Noh Seung-yul of Korea tees off on the third gap in the course of the ultimate spherical of the Nationwide Kids’s Hospital Championship at Ohio State College Golf Membership in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 21. Yonhap
All three Korean gamers have discovered themselves nicely off the lead after the primary spherical of the ultimate PGA Tour qualifying occasion.
Noh Seung-yul was the top-performing Korean after taking pictures one-under 69 on the Dye’s Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida, to start the PGA Tour Q-College’s ultimate section on Thursday (native time). Noh had three birdies and two bogeys to sit down 5 strokes behind the only real chief, Korean American Chan Kim.
The highest 5 gamers will obtain their PGA Tour playing cards for 2026, whereas the subsequent 40 finishers and ties will earn membership for the second-tier Korn Ferry Tour.
Noh, 34, has one PGA Tour title to his identify, the 2014 Zurich Traditional of New Orleans. He had earned his first full PGA Tour membership for the 2012 season however has been on and off the tour since.
Two different Korean gamers, Okay Tae-hoon and Bae Yong-jun, each shot two-over 72 to tie for one hundred and tenth. Okay performed on Dye’s Valley Course whereas Bae started his spherical at Sawgrass Nation Membership.
Okay earned a direct entry to the ultimate stage after successful the Participant of the Yr factors race on the Korea PGA Tour this previous season. Bae, who completed fifth in that race, needed to make it via the second stage to achieve this level.
Okay opened his spherical with a double bogey on the par-5 first gap, and went on to file three birdies and three bogeys over his subsequent 17 holes.
Bae’s day additionally included a double bogey, on the par-4 thirteenth, and he picked up two birdies in opposition to two bogeys as nicely.
The 72-hole stroke play occasion will conclude Sunday.
