South Korea’s Tom Kim equals Tiger Woods’ feat with win at Las Vegas
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South Korea’s Tom Kim is taking some serious strides in the world of golf. He has not even turned 21 and has already matched the feat that only legendary Tiger Woods has achieved in the past.
After taking advantage of a late mistake by Patrick Cantlay, Kim won the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas on Sunday. In the process, he became the first player to win two PGA Tour tournaments before turning 21 since Tiger Woods did in 1996.
A bogey-free tournament on the TPC Summerlin course gave the 20-year-old golfer his second win in his last four tour starts, following up a victory at the Wyndham Championship earlier in August. It earned him a full-time tour card.
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Tom Kim feels he got lucky on the 18th
The 30-year-old American and Kim headed to the 18th to take the lead, but Cantley hit a poor tee shot and was left with an unplayable lie after the second shot which hit the bush and went nowhere. As a result, he shared second place with Matthew Nesmith, making a triple-bogey long putt.
“I got very lucky on the 18th, I’m not going to lie,” Kim told the Golf Channel. “Patrick played awesome and it was an honour to battle with him and to come out on top, I feel very fortunate.”
“I think I’ve got to give big credit to Joe, my caddie,” Kim said of Joe Skovron. “He really kept me in it and we had a really good game plan coming into the week, and it paid off. I’m having fun playing on the PGA Tour. It’s awesome.”
Cantlay said Sunday’s loss was not a matter of luck. “I made a bad [driver] swing, and it went where it went,” Cantlay said. “After it was kind of in the bush there, I figured the only chance I had to stay in the tournament was to try to get it back in the fairway. Obviously, I couldn’t get it back in the fairway.”
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