![[서울신문] Kevin I, have you got the feeling](https://i0.wp.com/img.seoul.co.kr/img/upload/2021/01/17/SSI_20210117182944.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "[서울신문] Kevin I, have you got the feeling")
PGA Tour Sony Open 3R reduced 9 strokes
Leading and 2nd tied for second place… 5th win threshold
Kim Si-woo tied for 23rd and Im Sungjae 60th
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://img.seoul.co.kr//img/upload/2021/01/17/SSI_20210117182944.jpg" title="재미교포 케빈 나(나상욱)가 17일(한국시간) 미국 하와이 와이알레이 컨트리클럽에서 열린 미국프로골프(PGA) 투어 소니오픈 3라운드 17번홀 티잉그라운드에서 티샷한 뒤 타구를 바라보고 있다. 이날만 9언더파를 기록한 케빈 나는 합계 16언더파로 선두 브렌던 스틴(미국·18언더파)을 2타차로 추격했다.
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▲ Korean-American Kevin Na (Na Sang-wook) is watching the batted ball after taking a tee shot at the 17th hole teeing ground of the 3rd round of the US Pro Golf (PGA) Tour held at the Waialay Country Club in Hawaii on the 17th (Korean time). Kevin, who recorded 9 under par on this day alone, followed the lead Brendon Steen (USA, 18 under par) with a total of 16 under par with two strokes.
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Kevin Na (38, Na Sang-wook), a Korean-American, swung a 9-under par and stepped on the threshold for his fifth victory in the US Professional Golf (PGA) tour.
Kevin I swept 1 eagle and 7 birdies without seeing in the 3rd round of the PGA Tour Sony Open held at the Waialay Country Club (par 70) in Honolulu, Hawaii on the 17th (Korean time). Kevin, who wrote 9-under-par 61 strokes, followed Brendon Steen (USA, 18-under-par), who took the lead alone, with 16 under par 194 strokes in the middle, tied for second place, and picked up a buddy for two consecutive holes. For Kevin Na, it is an opportunity to add a multiplier in about 1 year and 3 months after reporting 4 wins on the PGA Tour at the Schreiners Children’s Hospital Open in October 2019. After entering the 2020-21 season, a tie for 13th in the Masters Tournament last November was the best.
Kevin, who started with a tie for 19th, announced the’Buddy Party’ of the day in the first 2nd (par 4) and 4th hole (par 3). Kevin I dropped the second shot from the 9th hole (par 5) to about 2.5m of the hole and succeeded without missing the chance to reduce the number of strokes.
Of the 14 driver tee shots that flew an average of 304.1 yards that day, he defended the fairway with half, and the landing rate was only 50%. However, this was supplemented with a green hit rate of 83.33%. In particular, the average number of putts was 0.821 per hole, and 25 of the 18 holes were blocked.
Among Korean players, Kim Si-woo (26) ranked the highest with a tie for 23rd (11 under par 199 strokes). The previous day, in the second round, he tied for 35th, but this day, he cut off five buddies without a look, raising the ranking by more than 10 places. Lim Seong-jae (23), who barely escaped the cut-off, cut two strokes, but stayed in a tie for 60th (6 under par 204).
Staff Reporter Choi Byung-kyu [email protected]
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