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Golf | Juan Sebastián Muñoz makes his debut at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games | Olympic Games

Colombian golfers Sebastián Muñoz and María José Uribe will have to face the Kasumigaseki Country Club, a course with a lot of vegetation, a very classic design and which has a length of 7,466 yards (par 71).

On this field, María José Uribe affirmed that “this Japanese scenario has certain similarities with the fields that are regularly played in Colombia or South America.” It is worth mentioning that the Kasumigaseki Country Club has hosted championships such as the Canada Cup, currently the World Cup of Golf, and the Japan Open (1933, 1956, 1995 and 2006), as well as the Japan Women’s Open in 1999.

Juan Sebastián Muñoz has played as a professional since 2015, in February 2016, playing at the invitation of a sponsor, Muñoz won the Club Colombia Championship on the Web.com Tour. This victory, in his hometown Bogotá, earned him a Web.com Tour card and was the first victory for a Colombian golfer on the Web.com Tour.He finished 22nd on the regular season money list, giving him a was worth a PGA Tour card for the 2017 season.

On September 22, 2019, Muñoz won his first PGA Tour tournament, winning the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Muñoz won in a playoff over Im Sung-jae.5

Muñoz will begin his participation in men’s Olympic golf, from Thursday, July 29, at 7:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday 28 in Colombian time. Meanwhile, María José Uribe will do it in her branch at 7:30 am on Wednesday, August 4, and 5:30 pm on Tuesday, August 3 in Colombia.

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