Siwoo Kim, Two Runner-Up Finishes This Year... "Aiming for a Breakthrough Victory This Time"

Chasing First Win of the Season and Fifth Career Title at the Rocket Classic

Top-10 Finishes in 10 out of 20 Tournaments This Season

Ranked 7th in the FedExCup, Considered a Strong Contender for the Title

World No. 18 Kim Siwoo is once again aiming for his first victory of the year.

On July 31 (Korean time), he will compete in the Rocket Classic, a PGA Tour event with a total prize fund of 10 million dollars, held at Detroit Golf Club (par 70) in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Kim Siwoo has been in top form this year. Out of the 20 tournaments he has played so far this season, he has only missed the cut once and has finished in the top 10 on 10 occasions. This is the second-highest number of top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, following World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA), who has 11. Kim also leads the PGA Tour with 54 rounds under par based on 18 holes, and he has recorded scores in the 60s an impressive 43 times.

Siwoo Kim challenges for victory at the Rocket Classic. Photo by AFP News Agency

The only disappointment is that he has yet to secure a win. He finished runner-up at the Farmers Insurance Open in February and at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May. He also finished third after competing for the title at the WM Phoenix Open in February and at the RBC Heritage in April. Earlier this month, he tied for ninth at the Genesis Scottish Open and for sixth at The Open, a major championship.

Kim did not participate in last week's 3M Open. After taking a week off, he has returned to competition. During the final round of The Open, Kim briefly took the lead but faltered with consecutive bogeys, narrowly missing out on victory. After the tournament, Kim posted the word "choke" on his social media, blaming himself—a term that in golf circles refers to a mental breakdown.

Currently ranked seventh in the FedExCup standings, Kim Siwoo is considered a strong contender for victory at this event as well. He will be competing against several top-ranked players, including FedExCup No. 3 Cameron Young, No. 4 Wyndham Clark, and No. 5 Chris Gotterup (all from the USA). Other title contenders include Jackson Koivun (USA), who claimed his first win in just his third professional start at last week's 3M Open, and last year's Rocket Classic champion Oldrich Potgieter (South Africa). Im Sungjae, ranked 58th in the FedExCup, is also listed in the field.

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