{"id":39847,"date":"2021-08-08T23:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T23:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39847"},"modified":"2021-08-08T23:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T23:15:16","slug":"st-jude-invitational-kim-si-woo-finds-water-five-times-on-one-hole-to-score-13-on-par-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39847","title":{"rendered":"St Jude Invitational: Kim Si-woo finds water five times on one hole to score 13 on par three"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kim finished in a share of 32nd in the men’s golf competition at the Tokyo Olympics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n
-16 <\/strong>A Ancer (Mex), S Burns (US), H Matsuyama (Jpn); <\/span>-15<\/strong> H English (US); <\/span>-14<\/strong> B Berger (US), P Casey (Eng), C Smith (Aus); <\/span>-12<\/strong> B DeChambeau (US), W Zalatoris (US); <\/span>-11<\/strong> D Johnson (US), I Poulter (Eng); -10 R McIlroy (NI), J Spieth (US)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selected others: -8 <\/strong>R MacIntyre; <\/span>-7<\/strong> T Hatton (Eng); <\/span>-6<\/strong> S Lowry (Ire); <\/span>-5<\/strong> A Rai (Eng); <\/span>-4<\/strong> L Westwood (Eng);<\/span> Level<\/strong> T Fleetwood (Eng); <\/span>+2<\/strong> J Rose (Eng); <\/span>+3<\/strong> M Fitzpatrick, M Laird (Sco)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full scorecard<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ever had that sinking feeling that it’s just not your day?<\/span><\/p>\n

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When Kim Si-woo hit five straight shots into the water on the 11th at the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational, he would certainly have been asking the question.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And it’s not one he is going to be allowed to forget anytime soon, as his score of 13 goes down as the highest on a par three on the PGA Tour – outside of the four majors – since 1983.<\/span><\/p>\n

It saw him slip from five over par to 15 over and tumble to the back of the field in one horror 155-yard hole. <\/span><\/p>\n

His disastrous bid to find terra firma saw Kim send his tee shot right of the island green. <\/span><\/p>\n

The South Korean, who has won three PGA Tour events, then went to a drop zone 96 yards from the hole.<\/span><\/p>\n

From there, it became a recurring golfing nightmare as he plonked his next four shots into the water before finally finding the rough with his 11th shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim then chipped to within a foot of the cup before tapping in for an unenviable 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

And how does one respond to such a showing?<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, it was a mixed bag from Kim who last week finished in a share of 32nd in the men’s golf competition at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n

He birdied the next hole, then had more trouble on the par-three 14th where he sent another tee shot into the water and double-bogeyed before following up with three birdies.<\/span><\/p>\n

While it was a significant recovery, it was not enough to avoid finishing last in the field of 65 that completed all four rounds at TPC Southwind in Memphis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim finished 30 shots adrift of the trio of Abraham Ancer, Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama who finished 16 under par to go to a three-way play-off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ancer clinches first Tour title<\/h3>\n

Ancer eventually prevailed on the second play-off hole with a birdie to clinch his first Tour victory and become just the fourth Mexico-born player to win a title.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 30-year-old had started the day four strokes adrift of overnight leader Harris English, but produced a solid final round 68 to find his way into the play-off.<\/span><\/p>\n

English looked to be closing in on a wire-to-wire victory going onto the final nine holes of the event, but doubles bogeys on the 11th and 14th and a bogey on the 16th saw him fall one stroke short of the play-off trio.<\/span><\/p>\n

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