'Wrist Injury' Delays Lim Sung-jae's Return to the PGA Tour at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March

*This content was translated by AI.

Lim Sung-jae (28, CJ), who is resting due to a wrist injury, is scheduled to be delayed further in the season.

All That Sports, Lim Sung-jae's management company, said on the 16th, "As a result of comprehensively reflecting Lim Sung-jae's condition and the opinions of medical staff, we decided to participate in the Arnold Palmer Invitational from the 5th to the 8th of next month."

Lim Sung-jae, who won the championship once in 2020 and 2021, participated in 28 PGA Tour tournaments last year and entered the top 10 three times. According to U.S. golf media Golf Week, Lim Sung-jae did not win last year, but earned $5.082,986 (about 7.332 billion won) in prize money, making him the eighth-largest prize money on the PGA Tour.

Lim Sung-jae, who received preferential military service with a gold medal around his neck in the team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, completed three weeks of basic military training in November last year and later prepared for the new season by completing volunteer work based on military service benefits along with individual training.

There was a problem in this process. He injured his left neck and fingers while swinging and gave up participating in the tournament that he had planned in January.

Since then, he has devoted himself to treatment and rehabilitation, but the speed of recovery has not followed as expected. Originally, he was scheduled to participate in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which ended on the same day, but he decided to return to the Genesis Invitational, which will be held on the 20th, a week later to focus more on rehabilitation.

But even this was pushed back. It was decided to safely delay the timing of the return by two more weeks.

Lim Sung-jae said on All That Sports, "I'm frustrated and sad that I couldn't participate in the tournament due to an unexpected injury," adding, "I'd like to thank the fans for waiting for a long time, and I'll greet you with a good look starting with the Arnold Palmer Invitational."

<© STARNEWS. All rights reserved. No reproduction or redistribution allowed.>

*This content was translated by AI.