Kim Si-woo (28) turned on the green light to advance to the round of 16 by winning two consecutive victories at the US Professional Golf (PGA)토토사이트 Tour World Golf Championship (WGC) Dell Technologies Match Play (total prize money of 20 million dollars).
In the second round of the group stage of the tournament held at Austin CC (par 71), Texas, USA on the 24th (Korean time), Kim Si-woo easily defeated Viktor Hoblan (Norway), the 9th ranked player in the world, with a 4-hole car (4&3) with 3 holes left.
In this tournament, only 64 players, in order of world ranking, will be divided into 16 groups for a group stage. 1 point is awarded for each win and 0.5 points for a tie, and only the first place in each group advances to the round of 16.
Kim Si-woo, who was ahead of Hoblan’s early two bogeys, took a 4-hole win with birdies on the 5th and 9th holes. Afterwards, he gave up the 13th hole, but kept the 4th hole car with a birdie on the 14th hole, and won the victory by drawing the 15th hole. Kim Si-woo, who has risen to the top of the group with this victory (2 wins), will play the final match against Matt Kucher (USA). Kim Si-woo has reached the round of 16 of this tournament once in 2018.
Im Seong-jae and Kim Joo-hyeong lost to JT Poston (USA) and Davis Riley (USA) by 1 hole, respectively, resulting in 1 win and 1 loss.