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2021 CHAMPION SUNGJAE IM | NEWS

The string continued after the turn, with birdies on 10,11
and 12, and a tap-in birdie at the 13th made it five in a
row and a five-shot lead. He coasted the rest of the way.

“I didn’t even know that I birdied five in a row” Im said. “I
was just constantly focused each and every single hole
to get through it without a mistake.”

Wolff had no complaints with his finish and said there was
little he could do when somebody gets a hot as Im.

“I was just really happy with how the week turned out.
Sungjae played unbelievable the last day,” Wolff said.
“When I’m in the lead or contention, someone just seems
to go off the last day on me.”

And go off Im did. He had 11 3s on his Sunday
scorecard, including on nine of the first 12 holes. And
it wasn’t just on Sunday.

For the week, he ranked first in putting, first in strokes
gained tee to green and first in scrambling. That’s a
combination that will win most any tournament.

“Tee to green, driver, irons, putting game, it worked as I
wanted it to, and it gave me a good result,” Im said.

Chad Ramey had an up-close view of the performance in
the final round.

“He hit it well, and his putter got hot,” Ramey said of
playing with Im. “It seemed like he wasn’t making pitches,
it looked like they were going in. It was impressive, and it
was fun to watch.”

Im said much of the credit to his performance is a new
dedication to conditioning, as well as finally settling into
a home in Atlanta rather than traveling from hotel to hotel
as he had been his first three years on the tour.
For Wolff, he now leaves Las Vegas knowing he’s
played this event in 43 under over eight rounds and has
“As I got to my second and third year on tour, I felt
the importance of conditioning and keeping myself no trophy to show for it.
stronger and healthy, so we’ve been working really
hard,” he said. “It’s golf,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that I couldn’t get a
win, but I really like this place and I really like where my
game is.”
Sabbatini looked as if might make a real challenge after
making birdie on his first four holes and playing the front
nine in 28 to get to 19 under. But his charge ended there. Greg Robertson covers golf for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

He can be reached at grobertson@reviewjournal.com

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