The American Professional Golf (PGA) Tour RBC Heritage opens on the 14th (Korean time) at Harbortown Golf Links (par 71) in Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA.
As the Masters will be held four days after the Masters ended on the 10th, it is expected that the players who have swallowed their regrets at the Masters will play ‘sweetheart’.
Im Seong-jae and Kim Joo-hyung, who finished the tournament in a tie for 16th place side by side, also scrambled together and swung a swing of revenge.
Lee Gyeong-hoon (joint for 23rd) and Kim Si-woo (joint for 29th) bury their attachments to Augusta and set out for a new championship challenge.
In particular, Lim Seong-jae, who tied for 13th in the 2021 competition and tied for 21st last year, rose to 7th in the power rankings of this competition, raising expectations.
He ranks one step higher than “defending champion” Jordan Spieth (USA). The first place is Patrick Cantlay (USA), who has been in the top 10 of this competition several times.
Ahn Byeong-hun and Kim Seong-hyun were put on the waiting list.
Many of the top rankers who competed to win the Masters will also participate.
Champion Jon Ram (Spain), Jordan Spieth, Russell Henry, Cameron Young (Above USA), and Victor Hoblan (Norway) will once again compete for supremacy.
Second-ranked Scotty Scheffler (USA), who gave Ram the world No. 1 spot, is also seeking revenge.
On the other hand,카지노사이트 3rd place Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) decided not to participate in the tournament after the shock of missing the masters cut.
Jason Day (Australia), Alex Noren (Sweden), and Will Jaratoris (USA) also withdrew.
RBC Heritage is also one of the 17 tournaments designated by the PGA Tour as “special events” for the 2022-2023 season.
The PGA Tour has designated a special event and greatly increased the prize money to prevent top ranked players from going to the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV series.
RBC Heritage also jumped from $8 million last year to $20 million this year.