Palm Beach Gardens, FL ….
Sungjae Im celebrated his 50th start on the PGA Tour in driving off with a maiden PGA Tour victory at the Honda Classic.
The 21-year old born on South Korea’s Juju Island came from three shots back at the start of the final round and win by a stroke with a four-under par 66 and a six-under par totaly on the PGA Natioal course at Palm Beach Gardens.
“Even after winning Rookie of the Year and having a few chances to win, I really wanted to get that win,” he said.
“I had a few good chances that slipped away, but I’m also still very grateful that I could win at such a young age, and to have it happen as fast as it did, I’m very happy and satisfied.”
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In fact, in 🥇 @TheHondaClassic Im becomes the 4th @PGATOUR player to win since @royal_melbourne
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Im was last year voted PGA Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ and was also a member of the International Team that went within a whisker of success at Royal Melbourne, and he is now the fourth member of Ernie Els sides to win on the PGA Tour.
Those winners include Adam Scott (Australian PGA), Cam Smith (Sony Hawaiian Open) and Marc Leishman (Farmers Insurance Open) and we should not forget three members of the victorious Tiger Woods-led Presidents Cup team have also tasted success – Justin Thomas (Sentry Tournament of Champions),