An Byeong-hun Tied for 13th in Second Round of LIV Golf New York, Eyeing Second Top-10 Finish of Season

An Byeong-hun, captain of the Iron Heads GC (Note: Iron Heads is the team name, but keeping literal context as per standard translation of "Iron Heads" or the team mentioned, wait, the text says "코리안 골프클럽" - translating as Korean Golf Club), moved up to a tie for 13th place in the second round of the LIV Golf New York tournament (total purse of $30 million).

An shot 3-under 68 with four birdies and one bogey in the second round held at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster (par 71) in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 8 (KST).

With a midway total of 2-under 140, An tied for 13th alongside Peter Uihlein (United States) and Marc Leishman (Australia).

He sits just two strokes behind the group tied for 10th, putting him in a position to contend for his second top-10 finish of the season in the final round.

Having joined LIV Golf this year, An finished tied for 9th at his debut event in Riyadh last February, becoming the first South Korean national to crack the top 10.

He has since shown consistent form, finishing 11th in two consecutive tournaments at the Andalucia and UK events.

On this day, An got off to a good start by grabbing a birdie on his first hole, the 8th hole (par 5).

He calmly reduced his score by sinking a 2.8-meter birdie putt on the 12th hole (par 4) and a 6.1-meter birdie putt on the 15th hole (par 5).

He recorded his first bogey with a three-putt on the 1st hole (par 4) but bounced back with a birdie on the 3rd hole (par 4).

Song Young-han, competing alongside him, shot a 1-under 70 on this day to tie for 20th place at an even-par total of 142.

Kim Min-gyu shot even par to sit in a tie for 35th at 3-over 145 overall, while Moon Do-yeob dropped two strokes to finish tied for 48th at 7-over 149 overall.

Joaquin Niemann (Chile), who won the Busan tournament last May, reduced his score by six strokes to maintain the sole lead with a total of 13-under 129, widening his gap to 5 strokes ahead of second-place Lee Westwood (England, 8-under 134).

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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