October 17-20
Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, Korea
$9,750,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
An 8-under opening round. 👏
โ PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 17, 2019
Native Korean @ByeongHunAn is your solo leader at THE CJ CUP. 🇰🇷#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/g2gkEqLPxY
Korea's Byeong Hun An delighted the home crowd by carding an eight-under-par 64 to lead the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges on Jeju Island.
An fired eight birdies in a bogey-free round to lead Chile's Joaquin Niemann by a shot, with former world number one Jason Day a shot further back following a 66.
Defending champion Brooks Koepka is five shots off the pace after a 69 matched by the English pair of Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton and Norway's Viktor Hovland, whose 18th consecutive round in the 60s established a new PGA Tour record.
Koepka's erratic round included four birdies, three bogeys and an eagle on the par-five 18th and the world number one said: "Just needed to clean up a few things, missed a couple of short putts, a little sloppy there, but other than that I thought I hit the ball good.
"The wind was just so light today it felt like it was switching quite a bit and it made a difference on a couple of holes.
"Honestly I think this golf course is a little bit easier if it blows. If it blows a little bit the wind is a little bit more consistent."
Day, who is hoping International Team captain Ernie Els will give him a wild card for December's Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne, boosted his chances by carding six birdies in a bogey-free 66.
"It is certainly disappointing not to make the team on my own merits, but it is a reminder that nothing is given to you in this game," the Australian said.
"I certainly want to be on the team and believe I can be an asset to the Internationals. Being in my home country certainly gives me an edge and I've had some success on the sandbelt (courses) and Royal Melbourne in the past."
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Byeong-Hun An | KOR |
-8 |
64 |
2 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-7 |
65 |
3 |
Jason Day | AUS |
-6 |
66 |
T4 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-5 |
67 |
T4 |
Charles Howell III | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T4 |
Charley Hoffman | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T4 |
Jung-Gon Hwang | KOR |
-5 |
67 |
T4 |
Cameron Smith | AUS |
-5 |
67 |
T9 |
Soo-Min Lee | KOR |
-4 |
68 |
T9 |
Justin Thomas | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T9 |
Chez Reavie | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T9 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-4 |
68 |
T9 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-4 |
68 |
T9 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-4 |
68 |
T15 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Ian Poulter | ENG |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
K. J. Choi | KOR |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Max Homa | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Tyrrell Hatton | ENG |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | THA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Brooks Koepka | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Hideki Matsuyama | JPN |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Collin Morikawa | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Viktor Hovland | NOR |
-3 |
69 |
T29 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Phil Mickelson | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
J. B. Holmes | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Luke List | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Chase Koepka | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Andrew Putnam | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Kevin Tway | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T29 |
Ryan Palmer | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T39 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Branden Grace | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Tommy Fleetwood | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Gary Woodland | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T39 |
Hyung-Joon Lee | KOR |
-1 |
71 |
T48 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
Par |
72 |
T48 |
Marc Leishman | AUS |
Par |
72 |
T48 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
Par |
72 |
T48 |
Kevin Na | USA |
Par |
72 |
T48 |
Nate Lashley | USA |
Par |
72 |
T48 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
Par |
72 |
T48 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
Par |
72 |
T55 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
1 |
73 |
T55 |
Adam Long | USA |
1 |
73 |
T55 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
1 |
73 |
T55 |
Pat Perez | USA |
1 |
73 |
T55 |
Yi-Keun Chang | KOR |
1 |
73 |
T55 |
Matthew Wolff | USA |
1 |
73 |
T55 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
1 |
73 |
T62 |
Lucas Glover | USA |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Sang-Hyun Park | KOR |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Jeong-Woo Ham | KOR |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Taehee Lee | KOR |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Jazz Janewattananond | THA |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Troy Merritt | USA |
2 |
74 |
T62 |
Won-Joon Lee | AUS |
2 |
74 |
73 |
Chesson Hadley | USA |
3 |
75 |
T74 |
Danny Willett | ENG |
4 |
76 |
T74 |
Michael Kim | KOR |
4 |
76 |
T74 |
Kyong-Jun Moon | CHN |
4 |
76 |
T74 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
4 |
76 |
78 |
Yong-Jun Bae | KOR |
6 |
78 |