Si Woo Kim Shoots 60, Takes Five-Shot Lead at Cj Cup Byron Nelson
Si Woo Kim shot an 11-under 60 on Friday at the cj cup byron nelson and opened a five-shot lead after two rounds. He missed a chance at 59 with a bogey on the 18th hole. Even so, he reached 18-under 124 and put daylight between himself and the field.
Kim’s 60 at TPC Craig Ranch
The round turned on the closing stretch at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. Kim rolled in his 12th birdie of the day on the par-3 17th, a curling 17-foot putt from the fringe, then walked to the final tee with a sub-60 score in reach.
He bogeyed the last hole and settled for 60. Kim said, "I hit it great and putted great" and added, "So everything was perfect, other than the last hole. I’ll still take it. Sixty is hard, but I was a little bit of thinking about the 59 after I make that on 17. It was a little bit of like adrenaline."
Scottie Scheffler, Sungjae Im in pursuit
Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka were in Kim’s group, and Scheffler shot 8-under 63 to reach 13 under. Sungjae Im also finished at 13 under after a 61 that included an ace on the par-3 seventh, while Kensei Hirata and Wyndham Clark joined him in a tie for second.
Kim’s round came under soft scoring conditions after Thursday rain allowed players to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairway. The 18th hole was playing as a par 4 for the first time in the six Nelson tournaments at Craig Ranch after a $25-million overhaul designed by Lanny Wadkins changed it from a par 5.
That setup still did not slow Kim, who is a four-time PGA Tour winner and lives in Dallas. His lead is built on one of the best rounds in tournament history and leaves the rest of the board chasing a player who was one putt away from joining the PGA Tour’s 16th sub-60 round. Jim Furyk holds the tour record with a 58 from the 2016 Travelers Championship, and Scheffler’s 59 came at TPC Boston in 2020.
