South Korean PGA Tour Player Im Sung-jae Prepares for Playoffs
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By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- With the second leg of the annual PGA Tour playoffs on the horizon this week, South Korean veteran Im Sung-jae will look to keep climbing up a key points standings and punch his ticket to next week's finale.
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The top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings at the end of the Wyndham Championship on Aug. 9 qualified for the opening playoff event last week, the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. And the top 50 players after that tournament will get to tee off this week at the BMW Championship.
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Bleacher ReportTOP NEWS FedEx St. Jude Leaderboard Day 3📝 FedEx Points After St. Jude ⛳ FedEx Cup standings after St. Jude
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Im has played at each of the past seven Tour Championships, the longest such streak by a South Korean player, and will need another strong showing this week to keep his run going.
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Im was tied for second place going into the final round at the FedEx St. Jude Championship but carded a four-over 74 on Sunday to fall back. Still, it was Im's third top-five finish of this year and his fourth top-15 showing in his last five starts.
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Kim Si-woo finished a distant runner-up to world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday (local time). Kim shot a bogey-free two-under 68 in the final round to finish at nine-under 271, eight strokes behind Scheffler.
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CBS SportsOf course, in a weird twist of fate, Kim finished runner up to Scheffler at the St. Jude Championship, a full eight strokes behind in the first tournament of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
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Although Kim has not won this year, he has been one of the tour's most consistent players. He leads all players with 60 under-par rounds and 49 sub-70 rounds. He has the second-most top-10 finishes with 11, just one back of the leader, Scheffler. Kim also moved up to his career-best 13th in the latest world rankings.
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CBS SportsAll of this has Kim ranked No. 4 in the FedEx Cup standings heading into the BMW Championship. He is assured of making his way to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club for only the third time in his career and the first since the 2023 season.
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01 Yonhap Sports Im will be one of three South Korean players in the field for the BMW Championship starting Thursday at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. He will be joined by Kim Si-woo and Tom Kim.
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02 CBS Sports One of the most electric personalities and personas on the PGA Tour has harnessed his energy for good in 2026. Si Woo Kim has ascended into being one of the very best the game has to offer this year, completing the best regular season of his career to date.
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03 Bleacher Report Rory McIlroy struggled at the FedEx St. Jude Championship over the weekend, and he gave an honest evaluation of his game at the moment.
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04 SB Nation There have been fewer opportunities to really say it this season, but it is good to remember that right now professional golf is still Scottie Scheffler’s world. Everyone else is simply living in it.
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