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\u201cToday was an awesome day, but still, I\u2019m only halfway there so still need to kind of get focused up for the weekend,\u201d said Kim, who shot 69 Thursday.<\/p>\n
Kohles’ post-round interview was interrupted by a roar when Kim made his final putt.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThat\u2019s sick,\u201d he said smiling. \u201cThere\u2019s a 59. I guess 62 wasn\u2019t as good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kim\u2019s mindset is to not play \u201ctoo protective.\u201d That is not easy at the par-3 17th and par-5 18th where water lines each hole.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just kind of told myself like, \u2018Hey, this is the way, this is the moment to get into the history books and let\u2019s go for it, let\u2019s not try to luck our way into it, let\u2019s try to step up and hit some really good shots,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Kim needed to make an uphill 24-foot putt with little break on the final hole to reach the magic number.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tend to leave those short when it\u2019s that uphill and I just, last thing was just get it there, just don\u2019t leave it short,\u201d said Kim, who raised his hands and did a few fist bumps when the ball sank into the cup.<\/p>\n
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Kim, whose previous career low round was 62, made five straight birdies beginning on No. 3 and added three in a four-hole stretch beginning on No. 9.<\/p>\n
Eight of his birdies were from more than 10 feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you hit a putt and it does exactly what you kind of envisioned before you hit it, it\u2019s an awesome feeling. Felt like that all day out there,\u201d said Kim, whose lone tour win came at the 2018 John Deere Classic.<\/p>\n
Second in the Valero Texas Open in April, Kim\u2019s best finish in 12 tournaments since was 17th, and he missed four cuts, including the past three weeks at the British Open, Scottish Open and John Deere Classic.<\/p>\n
Playing the previous five weeks, Kim thought about skipping this week\u2019s tour stop.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI felt decent energy-wise,\u201d Kim said, \u201cso I went home after I missed the cut at the Open, just spent a couple days relaxing and came up here and really happy I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kim and Kohles played in the morning before the wind picked up and gusts topped 20 mph. Afternoon scores reflected the change.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefinitely wasn\u2019t a 59 out there. Maybe somebody playing really well could have shot 64, 63,\u201d Grillo said.<\/p>\n
Scheffler was at 9 under before his approach shot found the water at No. 14, leading to a double bogey. His tee shot at the par-3 17th landed in the right rough, and a second shot from an awkward lie with the ball well below his feet skidded 34 feet past the hole, leading to a bogey.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust got a bad break, but that happens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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