LPGA 태극낭자군에 비해 열악한 PGA 태극전사군이 가뭄에
단비같은 우승을한 쾌거를 일구었다.

PGA 바이론 넬슨 챔피온십에서 한국의 강성훈선수(31)는
공동2위를 2타차로 따돌리고 감격의 우승을 따냈다.
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PGA 생애 첫우승이며 6번째 PGA 우승의 한국선수(최경주(8승),
양용은(2),노승렬(1),배상문(2),김시우(2))가 되었다.

3일째 우천으로 6시간 지연되어 마지막날 마지막구릅은 27홀의
강행군으로 진행되었다. 마지막날 3점차 리드로 시작했으나 많은
선수들이 뒤에서 치고 올라 강성훈선수의 초반 부진으로 혼전이
예상되었으나 다시 안정을 되찾은 강성훈 선수는 14-16 세홀
연속버디로 승기를 잡아 경국 2점차로 우승했다.

짧지않은 드라이브샷에 정교한 아이언샷,거기다 안정된 퍼팅으로
우승을한 강상훈선수가 자랑스러우며 2011년 PGA 입문이래 3년
간 마이너리그로 강등하는등 고전끝에 다시 PGA에 올라와 159
경기만 우승을 해낸 강성훈선수에게 큰박수를 보낸다.  규정

It was indeed an impressive win.

He reminded me of KJ Choi's early winning years.

Who knows he may win bunch of more surpassing Choi.

He seems to have it all today to win any tournament.

Best wishes to him and Korean PGA players and Koreans !

controversy

On 2 July 2018, Kang was involved in a rules controversy at the Quicken Loans National tournament at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Kang was accused of cheating by his playing partner Joel Dahmen. On the dogleg-left 566-yard par-5 10th hole, Kang's second shot landed in the hazard left of the green. After a short search, a spotter located Kang's ball some 5 to 8 yards into the hazard. There was no way Kang could play the ball. Instead, he began pointing to the spot at which he thought it had entered the hazard; nearly pin-high. Because the 10th hole is a dogleg left with a hazard all the way down the left side, Kang's ball would have needed to re-cross the hazard nearer the green in order to earn the drop he was requesting. The exact line his ball had taken en route to its final resting place thus came under careful scrutiny. There was a discussion with a rules official, Dahmen and Kang which reached an impasse as another group played through. After further discussion, Kang conceded that his ball more likely crossed the hazard 35 yards from the pin rather than his first suggestion. Kang dropped the ball at a point 37 yards from the hole, hit his approach to 17 feet, and holed the putt for a par.

Later that night, Dahmen accused Kang of cheating on Twitter. The PGA Tour released the following statement: "A PGA Tour Rules Official handled the ruling, interviewing both players, caddies and marshals in the vicinity. The official then took Kang back to where he hit his second shot, and Kang confirmed his original belief that his shot had indeed crossed the margin of the hazard. With no clear evidence to prove otherwise, it was determined by the official that Kang could proceed with his fourth shot as intended, following a penalty stroke and subsequent drop. The PGA Tour will have no additional comment on this matter." Kang was unaware of Dahmen's tweet until Golfmagazine asked for a comment. He chose to respond through the PGA Tour. "He is standing by the ruling that was made by PGA Tour Rules officials on Sunday and will have no further comment, other than he is looking forward to focusing on finishing out the season strong, and he is excited about the opportunity to play in the Open Championship again in a few weeks."^{[2](from Internet)}

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This investigative article does not side with Kang's claim that was approved by the rules official.

It is unfortunate that his playing partner, Dahmen, did not agree with him and accused him

of cheating. I am afraid this blemish will follow him in his remaining career as in the case of VJ Sing.

Kang may well have been wrongly and unfairly accused by the people mentioned in this article partly because 

he is an Asian as I experienced in my career.

I would side with Kang and trust his honesty and conscience.

I believe he is an honest, hard working family man.

I don't think where Dahmen was, the right side of fairway, he could see the ball flight correctly

as Kang did, right behind the ball flight, which was the left side of the fairway.

This dispute was ruled by ruling committee of PGA
at that time and was settled,I think.

I watched the game yesterday all along and usually
nosy press did not mention regarding this after
his victory means they either forgot or not a big
dispute anymore. Thanks for your input! Dr. Lee! KJ

                       Little Giant!

DALLAS (AP) -- Sung Kang was a teenager when his father started sending him from South Korea to North Texas in the winters and summers to work on his golf game.

The 31-year-old Kang, who now lives in the area while playing on the PGA Tour, got to call his father Sunday to tell him, ''I did it,'' after his getting his first victory in his 159th career start.

Kang closed the Byron Nelson with a 4-under 67 to finish at 23 under and beat Matt Everyand Scott Piercy by two strokes.

With three consecutive birdies late, including a 23-footer on the 15th hole, Kang finally regained the lead for good on a 27-hole Mother's Day Sunday at Trinity Forest - about 30 minutes from his home in Coppell, where he has lived since his PGA Tour debut in 2011.

''It just feels amazing. I was thinking about winning on the PGA Tour when I was real young and watching Tiger dominating,'' Kang said. ''My dad gave me a lot of support when I was young.''