On the first day of the US Open, both Schaeffler and Woods performed poorly Seonghyun Kim tied for 9th place
Cantlay, McIlroy Kim Seong-hyun also led the way with 5 under par 65 strokes and also performed well on the first day of the tournament with 1 under par 69 strokes.
The PGA Tour US Open (total prize money of $21.5 million, approximately KRW 29.4 billion) opened, and everyone from strong contenders for the championship to returning superstars finished the first round with results below expectations.
Scotty Scheffler (28, USA), ranked No. 1 in men's golf world rankings, recorded 2 birdies and 3 bogeys in the first round of the tournament held at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina, USA on the 14th (Korean time), shooting 1 over par 71. recorded.
Schaeffler, who appeared with short-cut hair, did not show any dominance throughout the game, missing the green from the tee shot on the 3rd hole, falling into a bunker, or missing the approach.
When the game did not go as planned, he hit the bunker with a golf club.
Schaeffler, who had been mentioned as a strong candidate for the championship after showing excellent performance in the last eight competitions in which he participated, recording five wins and two runner-up finishes, started the competition disappointingly by tying for 34th place on the first day.
Tiger Woods (49, USA), who competed in the US Open four years after a car accident, also had an uneasy start.
Woods recorded two birdies and six bogeys in the first round of the tournament, scoring 4 over par and 74 strokes. At the official press conference before the competition, he expressed his desire to win, saying, “I have always focused on managing my physical strength as physical training is always important,” and “I still have the strength left to win,” but he collapsed after the middle of the first round. Woods, who recorded a birdie on the first hole, the 10th hole, briefly took the lead by maintaining 1 under par until the 15th hole, but he made bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes, and then the 1st, 2nd, and 4th holes, dropping him down the rankings. has disappeared. Woods, who was aiming to win his fourth U.S. Open title and his 16th major title, was tied for 86th on the first day and was in danger of having to worry about missing the cut. Now that the first round has concluded, the leaders are Patrick Cantlay (32, world ranking 9th) and Rory McIlroy (35, world ranking 3rd), who recorded 5 under par 65 strokes. In particular, McIlroy caught five birdies without a single bogey, making him the first bogey-free round in 10 years since the fourth round of the Australian Open in December 2013. After the game, McIlroy said, “If I evaluate how I hit the ball, played the game, and managed my mentality today, I think I deserved today’s score.” Among the Korean players participating in this US Open, Kim Seong-hyun is performing the best. He got off to an uneasy start with two bogeys in the 11th and 14th holes early in the game, but after reducing his score by one stroke in the 1st hole, he made birdies in the final 8th and 9th holes and finished in a tie for 9th place with 1 under par 69. Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung also finished the first round with a 1-over-par 71 and tied for 34th place.
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