The South Korean golfer Tom Kim celebrated his 22nd birthday yesterday by securing the lead in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell (Connecticut), after the first two days of competition.
Kim took advantage of his 62 shots from the first round and yesterday’s 65 (-5) to come in as the leader, with 127 hits (-13) until cutting day at TPC River Highlands.
It was the best score in the first 36 holes of his young career, and now two shots ahead of Collin Morikawa, Akshay Bhatia and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who also had a birthday yesterday, Friday.
The winner of the PGA Championship, Xander Schauffele is fifth at 10 under par after his second straight 65.
Kim, bogey-free through 36 holes, said he wasn’t thinking about his round Thursday when he took the lead.
“I play very well and I know what I’m doing on the golf course, so I just execute my game plan, that’s how I do it”said Kim.
Kim, who has won the circuit three times, he made five birdies in his first 10 holesincluding three in a row in Nos. 8-10, highlighted by two 14-foot holes, before finishing with eight straight pars.
However, he did not increase his advantage beyond the two strokes with which he started the day, while Morikawa shot a 63 with seven birdies and no bogeys.
Morikawa He birdied six holes on the front nine for a 29, tying his career-best nine-hole score on tour.
“It’s a course where the guys won’t take their foot off the accelerator and we have to stay that way,” Morikawa said. “…Every hole here is essentially a birdie hole if you hit the fairway, so we just have to keep it up.”
Schefflerthat He turned 28 on Friday.his afternoon was ruined by a a weather delay of three hours and 14 minutes after lightning struck near the area. He was one of 14 players who had to wait out the delay before completing their rounds.
He had three consecutive birdies at Nos. 13-15 and joined the group at 11 under par by birdying No. 18.
“Definitely better than last week,” Scheffler said, comparing his performance to his tie for 41st place at the US Open. “I felt, like I said (Thursday), that I saw some things in my swing and I feel like I’m seeing more breaks on these greens. I’m definitely feeling some good momentum from the last two day.”
Source: La Verdad
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