Siwoo Kim's Strong Finish... 'Tied 16th → Tied 6th'

Jojo Championship FR 6-Under Par Surge
Echavarria Wins, Grazereman and Thomas Tied for 2nd
Im Seongjae 13th, Kim Seonghyun 46th, Lee Kyeonghun 63rd

It is the strength of Kim Si-woo.

Kim Si-woo

On the 27th, at the Narashino Country Club in Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan (Par 70, 7,079 yards), Kim Si-woo shot a 6-under-par 64 in the final 4th round of the PGA Tour Zozo Championship (total prize money $8.5 million) to finish tied for 6th place (13-under-par 267). This marks his third top-10 finish of the season, two months after tying at the BMW Championship last August.

Starting from a tie for 16th place, 10 strokes behind, Kim recorded eight birdies and two bogeys. After birdies on holes 1, 5, and 6, he made a bogey on the 7th hole (par 3) but immediately recovered with a birdie on the 8th hole (par 4). In the back nine, he lost a stroke on the 12th hole (par 4) but climbed the leaderboard with consecutive birdies on holes 13 and 14, followed by 'stepping stone birdies' on holes 16 and 18. He relied on a green hit rate of 83.33% and an average of 1.53 putts per hole when hitting the green.

Nico Echavarria (Colombia) reduced his score by three strokes to secure a one-stroke victory (20-under-par 260). This is his second career win since the Puerto Rico Open last March, with a winner's prize of $1,791,000 (approximately 2.5 billion KRW). Max Homa (USA) lowered his score by five strokes but settled for a tie for second place (19-under-par 261). Justin Thomas tied for 2nd, Ricky Fowler finished 4th (16-under-par 264), and Kurt Kitayama (all USA) performed well in 5th place (15-under-par 265).

For Korea, Im Sung-jae added 3-under-par to finish tied for 13th place (11-under-par 269). On the other hand, Kim Sung-hyun struggled with a 3-over-par round, dropping to a tie for 46th place (4-under-par 276). Lee Kyoung-hoon finished 63rd (1-under-par 279).