Scotty Scheffler (USA) tied for the lead in the second round of the PGA Championship, the second major tournament of the season.
On the 20th (Korean time), in the second round of the second day of the tournament held at Oak Hill Country Club (par 70, 7,380 yards) in Rochester, New York, USA, Schaeffler recorded 4 birdies, 2 bogeys, and 2 under par 68 strokes.
Scheffler, who scored an interim total of 5 under par 135, tied for first place with Viktor Hovlan (Norway) and Cory Connors (Canada). Schaeffler is currently ranked #2 in the world. He won the Masters last year, and the PGA Championship tied for 4th in 2020 is the best result.
Bryson DeChambeau (USA) and Korean player Justin Suh (USA) chased the joint lead by two strokes with 3-under-par 137 strokes. Brooks Koepka (USA), who finished runner-up at the Masters in April, also tied for 6th with a 2-under par of 138 strokes메이저사이트.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) scored an even par of 140. McIlroy tied for 10th with Korean player Lee Min-woo (Australia). Yon Ram (Spain), who won the Masters in April, is tied for 48th with a 4-over par of 144 strokes.
As a Korean player, Lee Kyung-hoon advanced to the third round alone. With 3 birdies and 1 bogey, she passed the cut with a 1-over par of 141 and a tie for 19th place. Lee Kyung-hoon, who tied for 23rd at the Masters in April, is one stroke behind the players who tied for 10th. If he continues to perform well in the remaining rounds, he can enter the top 10 of his first major tournament.
Kim Si-woo stayed tied for 77th with a 6-over-par 146 and missed the cut by one stroke. Kim Joo-hyung scored an 8-over par, 148 strokes (tied for 98th place), and Yang Yong only scored an 11-over par, 151 strokes (tied for 122nd place).
Lim Seong-jae tied for 135th with a 13-over par and 153 strokes. At the PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship, which ended on the 8th in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, he tied for 8th place, but failed to continue. After winning the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour Woori Financial Championship, which ended on the 14th in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, he immediately moved to the United States to participate in this tournament.