Lee Tae-hoon, '91cm Papert of Tonghan', was the runner-up in Taehoon Lee Golf Singapore at the end of the extended period, with 3.3 billion won in prize money alone... The winner is DeChambeau

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Korean-Canadian Taehoon Lee (36) unfortunately missed the championship at the LIV Golf Singapore (total prize money of 30 million dollars). However, he quickly emerged as a star attracting attention and announced a satisfactory start to the season by earning huge prize money.

Taehoon Lee tied up six birdies and one bogey in the final round of the tournament at Sentosa Golf Club (par 71) in Singapore on the 15th (Korea time) to post a 5-under 66.

Taehoon Lee, who had a 14-under 270 total, tied with Bryson DeChambeau of the U.S. and then missed a par putt in the first overtime to finish the tournament as the runner-up.

Taehoon Lee, who has won four games in the Korea Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Tour, took first place in the LIV Golf Promotion held in January to earn the right to participate in LIV Golf.

He is playing as a wild card team without a separate team, but he has been attracting attention since the first season. Taehoon Lee, which started tied for 13th in the season opener held in Saudi Arabia last month, raced from the beginning in this tournament.

Tied for first place at four under par in the first round, he cut three shots in the second round and two shots in the third round. Taehoon Lee, which entered the final round tied for third, one stroke behind the lead, made its first birdie on the second hole (par 3), continued the par, settled the second shot on the seventh hole (par 5) around the green, caught the putter and dropped it into the hole at the second time, reducing one stroke again.

He made a bogey in the 9th hole (par 4), when his tee shot fell into a bunker, but after a perfect iron shot close to the 13th hole shot, he made a tap-in birdie and birdied the 15th hole (par 4), 17th hole (par 3), and 18th hole (par 5), eventually leading the game to an extended period.

Heavenly luck seemed to follow. DeChambeau's tee shot into a water hazard. However, things have since turned out to be very different. Taehoon Lee left a 1-yard (91cm) par putt after putting his third shot on the green. In the meantime, DeChambeau scored par after putting his fourth shot on the green even after being hit with a penalty.

However, Taehoon Lee had to be satisfied with the runner-up with par putt turning around the hole in a situation where they could go for the second extension.

Although he blew $4 million (about 6 billion won) in prize money in front of his eyes, the runner-up prize was also worth $2.25 million (3.372 billion won), so he was disappointed.

Song Young-han (35) cut six shots on the last day and tied for 39th with a final total of 1 over 285, Ahn Byung-hoon (35) tied for 42nd (2 over 286) and Kim Min-kyu (25), tied for 57th (25 over 309).

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