(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 18 - In Hawaii Kevin Na wins in the sprint the Sony Open in golf and celebrates his fifth career title on the PGA Tour. In doubt on the eve of a rib problem, the South Korean, naturalized American, in Honolulu with a partial final 65 (-5) out of a total of 259 (-21) strokes, with a decisive birdie on the eighteenth hole of the day (the last) overtaking the competition of the American ChrisKirk and the Chilean Joaquin Niemann, both second with 260 (- 20).
The kiss to the trophy and the walk hand in hand with her daughter Sophia.
So Na celebrated the feat at the Sony Open.
"It was a great emotion - the joy of the 37-year-old born in Seoul -.
A few days ago I didn't even know if I would play and instead managed to win".
Second at the end of the "moving day" Na managed to win thanks to a good race finish.
The victory in Hawaii allowed the US to move from 38th to 23rd position in the world ranking and to cash a check for 1,188,000 dollars for a total prize pool of 6,600,000.
On the course of the Waialae Country Club (par 70), a good comeback by Webb Simpson, from 13 / o to 4 / o (261, -19) alongside BrendanSteele (second in 2020 and leader this year after the third lap) and Marc Leishman .
Positive final also for Collin Morikawa, 7 / o with 262 (-18).
A few days off and then the PGA Tour will be back from California with The AmericanExpress (January 21-24) which will see Francesco Molinari return to the race.
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