He hit his tee shot 316 yards. 먹튀검증 With a slight tailwind, the remaining distance to the green was 191 yards, and the second shot was dropped to the front of the green and attached to the pin 1m away. After that, he holed out with a one-putt and connected with an eagle.
Tiger Woods (USA), the ‘Emperor of Golf’, showed off his powerful firepower comparable to his heyday at the Cloud Gallery, where he visited the tournament site to intuit his play. It was in the 3rd round of the Genesis Invitational (total prize money of 20 million dollars), a special tournament of the PGA Tour held at the Riviera CC (par 71) near Los Angeles, California on the 19th (Korean time).
Woods reduced two strokes in the first round, but lost three strokes in the second round and passed the cut with a pull-up. It is the first cut in nine months since last year’s PGA Championship. Maybe it was because he was relieved of the burden of last year’s PGA cut, Woods reduced the number of bogeys to one, picked one eagle and three birdies, and shot a 4-under-par 67.
Woods, who recorded an interim total of 3 under par 210, raised the ranking from a tie for 58th the previous day to a tie for 26th. The 4 under par recorded by Woods on this day is the smallest stroke since a car accident in 2021 while participating in this tournament. The previous record was 1 under par 69 in the second round of the PGA Championship.
Woods, who started from the 10th hole (par 4), reduced 2 strokes in the first half only and rode the upward trend. The highlight of the day was the 10th hole (par 5) game. He succeeded in two-on and caught the eagle lightly. It was indeed a long time since he put the ball on the green and caught an eagle with a putt on the second shot in a par 5 hole where long shots and accuracy were to be guaranteed.
Woods, who gained momentum, added a birdie in the 5th hole (par 4) and continued the rising mood. At the same time, after the first round of the 2020 Masters, it made me expect to play an 18-hole no-bogey in about three years. However, that expectation collapsed when he failed to make a regular on in the 7th hole (par 4).
However, the overall data recorded by Woods on this day are a positive sign. He had an average driver shot of 309 yards that day, tee shot accuracy of 64.29% (9/14), and green hit rate of 66.67% (12/19). In addition, the average number of putts was 27, and the number of strokes gained by putting was 1.0, so the putting feeling was excellent.
In an interview with the host broadcaster after the game, Woods smiled and said, “I had a hard time not getting the same trajectory as I practiced, but it was a satisfactory day.” . Walking is the biggest challenge. It will be difficult to win, but I will do my best because I do not know what will happen on the last day.”
‘Three-man’ Yom Rahm (Spain), who is aiming to recapture world No. 1, reduced 6 strokes that day to take the sole lead (intermediate total 15 under par 198 strokes). Max Homa (USA) is in second place by 3 strokes (intermediate total 12 under par 201 strokes). Scotty Scheffler (USA) and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who are ranked 1st and 2nd in the world, are tied for 15th (intermediate total 5 under par 208 strokes) and 18th (intermediate total 4 under par 209 strokes), respectively.
The Korean players, with 6 players participating and 3 passing the cut, performed sluggishly on this day as well. Lim Seong-jae (25, CJ Logistics) lost 3 strokes and tied for 45th with Kim Joo-hyung (21, Nike) (interim total 1 under par 212 strokes), and Kim Seong-hyun (25, Shinhan Financial Group) tied for 55th (interim total even par 213) other) was located.