{"id":1429,"date":"2024-01-14T03:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T03:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2024-01-14T03:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T03:37:54","slug":"carl-yuan-moves-closer-to-his-first-pga-tour-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/other-sports\/carl-yuan-moves-closer-to-his-first-pga-tour-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Yuan gains ground on his first PGA Tour victory after leading the Sony Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">24hscore news<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China&#8217;s Carl Yuan, aged 26, surged to a share of the halfway lead in the US PGA Tour&#8217;s Sony Open alongside An Byeong-hun and Austin Eckroat after carding a five-under-par 65 on Friday. As a full-fledged tour member, Yuan, vying for his first tour title, commenced the season&#8217;s initial full-field event at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii. This status was acquired when Spain&#8217;s Jon Rahm moved to LIV Golf, resulting in his suspension and losing his place in the FedEx Cup standings, granting Yuan the last spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Yuan expressed relief at the security of full membership, guaranteeing him access to more events, he affirmed that it wouldn&#8217;t alter his early-season objectives. Prior to learning about his full membership status, he had been focused on performing well in Hawaii and on the West Coast to regain a spot on the tour without returning to Q-school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Luckily I got full status, but I&#8217;m still trying to do the same thing and come out here and play the best I can,&#8221; Yuan explained. On Friday, this translated into a solid performance, leading to his position atop the leaderboard at nine-under par 131 after a two-putt birdie at the par-five 18th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eckroat also joined Yuan at the top after carding a four-under 66, featuring five birdies and one bogey, with a birdie on the par-five ninth as his concluding hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Round 2 leaderboard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonyOpenHawaii?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SonyOpenHawaii<\/a> ?<br><br>T1. Carl Yuan (-9)<br>T1. Austin Eckroat<br>T1. Byeong Hun An<br>T4. Ben Griffin (-8)<br>T4. Stewart Cink<br>T4. Cam Davis<br>T4. Keith Mitchell<br>T4. Taylor Montgomery<br>T4. Kurt Kitayama<br>T4. Chris Kirk<br>T4. Grayson Murray<br>T4. Stephan Jaegar<br>T4. Matthieu Pavon<\/p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1746033676746387898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An played without a bogey, making the last of his six birdies at the 18th to conclude his 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Didn&#8217;t get as many putts as I would like to fall, but easy to look back and say that,&#8221; said Eckroat, who was celebrating his 25th birthday. &#8220;Really solid round. Shooting 66 isn&#8217;t a bad birthday.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sixteen players were within two strokes of the leading trio, starting with a group of 10 players on 132 that included first-round leader Cam Davis of Australia, veteran Stewart Cink and Chris Kirk, winner of the season-opening Sentry tournament at Kapalua on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another six players were tied on 133.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Woodland coming back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yuan had two top-10 finishes last season, and said he would draw on those experiences in what promises to be a hard-fought weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I had a couple chances last year being in the final two groups, having a shot on the weekend,&#8221; Yuan said. &#8220;I feel like I just got to do what I did last two days: be patient and stay committed, know exactly what I&#8217;m going to do before I hit a shot and see how it turns out.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those missing the cut included former US Open champion Gary Woodland, who was playing for the first time since September surgery to remove a brain lesion that caused anxiety and fears of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019ll be back.\u201d<br><br>Emotional two days for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryWoodland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@GaryWoodland<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3tlm8Jzfq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/G3tlm8Jzfq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1746045660913402334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After shooting a second consecutive one-over par 71, Woodland became emotional and remarked, &#8220;There was a time when I didn&#8217;t know if this was going to be possible.&#8221; &#8220;In terms of mental health, I had a good week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;To achieve my goals in life, I had to have a bright mind. It&#8217;s returning.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24hscore news China&#8217;s Carl Yuan, aged 26, surged to a share of the halfway lead in the US PGA Tour&#8217;s Sony Open alongside An Byeong-hun and Austin Eckroat after carding a five-under-par 65 on Friday. As a full-fledged tour member, Yuan, vying for his first tour title, commenced the season&#8217;s initial full-field event at Waialae&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"China's Carl Yuan, aged 26, surged to a share of the halfway lead in the US PGA Tour's Sony Open alongside An Byeong-hun and Austin Eckroat.","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[566,112,113,311,118,114,565],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","tag-carl-yuan","tag-golf","tag-golf-2024","tag-pga","tag-pga-tour","tag-sport-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}