▲ Kim Si-woo finished as runner-up at the St. Jude Championship.
Kim Si-woo secured his third runner-up finish of the season at the opening event of the PGA Tour playoffs, advancing to the second playoff round alongside Im Sung-jae and Kim Joo-hyung.
Playing the final fourth round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship (total purse of $20 million), the first playoff tournament held at TPC Southwind (par-70) in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday (August 17), Kim shot two birdies without a single bogey to finish 2 under par.
With a total of 9-under 271, Kim finished alone in second place, eight strokes behind world number one Scottie Scheffler of the United States (17-under 263), who claimed victory with a dominant performance. Kim earned $2.16 million (approx. 3.06 billion won) in prize money.
This marks Kim's third runner-up finish of the season, following a tie for second at the Farmers Insurance Open in February and a solo second at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May.
Kim raised his FedEx Cup ranking from seventh to fourth, comfortably securing his spot in the second playoff event, the BMW Championship, reserved for the top 50 players.
Kim grabbed a birdie on the 3rd hole (par 5) and followed it with a streak of seven consecutive pars.
Although he refreshed his momentum with a birdie on the 11th hole (par 3), he failed to add any further birdies, allowing the gap with leader Scheffler to widen and finishing the tournament with a look of regret.
Im Sung-jae, who started the fourth round tied for second place two strokes behind Scheffler, struggled with just one birdie and five bogeys, slipping to a tie for fifth place at 7-under 273.
Despite his poor performance in the final round, Im boosted his FedEx Cup ranking from 53rd to 40th to join the second playoff round.
If Im gets through the second playoff round, he will advance to the season-ending Tour Championship for the eighth consecutive year since 2019.
Kim Joo-hyung dropped one stroke in the fourth round with two birdies and three bogeys, but finished in a tie for 12th place at a total of 5-under 275.
Maintaining his 26th position in the FedEx Cup standings, Kim Joo-hyung also secured his place in the second playoff round.
Scheffler climbed back to the top for the first time in seven months since winning The American Express in January, claiming his 21st career PGA Tour victory and his second of the season.
Scheffler, who had previously finished as runner-up five times this season without clinching a title, received $3.6 million (approx. 5.1 billion won) in winner's prize money and firmly solidified his position at the top of the FedEx Cup rankings.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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