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PGA TOUR Power Rankings: 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship

By Mike Randleman

JACKSON, MS - OCTOBER 30: The trophy during the Final Round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson on October 30, 2016 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
JACKSON, MS - OCTOBER 30: The trophy during the Final Round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson on October 30, 2016 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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JACKSON, MS – OCTOBER 26: Sungjae Im of South Korea plays his shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 26, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
JACKSON, MS – OCTOBER 26: Sungjae Im of South Korea plays his shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 26, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /

The 2018-19 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year is looking to take the next step this season. Playing virtually every week on Tour, the 21-year-old South Korean tallied 17 top-25 finishes last year, led the Tour in eagles and missed just eight cuts in 33 starts.

He was the only rookie to make the 30-player Tour Championship and has a pedigree for going low. He led the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour money list where he was twice a winner and thrice a runner-up.

After two weeks off from the Tour Championship, where he finished T-15, Im recorded his fourth top-20 in the last five starts last week at A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier (66-67-67-71).

Im is remarkably consistent, particularly for his inexperience playing new courses each week. The next step is to contend. Despite six top-10s, including a T-3 at the elevated status Arnold Palmer Invitational, he rarely factored late on Sunday.

He was 33rd on the PGA Tour last season in strokes gained off the tee (.341), 23rd around the green (.285) and 39th putting (.323). The flat stick stayed hot last week as he was sixth in the field putting (1.806).

Im is familiar with the Country Club of Jackson and will look to stick around for the weekend following rounds of 72-73 in 2018 to miss the cut by two.

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