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Kim Joo-hyung (21) narrowed the gap with the leading group in the first round of the Tour Championship, the final match of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs. In the first round of the tournament held at the East Lake Golf Club (par 70) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on the 25th (Korean time), Kim Joo-hyung tied 6 birdies and 3 bogeys to hit 3 under par 67. Kim Joo-hyung, who advanced to the Tour Championship with a bonus stroke of 2 under par for 16th place in the FedEx Cup rankings, added the first round score and recorded 5 under par, tied for 14th place. Kim Joo-hyung, who was 8 strokes behind the leader Scotty Scheffler (USA), who started with 10 under par, narrowed the gap to 5 strokes with Colin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley (USA) and Victor Hoblan (Norway), who were co-leaders as a result of the first round.
Kim Joo-hyung, who participated in the Tour Championship for the first time in the 2022-23 season with only 30 top players, had a fairway landing rate of 42.86% (6/14) and a green hit rate of 61.11% (11/18). However, he took fewer strokes from putts, averaging 26 putts and 1.46 putts per green hit. After bogeying the first hole (par 4), Kim Joo-hyung caught an 8.5m long birdie on the third hole (par 4) and caught a 9m birdie again on the 8th hole (par 4). Kim Joo-hyung, who was unable to reduce the number of strokes by alternating 3 birdies and 3 bogeys in the first 9 holes, raised his ranking by catching only 3 birdies in the 9 holes in the second half. Kim Joo-hyung made a birdie from a distance of 15m in the 13th hole (par 4) and recorded a high birdie success rate from a distance, such as putting a 10.5m birdie putt in the 15th hole (par 3).
Joo-hyung Kim added a birdie on the last 18th hole (par 5) and finished the first round in a good mood. Kim Si-woo (28) tied for 22nd with a total of even par as he failed to reduce the number of strokes with 4 birdies and 4 bogeys. Lim Seong-jae (25) tied 3 birdies and 4 bogeys, lost 1 stroke and recorded a total of 1 under par, dropping to 26th place. Morikawa swept 1 eagle and 7 birdies without a bogey, and drove 9 under par 61 strokes. Morikawa, who received a bonus stroke of 1 under par and started the first round in a tie for 21st, 9 strokes behind the leader Schaeffler, recorded a total of 10 under par and jumped to the lead with Bradley and Hovlan.
Morikawa kept the fairway 85.71% (12/14) that day, and the green hit rate was 88.89% (16/18), showing the most accurate shot among the participating players. The number of putts was only 26, so both shots and putts were flawless. After conquering the Open Championship in July 2021, Morikawa, who had been sluggish without a win for over two years, took a chance to win a total of 6 wins at the Tour Championship, where only the stars of the stars participated. If you win this competition, you will be the main character of the bonus prize of 18 million dollars (about 23.9 billion won).
Morikawa said, “When I hit the tee shot, I knew where it was going, so I controlled it so perfectly that I didn’t even look. The iron play was also perfect. Even in this heatwave, he is ready to play 18 more holes,” he said, showing great satisfaction. Bradley made 7 birdies without a bogey, and Hoblan, who started the Tour Championship with 2nd place in the FedEx Cup, reduced 2 strokes to lead with a total of 10 under par. On the other hand, Schaeffler, who was ranked first in the FedEx Cup, lost one stroke and could not maintain an advantageous score of 10 under par, and fell to 4th place with a total of 9 under par. Schaeffler took the lead by cutting 3 strokes until the 10th hole, but was shaken by making consecutive bogies on the 11th hole (par 3) and 12th hole (par 4). In the 15th hole (par 3), he made a big mistake by making a triple bogey with a three-putt after dropping his tee shot into the water.
He caught a birdie on the 17th hole (par 4), but he had already come down from the lead, and Schaeffler left the field in great disappointment. Schaeffler advanced to the Tour Championship by finishing first in the FedEx Cup last year, but missed the championship, so this year's championship is more desperate.
I was frustrated with my performance today,” said Schaeffler. We will continue to fight on the field tomorrow as well.” Adam Schenk and Russell Henry (above USA) were tied for 5th place (8 under par). Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who won the Tour Championship last year, John Rahm (Spain) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) tied for 7th place with a 7 under par. McIlroy started the final round on the final day of last year's event, six strokes behind, but won a come-from-behind victory. After the game that day, he confessed that he hadn't been able to practice properly because of his back spasm recently.