Sihwan Kim takes the second position despite playing brilliantly at the Rolex Trophy
South Korea’s Sihwan Kim came close to his first Challenge Tour victory, but failed, after he lost to Kristoffer Broberg by a one-stroke margin, at the Rolex Trophy, on Sunday, August 26, 2012.
After closing with a six-under par 66 in the final round, he had set the clubhouse lead at a 26-under par tournament score.
Broberg, in the meantime, shared the lead, after birdying the fifth, eighth and tenth hole. Standing on the 18th tee, he planned to play aggressively and reached the green on his second shot.
He failed to land the ball close enough – it was 40 feet away from the cup – to create an easy birdie chance. The playoff was obvious and Kim was getting ready to move to the 18th hole for the first extra hole.
However, Kim did not need to do that because Broberg turned in the ball for a spectacular birdie and took the title home. Kim still managed to pocket €18,100 prize money and moved to the 14th spot in the Challenge Tour Rankings.
According to him, he was not as good with his game off the tee, as he was on the greens. He stated that he played brilliantly with his putter and recorded an impressive tournament score in the end.
Therefore, he did not feel disappointed with his overall performance and plans to keep the momentum going into the rest of the season.
“I didn’t strike the ball as well as I did yesterday, but my putting today was very good, especially round the turn,” he said. “I couldn’t have done much more, so I’m not too upset”.
He also praised Broberg’s performance and said that he was amazing in every aspect of the game and deserved the victory in the end.
“Any other week 26 under would be good enough to win the tournament, but Kristoffer’s obviously playing great golf at the moment. So hats off to him, I’m sure he’ll do well on the main Tour. And at least it gives some of us a chance on the Challenge Tour!”
Daniel Vancsik, in the meantime, took the third position with a 25-unde par overall score. Further a stroke back was Joachim B Hansen, to take the fourth spot on the leaderboard.
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