Kang Sung-hoon 'Tied 14th, 7 Shots Behind'... Fowler 'Leads by 2 Shots'

2021/2022 Season Round 4 The CJ Cup Day 3 McIlroy 2nd, Scott and Anser Tied 3rd, Kim Seonghyun Tied 17th

Kang Sung-hoon is making an approach shot on the 4th hole on the third day of The CJ Cup. Las Vegas, USA - Photo by Getty Images/MultiBits

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] It is the strong performance of Kang Sung-hoon (34, CJ Logistics).

On the 17th (Korean time), at The Summit Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (par 72, 7,431 yards), during the third day of the 4th round of the 2021/2022 PGA Tour The CJ Cup (total prize money $9.75 million), he scored 5 under par to stand tied for 14th place (14 under par 202 strokes). Ricky Fowler (USA) leads (21 under par 195 strokes), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) is 2nd (19 under par 197 strokes), and Adam Scott (Australia), Robert Streb (USA), and Abraham Ancer (Mexico) are tied for 3rd (18 under par 198 strokes).

Kang Sung-hoon started tied for 19th place, 9 strokes behind, and recorded 1 eagle, 5 birdies, and 2 bogeys. After consecutive birdies on the 6th and 7th holes, he took a brief breather with a bogey on the 9th hole (par 4), then made 'stepping stone birdies' on the 11th and 13th holes, and caught an eagle with a '2-on 1-putt' on the 15th hole (par 5). He recovered from a bogey on the 16th hole (par 3) with a birdie on the 18th hole (par 5) to secure a place for the final day. He used a fairway hit rate of 78.57% and a greens in regulation rate of 77.78% as the driving force to chase the leader.

Ricky Fowler is teeing off on the 11th hole on the third day of the CJ Cup. Las Vegas, USA = Getty Images / Multibits

Fowler took the top of the leaderboard with a flawless performance, making 9 birdies without any bogeys. This is his 6th career win, the first in 2 years and 8 months since the Phoenix Open in February 2019. McIlroy also entered the winning competition with a daily best of 10 under par. Keith Mitchell (USA), who was leading by 5 strokes the previous day, fell to tied 6th place (17 under par 199 strokes) after a 1-over-par round. 'Number 2' Dustin Johnson (USA) is tied for 46th place (9 under par 207 strokes).

From Korea, Kim Sung-hyun (23, Webcash), who was tied for 2nd place the previous day, scored even par and is tied for 17th place (13 under par 203 strokes). Im Sung-jae (23, CJ Logistics) improved his ranking by 5 strokes to tied 30th place (12 under par 204 strokes). Lee Kyung-hoon (30) and Kim Min-kyu (20) are tied for 36th place (11 under par 205 strokes), Ahn Byung-hoon (30) is tied for 51st place (8 under par 208 strokes), Kim Joo-hyung (19) is tied for 56th place (7 under par 209 strokes), and Kim Si-woo (26, all CJ Logistics) is tied for 69th place (5 under par 211 strokes).