Korean golf star, Kim Si-woo, will try to snatch the title at The Open Championship this week. Also, he is coming from a three-week break. Kim said that his game has been the most consistent this season.
According to sports betting odds experts, it will be Kim’s fifth appearance in The Open Championship. His best finish at St. Andrews is tied for 15th place. However, he believes that he can go head-to-head with the best golfers.
Aside from The Open, Kim is also preparing for the FedExCup Playoffs. He is in 13th place on the points list of the FedExCup after one win and four finishes in the Top Ten.
Kim Si-woo at The Open Championship
Regarding his iron play, Kim is very pleased with his current ranking of 24th in Strokes Gained: Approach to Green. According to Korea sports news reports, his previous high in this area was 84th during the 2019-20 season. Also, he gave swing coach Chris Como credit for his impressive accomplishment.
Despite Kim’s 2017 victory at The Player Championship, widely considered the sport’s strongest field, he is fully aware of how much more difficult it is to win a major. According to online sports wagering experts, Lu Liang-huang of Taiwan came the closest of all Asian golfers when he finished second to Lee Trevino at The Open in 1971.
The Open, says Kim, is an excellent opportunity for guys like him to contend for big honors. Kim won the Sony Open in Hawaii in January.
Tom Kim, Im Sung-jae, Lee Kyoung-hoon, Kim Bio, Kang Kyoung-nam, and An Byeong-hun will join Kim at The Open. They qualified for The Open after all tied for third in the Genesis Scottish Open last week. An, who competed in The Open at Royal Liverpool in 2014, recently adopted the broomstick putter on Kim’s recommendation.
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