Kang Seong-hoon (38) flew to Phoenix, but failed to participate in the Monday qualifying round for the PGA Tour WM Phoenix Open (total prize money of 20 million dollars).
USA Today Sports Golf Week in the US said on the 7th, “As the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am ended on Monday (local time), there was a significant change in the number of participants in the Monday qualifying round.” said.
Sunghoon Kang finished all the final rounds of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am held at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Monterey, near San Diego, California on the 6th, and held the Phoenix Open Monday at TPC Scottsdale Pine Course near Phoenix, Arizona at 1:40 pm (local time) on the same day. It seemed that he could participate in the preliminary round.
However, Kang Seong-hoon arrived at Phoenix Scotts Dale Airport on a flight this morning, but he landed 30 minutes before tee-off time, so he could not make it on time. It was about 10 km from the airport to the stadium. Golf Week reported, “Kang Seong-hoon, who tied for 29th at Pebble Beach, and Eric Cole, who tied for 15th, flew on the same flight, but failed to achieve their goals.” 메이저놀이터
However, Aaron Badley (Australia), who finished the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am the day before, attended the Monday qualifying round at 1:20 p.m. Baddley, who has a home in Scottsdale, Arizona, seems to have taken an overnight flight or chose to travel overland after the game the day before. It takes about 12 hours by car from Pebble Beach to Scottsdale. Golf Week said, “Baddeley was sleeping in his bed and came to his tournament.”
Badley is a veteran of four wins on the PGA Tour, including a 2007 win at the FBR Open.
Golf Week reported that a total of 118 people, including some PGA Tour players who did not make it to the entry for the WM Phoenix Open, the first full-field special event this year, applied for the Monday qualifying round, but as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am ended a day late, the actual number of participants decreased to 96. told The top three of these will qualify for the tournament.
Ahn Byung-hoon, who played the rest of the match at Pebble Beach that day, also failed to participate in the Monday qualifying round for the Phoenix Open.