LONE KOREAN AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP POSTS TOP-30 FINISH

Lone Korean at PGA Championship posts top-30 finish

Lone Korean at PGA Championship posts top-30 finish

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Lee Kyoung-hoon of Korea prepares to putt on the 16th green during the first round of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, May 18. AFP-Yonhap

Lee Kyoung-hoon, the lone Korean to make the cut at the PGA Championship, had a solid finish to the second major tournament of the men's golf season with an under-par score in the final round.

Lee tied for 29th at five-over 285, after shooting a one-under 69 on the East Course at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, on Sunday (local time). Lee had four birdies and three bogeys for his second under-par round of the tournament.

He opened the tournament with a 73 on Thursday but bounced back 추천 with a 68 the next day to become the only one of the five-man Korean contingent to make the cut.

Lee struggled to a 75 in the third round but closed out his third career PGA Championship appearance with a 69.

He had missed the cut in his PGA Championship debut in 2021 and tied for 41st place last year.

Brooks Koepka of the United States captured his third PGA Championship title at nine-under 271, two ahead of fellow American Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland of Norway. By shooting a 67 in the final round, Koepka became the sixth player to win the PGA Championship at least three times.

Koepka is also the first player from LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed rogue tour launched in 2022, to win a major. 

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