The South Korean golfer Tom Kim heads into the final day of the Travelers Championship as the leader, with a one-shot leada minimal advantage that, due to equality at the top of the standings, does not guarantee final victory.
Kim Yesterday he shot 5 under par, for a total of 65 strokes to keep the lead, to a day where Cameron Young was outstanding, scoring a stratospheric 59 shots in Saturday’s third round in Cromwell (Connecticut).
total, Kim was at 192, a -18, heading into Sunday’s final round, with a one-stroke lead over world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Akshay Bhatia.
Scheffler finished the third round with four consecutive birdies, including a tap-in on the 18th hole as Bhatia birdied her final two holes to match Scheffler’s 64.
“I try to do the things I do and if it’s good enough, it’s going to be great,” Kim said about Sunday’s plan. “But if someone is better than that, there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Bhatia and Scheffler were in the same pair on Saturday and They seemed to succeed in each other’s strong rotations.
“Especially in the end we raised each other the right way I would say,” Scheffler said. “It’s always a good thing”.
Kim became the favorite. His only bogey of the tournament came on the fourth hole on Saturday, when he needed three putts.
Xander Schauffele, who strung together three consecutive birdies on the back of a bogey-free round until the final hole, shot a 64 to join South Korean Sungjae Im (63) at 16 under par.
Collin Morikawa, who played in the final with Kim, scored a 66 and tied for sixth at 15 under par.
Young, who finished in the early afternoon before a lengthy weather delay, He recorded the 13th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history with an 11-under 59.
“I can’t say I expected it,” Young said.
The game is suspended due to weather for 2 hours and 50 minutes in the afternoon. That left many golfers with more than 10 holes to play once they returned to the course.
As the weather is likely to become more dangerous, The PGA Tour announced that groups will begin in trios for the final round. and the leaders start at 4:15 pm (Spanish time) with an expected finish time of around 10:00 pm
In the first round of 59 on tour since 2020, Young jumped from a tie for 24th to share the lead at 13 under, although the second-round leaders had barely started their third round when Young finished.
At the end of the day, Young shared 10th place, but he certainly had a memorable experience.
“I basically did what I do every day: go to the golf course, have coffee and eat,” Young said. “…I went out and warmed up, I didn’t feel good. I did a little bit less on the field than I did (Friday) and then I came out and I felt really comfortable.”
He needed 24 putts, hitting 15 of 18 greens in regulation. He had two eagles and seven birdies with no bogeys.
child, who played collegiately for Wake Forest, started the round with a birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie en route to a 7-under 28 on the front nine. The eagle came when he holed his second shot from 142 yards on the par-4 third hole.
Young also had an eagle at the par-4 15th, where he used a 3-iron off the tee to drive the green and set up a 4-foot eagle putt. After a birdie on the 17th hole, Young’s tee shot on the final hole landed in the rough and he ultimately needed a 10-foot putt for par.
“All of a sudden, I made a 59-18 putt, which was amazing.”said.
Young finished one shot shy of Jim Furyk’s record of 58 set in the 2016 tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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