The 21-year-old was not as dominant as a day earlier, when he fired a course-record 60, but he managed to stay at the front of the pack for all of Saturday’s round at the Sedgefield Country Club course in Greensboro, North Carolina. “Give yourself chances and you will roll putts and that’s what I’m going to try to do tomorrow”.
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“I was a little bit concerned after two bogies and I overcome with the birdie (at 15) and then next one I recover from one bad shot and then right after that horn blow I said, ‘Oh, thank you, I can win, ‘ ” Kim said.
“(I) feel confidence so I don’t have any fear to attacking the pin”, he said.
“I can’t really hope for much with these kinds of shots and putts”. Only problem have pressure. He lost a playoff for the Barbasol Championship a month ago.
On the ninth hole, which was Kim’s 18th of the day, he used driver off the tee on the uphill par four. Na and Rafa Cabrera Bello shared the first-round lead at 7-under. “I am trying to win”.
Former Edgerton athlete Allyssa Ferrell is tied for 86th place, 12 shots off the lead at the PHC Classic at Brown Deer Park in Milwaukee. Ko made the first hole-in-one of her career as she raced into contention with a 65, closing the gap to two shots. She sits at 5-over 149.
While Kim had no regrets about the way he played the final hole, Glover could only rue leaving short his putt for 59. He shared second place with Americans Kevin Na, Jim Furyk and Lucas Glover.
The 21-year-old, who came close to carding a 59 round on Friday on his way to taking the midway lead, followed a third-round 64 with a three-under 67 on Sunday to finish five clear of nearest challenger Luke Donald.
Graeme McDowell birdied the final four holes for a 64.
He wasn’t able to match his 63 from Thursday, but his 68 put him at nine under par and within reach of Kim.
US Amateur – Curtis Luck won eight consecutive holes shortly after the midway point of the final, and the Australian beat Brad Dalke, 6 and 4, to become the third global champion in four years.
The 36-hole final on the South Course at Oakland Hills was all square after 18, and Dalke won the first hole after the break. Dalke beat Southern California junior Jonah Texeira 3 and 2.
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VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic – Defending champion Thomas Pieters is by himself at the top of the Czech Masters leaderboard after shooting a 2-under 70 in Saturday’s third round for a two-stroke lead.
