PGA Balspar Championship Opens... Ahn Byung-hoon, Kim Joo-hyung, and Lee Kyung-hoon are aiming to rebound
PGA Balspar Championship Opens... Ahn Byung-hoon, Kim Joo-hyung, and Lee Kyung-hoon are aiming to rebound
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The PGA Tour's Valspa Championship will be held for four days from the 20th (local time) at Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course (par 71, 7,352 yards) in Palm Harbor, Florida.
The championship, which will cost 8.7 million U.S. dollars in total prize money, is a general competition that has been held since the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship, which were held over the past two weeks. For this reason, many of the world's top players, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 2 Rory McIlroy, will not be able to participate.
Third-ranked Xander Shopley of the U.S., ninth-ranked Tommy Fleetwood of England, and 10th-ranked Justin Thomas of the U.S. will participate as the world's top 10 players.
As Korean players, Ahn Byung-hoon, Kim Joo-hyung, and Lee Kyung-hoon will participate. Ahn participated in eight competitions this season and became the only top 10 player in the Arnold Palmer Invitational (tied for 8th place). Ahn, who tied for 52nd place in the Players Championship, aims to become the second top 10 player of this season.
Kim Ju-hyeong, who was sluggish recently after tying for seventh in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last month, also needs a rebound in this year's event. Notably, Lee Kyung-hoon, who failed to make the cut in four consecutive competitions, is in a situation to revive his good memory of tying for ninth in this competition last year.
Last year's winner Peter Malnerty of the U.S. will defend the title, while Sam Burns of the U.S., who won back-to-back in 2021 and 2022, is also seeking to regain the top spot. 바카라사이트
Shane Lowry of Ireland ranked No. 1 in the power rankings of the PGA Tour website. Lowry has been showing steady performance since March by tying for 11th at the Cognizant Classic, 7th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and 20th at the Players Championship. Fleetwood, Lucas Glover, 2015 winner Jordan Spieth of the U.S., and Cory Connors of copyright were ranked second to fifth in the power rankings.