Another Zany Honda Classic: Sungjae Im Survives For First Win, Fleetwood Says He Was Not Affected By Yelling Fan
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Say what you want about the Bear Trap—aka “The Trap”, as Dan Hicks called it this year, causing all sorts of drinking game disputes—the closing stretch at PGA National delivered again.
Sungjae Im, the 21-year-old South Korean and Korn Ferry Tour grad who plays anywhere they let him, as GolfDigest.com’s Brian Wacker reports from Palm Beach Gardens, survived after a stellar 18th hole up-and-down to edge Mackenzie Hughes, a 100-1 shot to start the day.
And hey, this Presidents Cup bump is a thing. Handicap accordingly in the coming weeks!
Im’s win came at the expense of a long-awaited Tommy Fleetwood PGA Tour victory that will have to wait another week at least after he unsuccessfully went for the 18th in two.
After the round, Fleetwood and caddie Ian Finnish said they did not hear the fan so clearly caught by NBC’s award-winning sound, reports Wacker:
NBC did not address whether the screamer could be heard by Fleetwood even as social media erupted upon hearing what seemed like potentially shot-altering noise. Either way, such fan “interaction” is certainly something to watch given the PGA Tour’s anticipated push into legalized gambling and the potential for competitive interference.
Here are the round four highlights from PGA Tour Entertainment:
