Kim Joo-hyung (23) failed to control his emotions again in his first competition in 2025 and received a tie for 65th place.
At the PGA Tour Sony Open held at Waialai Country Club (par 70) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on the 13th, Kim Joo-hyung only lost one stroke in the final 4th round and recorded a final total of 4 under par 276 strokes, tying for 65th place. recorded. Although he was the only one of the four Korean players who participated in this competition to pass the cut, he performed poorly, ranking 65th out of 76 finalists. Kim Joo-hyung, who ranked 51st in FedEx Cup points without winning last year, did not participate in The Sentry, the opening match of the PGA Tour, where only the top 50 can participate.
The reason Kim Joo-hyung performed poorly was because he failed to control his emotions after making a mistake in the third round. Kim Joo-hyung reduced 5 strokes in the second round of this tournament and rose to a tie for 11th place, but faltered when he missed a par putt of about 2.2m in the 5th hole (par 4) in the third round. In particular, at the 6th hole (par 4), which was the hole immediately after, when the tee shot went ‘OB (out of bounds, the ball fell into an unplayable area of the course)’, he threw the club from the teeing area. In the end, Kim Joo-hyung, who lost 4 strokes in the 3rd round and fell in ranking, was unable to improve his ranking even on the final day. An official from the golf industry said, “Although he is a young player, he was exposed several times last year as failing to control his emotions, such as breaking the locker room door after missing the championship in Korea.” He added, “This year, he was also seen failing to control his emotions from the first tournament. “It looks like more management is needed,” he advised.
Nick Taylor (37, Canada) won the championship, which was the last competition of the ‘Hawaiian Swing’, after an overtime match. Taylor led the game to an overtime by scoring an eagle on the 18th hole (par 5), defeating Nico Echavarria (31, Colombia) after two overtime matches held on the same hole, and achieved his first win of the season and his fifth win on the PGA Tour. did it The winning prize is $1.566 million (about 2.3 billion won).
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