PGA rookie Arbery wins first game in final match of the year

Arbery holding the championship trophy.

Ludwig Arbery (Sweden), who was highly anticipated as a top rookie on the PGA Tour, won his first victory.

Arbery shot 9 under par 61 in the final round of the PGA Tour RSM Classic (total prize money of $8.4 million) held at the Sea Island Resort Seaside Course (par 70) in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA on the 20th (Korean time), finishing 4th. He won with a round total of 29 under par, 253 strokes.

The winning prize is $1,512,000.

The 24-year-old Arbery, who graduated from Texas Tech University in the U.S. and turned pro last June, attracted attention early on as a top rookie.

This is the first time that the PGA Tour has granted a tour card to the No. 1 player in the U.S. college rankings, and he achieved his first win in a professional tournament at the DP World Tour Omega European Masters last September.

In particular, Arbery, who was surprisingly selected as a European representative in the Ryder Cup, a golf competition between the United States and Europe, contributed greatly to Europe's victory in the Ryder Cup.

Arbery, who has participated in 12 PGA Tour tournaments and placed in the top 10 three times, including once as runner-up, rose to the rank of champion and laid the foundation for a long run.

With this win, he entered the top 50 in the world rankings and earned the right to participate in special tournaments such as the Masters next year.

He can immediately participate in the Sentry Tournament of Champions, the season opener next January.Only the winners of the previous year's tour competition participate in the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Arbery said, "I have achieved more than I could have dreamed of. While watching the PGA Tour tournaments, I dreamed that one day I too would win the PGA Tour. I will never forget the six months (after turning professional)," and added, "I will love golf forever." He did not hide his joy.

Arbery, who entered the final round with a one-shot lead, swept 10 birdies and won by four strokes.

With one bogey, he recorded 61 strokes for the second day in a row, following the previous day.

The 122 strokes in the 3rd and 4th rounds is a new record for the fewest strokes in the 3rd and 4th rounds on the PGA Tour.The previous record was 123 hit by Matt Johnson (Australia) at the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions and Patrick Rogers (USA) at the 2019 RSM Classic.

In the 5th hole (par 4), he hit the ball 335 yards with a driver onto the green, and made an easy birdie with two putts.

MacKenzie Hughes (Canada), who played with him, said, “A long hit is a long hit, but I’m just amazed at how he can hit it so straight.”

Hughes reduced 7 strokes, but remained in second place (25 under par, 257 strokes), 4 strokes behind. 카지노사이트존