Kim Joo-hyung-Titikan, Grant Thornton, 2nd place on the second day
Kim Joo-hyung-Titikan, Grant Thornton, 2nd place on the second day
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Kim Joo-hyung and Thailand's Gino Thitikul rose four notches to second place on the second day of the Grant Thornton Invitational (total prize money of $4 million), co-hosted by the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour.
The two players tied nine birdies and one bogey for an 8-under 64 in the second round foursome (a method of alternating shots with one ball) game held at the Tiburon Golf Club (par 72) in Naples, Florida on the 15th (Korea time). They followed the lead group Jake Nap (USA) and Patti Tabatanakit (Thailand) by two strokes with an interim total of 18-under 126.
Kim Ju-hyeong and Titikan started off with birdies at the first hole and birdied at the seventh and eighth holes. In the latter half, they exchanged birdie bogeys at Nos. 11 and 12, followed by birdies at Nos. 13 and 14, and upgraded their rankings with birdies at Nos. 16 and 17. Both players, who are the youngest and first to play in the tournament, performed best among the 16 groups on the day.
Kim Joo-hyung (22), who is ranked 21st in the world, and Thitikul (21), who is the top earner of this year's LPGA tour, have known each other since childhood. Kim has not won this year's championship, but won three PGA Tour titles and finished second at the recent Hero World Challenge held in the Bahamas. Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship, which ended at the venue.
Jake Nap Cho, who started with a one-stroke lead, cut six shots to maintain his lead at 20-under 124. The U.S. duo of Axai Bhatia and Jennifer Cupzo cut four shots to rank third (17 under par), while last year's champion Jason Day (Australia), Lydia Ko (New Zealand) cut five shots to rank fourth (15 under par).
copyright's group of Corey Connors and Brooke Henderson, who started at second place, tied for fifth (14 under par). Daniel Berger's group of the U.S. ranked 10th (11 under par), said Nelly Koda, the world's No. 1 golfer.
Co-hosted by the LPGA Tour and the PGA Tour, the final third round of the tournament will be played in a four-ball format in which players can play in different positions after tee-off, and score lower.토토사이트 The event will be broadcast live from 2:45 a.m. on July 16 at JTBC Golf.