South Korea’s Seung-Yeol Noh, 33, earned his first top-10 finish in a PGA Tour event in nearly seven years.
The South Korean carded nine birdies and two bogeys in the fourth round of the ISCO Championship ($4 million) at Kintrace Golf Club (Par 72) in Nicholasville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday (Sept. 15) to finish seven strokes under par.
His final total of 20-under-par 268 puts him in a tie for sixth place with Ben Taylor, Sam Bairstow (Great Britain) and Neil Shipley (USA).
It has been seven years and two months since Noh’s last top-10 finish in a PGA Tour event, at the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2017 (T5).
During that time, Noh played 76 tournaments while serving in the military as a full-time reservist and never made the top 10. He had six top 25s.
Noh won the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic in 2014 and has one win each on the Asian Tour and European Tour.
On the day, Noh showed off his longest drive, tied for third in average driving distance (330.60 yards), and his accuracy, tied for fourth in greens in regulation (77.78 percent).
After trading two birdies and two bogeys in his first four holes, Noh reeled off four birdies in his first five holes.
In the second half, he birdied the 11th (par-5) before dropping shots on the 14th (par-3) and 15th (par-5).
At the end of the day, Noh said, “I was one or two shots away from the title. Unlike the first and second rounds, the greens were harder, which made it difficult to control the distance and spin of my wedge shots,” he said, but he was pleased with his overall game.
“In previous tournaments (this year), I made a mistake on Sunday and didn’t make a lot of points, but I’m happy to finish well this week,” he said, adding, “I think I’ve regained my confidence after a very bad start to the year after I left the military.”
Harry Hall (England) won the event after a five-player playoff at 22-under par.
Jack Blair (USA) and Rico Hoi (PIL) were the first to fall after bogeys on the par-4 18th hole.
Hall birdied the ninth (par-3) in the third overtime to win the trophy over Matt Nismith and Pearson Coody (USA).
In his 58th PGA Tour start, Hall earned his first career victory and $720,000 in prize money.
Sung Hyun Kim finished tied for 55th at 9-under par 279. 바카라사이트 추천