February 28 - March 03
PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
$6,800,000
South Korean Im Sung-Jae, aiming to parlay his Web.com tour dominance to US PGA Tour success, shared the Honda Classic halfway lead with American Keith Mitchell on Friday.
Im, 20, fired a six-under par 64 on the Champion course at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for a 36-hole total of six-under par 134.
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He was tied atop the leaderboard with Mitchell, who posted a 66, with 2009 US Open champion Lucas Glover a shot back on 135 after a 69.
Im, who won twice and led the money list all season in dominating the developmental Web.com tour last season, birdied three of his first four holes and three of his final six on the way, his six-under effort tied for best round of the day.
"All the shots that I wanted to hit turned out the way I wanted," said Im, who hit five approach shots to within 12 feet of the pin.
"So it led to a lot of birdies, and I was able to convert a lot of my birdie opportunities. I think that's what led to a successful round today."
Canadian Adam Svensson also posted a 64 to land on 136, sharing fourth place with eight other players in a group that included 2018 PGA Tour Player of the Year Brooks Koepka (69), New Zealand's Danny Lee (67) and Sweden's Freddie Jacobson (67).
A total of 42 players were within five shots of the lead.
Defending champion Justin Thomas made the cut on the number with a four-over par 74 for a two-over total.
Im, the youngest of the US tour's rookies this season, went off in the first group of the day at 6:45 a.m. and made a quick move with birdies at the second third and fourth holes.
He would add three more before his lone bogey of the day at 16, and he drilled a 25-foot birdie putt at the 18th to cap his round.
Mitchell had five birdies and a bogey in his four-under effort, and after three missed cuts on the tour's West Coast Swing was delighted to be playing on the Bermuda grass greens of Florida.
"I grew up on Bermuda. I know how to putt it," he said. "I know how to read it. Itโs definitely helped a lot."
Thomas's hopes of a repeat title on the Jack Nicklaus-designed course faded with his four-over effort, during which he struggled with a "dead arm" as well as his concentration.
Thomas, who felt a stinging sensation in his right arm when his nine-iron scraped a tree on a shot on Thursday, said the arm still didn't feel right.
"Just feels like it kind of needs to get popped," he said. "Just doesnโt have a lot of strength."
Pos |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
T1 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-6 |
70 |
64 |
134 |
T1 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
-6 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
3 |
Lucas Glover | USA |
-5 |
66 |
69 |
135 |
T4 |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
-4 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T4 |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
-4 |
72 |
64 |
136 |
T4 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T4 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-4 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T4 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-4 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T4 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-4 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T4 |
Brooks Koepka | USA |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T4 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-4 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T4 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T13 |
Roberto Castro | USA |
-3 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T13 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T13 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-3 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T13 |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T13 |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
-3 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T13 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-3 |
64 |
73 |
137 |
T13 |
Anirban Lahiri | IND |
-3 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T13 |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
-3 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T13 |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
-3 |
66 |
71 |
137 |
T22 |
Nick Watney | USA |
-2 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
T22 |
Bronson Burgoon | USA |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T22 |
Chesson Hadley | USA |
-2 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T22 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-2 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T22 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T22 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-2 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T22 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
-2 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T22 |
Bud Cauley | USA |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T22 |
Zach Johnson | USA |
-2 |
66 |
72 |
138 |
T22 |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-2 |
72 |
66 |
138 |
T32 |
Daniel Berger | USA |
-1 |
72 |
67 |
139 |
T32 |
Rickie Fowler | USA |
-1 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
T32 |
Talor Gooch | USA |
-1 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T32 |
Matt Wallace | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T32 |
Vijay Singh | FIJ |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T32 |
Grayson Murray | USA |
-1 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T32 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-1 |
66 |
73 |
139 |
T32 |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
-1 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T32 |
Bill Haas | USA |
-1 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T32 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
-1 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T32 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
-1 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T43 |
Scott Brown | USA |
Par |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T43 |
Michael Thompson | USA |
Par |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T43 |
Sam Saunders | USA |
Par |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T43 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
Par |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T43 |
Chase Wright | USA |
Par |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T43 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
Par |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T43 |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
Par |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T43 |
Max Homa | USA |
Par |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T51 |
Harris English | USA |
1 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T51 |
Rory Sabbatini | RSA |
1 |
67 |
74 |
141 |
T51 |
Ryan Palmer | USA |
1 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T51 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
1 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
T51 |
Austin Cook | USA |
1 |
74 |
67 |
141 |
T51 |
Russell Knox | SCO |
1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T51 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T51 |
Webb Simpson | USA |
1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T51 |
Brian Gay | USA |
1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T51 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T51 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T51 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T51 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T51 |
Russell Henley | USA |
1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T51 |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
1 |
67 |
74 |
141 |
T51 |
Sam Burns | USA |
1 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T67 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T67 |
Jason Dufner | USA |
2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T67 |
Justin Thomas | USA |
2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
T67 |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T67 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T67 |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T67 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T67 |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T67 |
Byeong-Hun An | KOR |
2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
T67 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T67 |
Stewart Cink | USA |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T67 |
Gary Woodland | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T67 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T67 |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T67 |
Jim Knous | USA |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T67 |
John Huh | USA |
2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T67 |
Drew Nesbitt | CAN |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
CUT |
Adam Long | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Adam Scott | AUS |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Austen Truslow | USA |
3 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
CUT |
Ben Crane | USA |
3 |
68 |
75 |
143 |
CUT |
Brandon Hagy | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
3 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
CUT |
Chris Kirk | USA |
3 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
CUT |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
3 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
J. J. Henry | USA |
3 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
Jim Herman | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Kyle Jones | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
3 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
CUT |
Anders Albertson | USA |
4 |
70 |
74 |
144 |
CUT |
Andrew Landry | USA |
4 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
CUT |
Brady Schnell | USA |
4 |
76 |
68 |
144 |
CUT |
David Pastore | USA |
4 |
75 |
69 |
144 |
CUT |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
4 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
5 |
78 |
67 |
145 |
CUT |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
5 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
D. A. Points | USA |
5 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
5 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
5 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
CUT |
Martin Trainer | USA |
5 |
69 |
76 |
145 |
CUT |
Scott Langley | USA |
5 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Scott Piercy | USA |
5 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
5 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Tom Hoge | USA |
5 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Alex Prugh | USA |
6 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
CUT |
Brice Garnett | USA |
6 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
CUT |
Jimmy Walker | USA |
6 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
CUT |
Luke List | USA |
6 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
CUT |
Patton Kizzire | USA |
6 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
CUT |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
6 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
Seth Reeves | USA |
6 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
Brian Harman | USA |
7 |
76 |
71 |
147 |
CUT |
Cameron Smith | AUS |
7 |
68 |
79 |
147 |
CUT |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
7 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Erik Compton | USA |
7 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
7 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Morgan Hoffmann | USA |
7 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
8 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
CUT |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
8 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
CUT |
Kevin Tway | USA |
8 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
CUT |
Alexander Noren | SWE |
9 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
CUT |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
9 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
CUT |
Satoshi Kodaira | JPN |
9 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
CUT |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
10 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
CUT |
Joey Garber | USA |
10 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
CUT |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
10 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
CUT |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | THA |
10 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
CUT |
Kyle Stanley | USA |
10 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
CUT |
Blayne Barber | USA |
11 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Seamus Power | IRL |
11 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Brendan Steele | USA |
12 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
13 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
CUT |
Cody Gribble | USA |
15 |
77 |
78 |
155 |
CUT |
Andrew Filbert | USA |
17 |
80 |
77 |
157 |
CUT |
Robert Streb | USA |
17 |
75 |
82 |
157 |
DSQ |
Alex Cejka | GER |
Par |
- |
- |
0 |
RET |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
Par |
76 |
- |
76 |