South Korea’s Sungjae Im fired a sizzling last round of nine-under 62 to streak away with the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas on Sunday.
The 23-year-old, who had one PGA Tour victory behind him and tied for second in last year’s Masters, started the last day in sixth place but ended it a winner by a commanding four strokes at 24-under par.
In a bogey-free round, Im sunk a 30-foot putt to claim a birdie on the first hole, followed with another at the fourth, then took seven more birdies in eight holes around the turn including five in a row from the ninth to the 13th, most of them set up with outstanding approach play.
Ireland’s Séamus Power shot a final round four-under 67 to end on 14-under for the tournament. After missing the cut last week in Mississippi, he finished tied for 21st in his second outing of the season. The Waterford man notched five birdies and three bogeys, but the undoubted highlight of his final round was an eagle at the par-5 ninth.
American Matthew Wolf shot a three-under 68 to take second place a shot ahead of Australian Marc Leishman (63), third-round leader Adam Schenk of the US (70), and Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini, who shot a front nine of just 28 but could not keep that up on the home stretch, finishing with a 64.
England’s Harry Hall’s closing 68 put him in a three-way share of eighth place at 17-under. Scotland’s Martin Laird was a shot back at 16-under after a 66 while Matt Wallace also carded a 66 to finish a further shot back and one stroke ahead of fellow Englishman Danny Willett (68).
Collated final round scores and totals (USA unless stated, Irish in bold, Par 71)
260 Sung Jae Im (Kor) 63 65 70 62
264 Matthew Wolff 64 67 65 68
265 Marc Leishman (Aus) 67 67 68 63, Rory Sabbatini (Svk) 65 66 70 64, Adam Schenk 64 65 66 70
266 Lanto Griffin 72 64 64 66, Adam Hadwin (Can) 67 64 68 67
267 Hayden Buckley 66 71 67 63, Harry Hall (Eng) 66 65 68 68, Aaron Wise 68 62 71 66
268 Talor Gooch 64 67 71 66, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 68 67 66, Andrew Putnam 67 64 66 71
269 Sam Burns 66 63 68 72, Tom Hoge 66 70 67 66, Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor) 68 64 71 66, Matthew NeSmith 69 67 65 68, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 65 67 69 68, Chad Ramey 63 65 69 72, Matt Wallace (Eng) 67 68 68 66
270 Russell Henley 67 70 66 67, Seamus Power (Irl) 66 68 69 67, Danny Willett (Eng) 69 67 66 68
271 Joel Dahmen 67 70 70 64, Taylor Moore 66 70 68 67, Jimmy Walker 68 66 70 67
272 Cameron Davis (Aus) 67 68 71 66, Chesson Hadley 64 70 71 67, Harry Higgs 66 68 69 69, Matt Jones (Aus) 64 67 71 70, Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor) 61 73 69 69, Robert Streb 67 66 69 70, Chun-Ant Yu (Tai) 67 67 70 68, Lee Hodges 66 68 68 70
273 Matt Kuchar 66 71 67 69, Nate Lashley 67 69 71 66, Adam Scott (Aus) 70 67 67 69, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 70 65 71, J. J. Spaun 70 65 69 69
274 Corey Conners (Can) 66 70 70 68, Doug Ghim 69 68 69 68, Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 72 64 71 67, Guillermo Mito Pereira (Chi) 66 71 68 69
275 Charley Hoffman 63 69 70 73, Viktor Hovland (Nor) 67 67 73 68, Mark Hubbard 69 68 67 71
276 Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 67 70 71 68, Charles Howell III 67 68 66 75, Carlos Ortiz (Mex) 69 66 72 69, Greyson Sigg 67 70 69 70, Kevin Streelman 71 66 68 71, Nick Taylor (Can) 65 69 73 69, Richy Werenski 68 67 69 72, Taylor Pendrith (Can) 65 70 73 68, Alex Smalley 66 71 68 71
277 Wyndham Clark 68 68 69 72, Brandon Hagy 65 71 70 71, Trey Mullinax 71 66 75 65, Davis Riley 69 68 67 73, Hudson Swafford 67 68 75 67, Michael Thompson 69 67 70 71, Cameron Tringale 66 68 71 72, Nick Watney 67 69 73 68
278 Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 65 70 72 71
279 Jonas Blixt (Swe) 69 65 71 74, Henrik Norlander (Swe) 67 69 72 71
280 Lucas Glover 69 66 72 73, Brooks Koepka 68 67 72 73, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 65 72 71 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 70 64 75 71
285 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 70 66 74 75
286 Bill Haas 68 69 79 70
