go into extra time... Kim Si-woo tied for third place in the PGA Phoenix Open, but still succeeded in entering the 'TOP 10' for three consecutive tournaments

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Kim Si-woo (31, CJ) succeeded in making the top 10 in three consecutive PGA Tour tournaments.

On the 9th (Korea time), Kim Si-woo recorded 3-under 68 with only three birdies in the final fourth round of the WM Phoenix Open (total prize money of $9.6 million) at TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course (par 71) in Scottsdale, Arizona.

As a result, Kim Si-woo ended the tournament with a final total of 15-under 269 and unfortunately failed to win the championship. He was tied for third place along with "World No. 1" Scottie Scheffler, Akshay Bhatia, Michael Thorbjonson (USA), and Nikolai Hoigor (Denmark).

Although he failed to kiss the trophy, Kim has made it to the top 10 in all three recent competitions.

Kim Si-woo tied for sixth at the American Express last month and showed off his skills by finishing second at the Farmers Insurance Open. This time, he tried to win five wins on the tour in about three years and a month since the Sony Open in January 2023, but had to postpone it to the next time.

Kim Si-woo won $439,680 (about KRW 640 million) in prize money at this competition. As a result, the accumulated prize money this season reached $1.78,755 (about 2.5 billion won), and succeeded in surpassing 2 billion won.

Kim Si-woo made his first birdie at the first hole (par 4) and then succeeded in birdieing at the third hole (par 5), once rising to the sole lead. Kim Si-woo then recorded par 11 consecutive holes from the 4th hole (par 3) to the 14th hole (par 4). In the meantime, other players went ahead and gave up the lead. Above all, it was painful to miss the opportunity to take a joint lead as he failed to make a short birdie putt on the 13th hole (par 5).

The winner of the trophy was Chris Gottorup of the U.S. Kotterup and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan tied for the lead with a final total of 16-under 268, and the game went into extra time.

Hole 18 of destiny. Matsuyama lowered his head, dropping his tee shot into the water. On the other hand, Gotterup grabbed a birdie and held the trophy in his arms. It was the moment when he won $1.728 million (about 2.53 billion won) in prize money for this tournament. Gotterup won four PGA Tour titles. Gotterup, who also won the Sony Open, became the first player to secure two wins in this season. On the other hand, Matsuyama tried to win the tournament for the third time after 2016 and 2017, but unfortunately, he had to promise the next one.

Meanwhile, Kim Joo-hyung tied for 35th with 6-under 278, Lee Seung-taek tied for 48th with 4-under 280 and Kim Sung-hyun tied for 54th with 3-under 281.

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