Lim Sung-jae's Quadruple View of Chol-han's Fall in the Bottom of the Injury Return Match... 13 strokes ahead of the lone lead

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A fatal mistake was made in just one hole. Lim Sung-jae (28), who returned to the field after four months after shaking off a wrist injury, bowed his head to a painful quadruple on the first day of his return match.

Lim Sung-jae tied three birdies, three bogeys and one quadruple bogey in the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bayhill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida on the 6th (Korea time) to write a 4-over 76.

Lim Sung-jae, who tied for 66th place among 72 players, even widened the gap by 13 strokes with Daniel Berger (9-under 63).

The mistake made in just one hole was painful. Lim Sung-jae had the bad luck of falling into the water twice in a row on the 17th hole (par 3). Lim Sung-jae, who lost four shots in one hole, fell behind to the bottom.

Lim Sung-jae skipped the first seven tournaments of the season in the aftermath of a right wrist injury in January. Lim Sung-jae, who has been working hard on rehabilitation since the Genesis Championship in October last year, seemed to have a safe return ceremony, losing only one shot to Hole 16 in about four months.

However, Lim Sung-jae committed a quadruple bogey on the 17th hole. Fortunately, he made a birdie on the last 18th hole (par 4) to reduce one stroke, but it was not enough to make up for the previous mistake.

On this day, Kim Si-woo finished tied for 26th with a 1-under 71. Kim Si-woo, who recorded four birdies and three bogeys, chased the joint ninth-place group by two strokes, aiming to enter the top 10 for the fourth time this season. Kim Si-woo has been on a steep rise this season, starting with 11th place in the Sony Open and ranking in the top 10 for three consecutive tournaments, but has slowed down for a while in the last two tournaments.

Berger, who had nine birdies alone without a bogey, took the lead alone. Colin Morikawa and Ludwig Overy were subsequently tied for the second place group at 6-under 66.

Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 and strong favorite to win the tournament, tied for 18th with defending champion Russell Henley at 2-under 70. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy tied for 33rd by playing even par.

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