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6ySponsor’s invite Alex Kang put his name into the mix with a bogey-free, 4-under-par 32-36=68 during round one of the Puerto Rico Open.

The non-member definitely looked like he deserved a TOUR card today. Kang peppered 12 (of 14) fairways and then landed all 18 greens in regulation. That has him ranked T11 and 1st in those categories, respectively. If you are nitpicking this round then you would notice he needed 34 putts to make his way around. That’s not ideal but the conditions were rather windy and he didn’t drop a single shot along the way. Kang is playing in his fifth career PGA TOUR event and his second start here at Coco Beach GC (T47 in 2015).

Alex Kang

GOLF Golfer

7yMaking his tournament debut, sponsor invite and World No. 631 Alex Kang painted a bogey-free 7-under-par 33-31=64 in the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to finish up on 6-under 278, up 37 spots to T11 with play still in progress. UPDATE: With play completed, Kang finished a career-best T10 and accepted a top-10 exemption into this coming week’s OHL Classic..

This was the non-member’s second career TOUR start, bettering a T47 at the 2015 Puerto Rico Open. Were he to crack the top 10, it would net him an exemption into next week’s OHL Classic. After opening in 70-73, Kang was one of 16 players to make the cut on the number, T63 at the midpoint, playing the weekend in 71-64 and gaining 7.179 strokes in his last 36 holes at the time he signed his card. His previous low in a now-eight rounds was 4-under 68 in R4 at Trump Int’l GC. Beginning off No. 10 tee, Kang landed nine (of 14) fairways and 14 greens in regulation, circling five at 14-16 and 6 and 7, three from between 11 and 22 feet, kicking off with a hole-out eagle-3 at 13 from 39 yards away.