"I think we're doing just as we planned earlier this year."
Lim Sung-jae was satisfied with his start this season before preparing for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (total prize money of $20 million), the second signature tournament on the PGA Tour in the 2025 season.
Lim Sung-jae tied for fourth at the Farmers Insurance Open, which ended on the 26th (Korea Standard Time), following the third place in the opening match held in Hawaii earlier this month. In the world ranking announced after the match, he ranked 17th, up three notches from last week, leaving only one step behind his personal record of 16th, which was recorded in February 2021. The all-time record of Korean players is 5th place set by Choi Kyung-ju in 2008, followed by 11th place (2023) by Kim Joo-hyung.
Lim Sung-jae, who made his professional debut in 2016 and moved to the PGA Conferry Tour in 2018 after going through the Japan Professional Golf (JGTO) Tour, ended his second-division tour in a year and entered the PGA Tour in the 2018-2019 season.
At the time of his PGA Tour debut, he did not receive much attention, but his growth was fast, receiving the Rookie of the Year award. In particular, Lim Sung-jae, who first ranked 47th in the world rankings on September 22, 2019, was never pushed out of the top 50 for five years and four months until the announcement on the 27th.
The world's top 50 represents world-class players. There are privileges such as the right to participate in the Masters and the right to participate in special competitions.
In addition, Lim Sung-jae, who ranked 19th in the FedEx Cup in his first year, has advanced to the final playoff game for six consecutive years until the 2024 season, recording the highest number of Korean players playing. He was the runner-up in the 2021-2022 season and ranked 7th in the 2024 season, recording the top 10 twice. 토토사이트
The secret of his career as the world's top player for more than five years is his consistency.
Since his debut, Lim Sung-jae has participated in 184 competitions so far, recording 146 cuts (79.34%) and 47 top-10 finishes (25.54%) and 21 top-5 finishes (11.41%). He has been in the top 10 seven times in the 2024 season alone, and only two players ranked first in the world ranking Scottie Scheffler (14 times) and second in Xander Shopley (12 times) have been listed more in the top 10 than Lim Sung-jae.
Various performance indicators are also in the top ranks. There was only once a time when he was pushed out of the top 30 in the Scrook Gend (SG) rankings, which comprehensively evaluates players' capabilities ranging from drive shots to irons, short games and putts.
He ranked 22nd in 2024, 17th in 2023, 6th in 2022, 31st in 2021, 25th in 2020, and 17th in 2019. This year, he participated in three competitions and ranked 9th in the overall stroke gain, continuing his sense of shot that has not cooled down. 토토사이트
Performance indicators are not just high. He displayed outstanding performance by displaying performance in matches. He garnered 480 birdies in the rookie season, becoming the king of birdies. He also set a new record for birdies in a single season with 498 birdies in the 2021 season. In the opening match of 2024, he recorded 34 birdies for four days, setting a new record for birdies at 72 holes. This year, he participated in three competitions and recorded 63 birdies, ranking fifth overall. He ranks 11th overall with an average birdie of 5.73 birdies per round.
Lim Sung-jae, who will participate in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Club near San Francisco, California, from the 31st, said through the PGA Tour, "I've played my third tournament now, and I think I've got a better start to the season than I thought because I made the top 5 twice in three times," adding, "I always want to do well at the beginning of the season, but I think it's going well as I planned at the beginning of this year." "Now I'm in my seventh year on the PGA Tour, and I think I've shown such steady performance so far. This consistency is very important to players, and I think it will be good to continue like this as I've done for the past seven years," he said. "When I play golf, there are times when things always go well and sometimes they don't, but one of my goals is to overcome those crises and become a player who always plays well on behalf of Korean players."