He has three professional victories on his resume but none since 2015.
After two days at this week’s Genesis Championship on the DP World Tour, Byeong Hun An may be ready to end his victory drought.
An has posted scores of 67-66 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea to get to 11 under and leads by two after two days. He had a birdie-birdie start Friday and posted eight birdies in all.
“I feel like I made a lot of putts of 10-footers, 15-footers so I think that helps for making birdies,” An said. “They weren’t the easiest of putts, but I’ve rolled in some nice putts in the last two days.”
He went on to talk about playing in front of fans in his home country.
“I love to see the fans out here cheer for me. It doesn’t matter whether things go well for me or not, they are still there,” he said. “It would be nice to hold the trophy at the end of the day but I haven’t been here for the last five years, six years in a tournament, so all I’m trying to do is show some good golf because they don’t see much of me, so I’ll try my best and see what happens.”
Casey Jarvis and Francesco Laporta are tied at 9 under, two back. Tom Kim is tied for eighth at 7 under.
The top 114 golfers on the Race to Dubai Rankings after Sunday’s final round earn their tour card for 2025.
Marco Penge, sitting at No. 115 at the start of the tournament, made birdie on his final hole to make the cut on the number and keep his chances alive of staying on the DP World Tour next year.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Byeong Hun An leads Genesis Championship on DP World Tour, seeks first win in nine years
