INCHEON, South Korea – The Korea Championships feature a homegrown player at the top of the leaderboard after Park Sang-hyun’s 25-foot putt putt a birdie to finish his second round on Friday.
Park shot a 3-under 69 and joined Yannick Paul (68) at an 8-under overall at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club.
“I want to prove that Korean players can have a chance to win the tournament [European] “I think other players feel the same way, and that’s why a lot of Korean players are playing so well at the moment,” Park said.
Antoine Rosner started the second with a four-run lead after opening 63 but couldn’t follow it up, shooting 74 — including a triple-bogey 7 in No. 4 par-4 after out of bounds — to drop to third with Mike Lorenzo Vera (65). ). The two Frenchmen are one shot behind the two leaders.
“It’s not easy to come back after such a low score as yesterday, but I felt good,” Rosner said. “And to be honest, after seven holes I was hitting some amazing shots, and it just didn’t happen the way I wanted it to.”