South Korean Golfer D.H. Lee Shots A 6-Under 66 And Beats Anirban Lahiri In The Web.com Tour Finals Opener
On a windy Saturday at Sycamore Hills, South Korea's D.H. Lee beats Indian opponent, Anirban Lahiri, on a three-stroke lead after Lee shots a 6-under 66 in the Web.com Tour Final-opening Hotel Fitness Championship.
Associated Press reports on Sunday that the South Korean player reaches 15-under 201 after making seven birdies and one bogey.
"It was very windy out there so I tried to keep the ball low under the wind and hit a lot of low shots off the tee," says Lee. "I'm very comfortable hitting low shots off the tee, but with my irons I just focus on getting my number and try to attack the pins when I can."
The 28-year-old golfer was among the five Koreans who earned their PGA Tour cards for 2015-16 season. Lee landed on the 15th spot in the Web.com Tour's top-25 earnings.
"I just want to keep it in play tomorrow and focus on trying to hit a lot of good shots and make some putts," he says.
However, Sweden's Henrik Norlander defeats Lee by three strokes. Aside from Lee, 28-year-old Norlander also surged past Michael Thompson.
Norlander wins the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Hotel Fitness Championship on Sunday. After finishing on the 47th spot on the Web.com Tour's regular-season money list, he will earn $180,000, Boston Herald forecasts on Monday.
"I got off to a great start," says Norlander. "I made a bunch of putts on the front nine and was six-under and kept it going on the back nine and hit some really good shots on some tough holes."
Norlander shots a 19-under 269 and makes a birdie on the 228-yard, par-3 11th, the website adds.
"I felt like on 11 it flew perfect and rolled up to a foot and I felt like, 'OK, might be my day.' I had a tap-in from 228, which was big," he says.
Meanwhile, Thompson and Lee will earn $88,000 respectively.
