Si Woo Kim leads Wyndham Championship

August 16, 2020 at 4:32AM
Si Woo Kim, of South Korea, lines up a putt on the first hole during the third round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Si Woo Kim studied a putt at Sedgefield Country Club, where he first won on the PGA Tour and where he leads again. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Si Woo Kim thinks he's playing like he did four years ago, when he took his first PGA Tour victory at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.

Those chasing Kim in Sunday's final round have to hope he's wrong.

Kim had a hole-in-one on the way to a 62 and a two-shot lead over Doc Redman and Rob Oppenheim after three rounds of the PGA Tour's final event before the playoffs.

Kim got going with his ace on the 161-yard third hole, and thereafter he relived 2016, when every drive hit the fairway.

"I feel like pretty similar this year," Kim said.

There's a difference that could make Kim even harder to beat, he believes: He won the 2017 Players Championship since.

"That's the good experience for me," he said.

Kim, 18 under after 54 holes, has broken 70 in nine of his past 10 rounds.

Billy Horschel shot a 65 and was three strokes back.

Tom Hoge, from Fargo and twice winner of the Minnesota State Amateur, shot a 72 and fell from the lead to 10 strokes back.

Kelly stays atop senior major

Jerry Kelly bogeyed two of the last four holes for another even-par 70 on Firestone's South Course in Akron, Ohio, leaving him with a one-stroke lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.

Kelly, 2 under, was among four players under par in the PGA Tour Champions' first 2020 major. Woody Austin (67), Scott Parel (67) and Colin Montgomerie (68) were 1 under.

Munoz leads LPGA event

Azahara Munoz birdied the 18th hole to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Ladies Scottish Open in North Berwick. She shot a 2-under 69 for a 7-under 206 total, just ahead of American Stacy Lewis (70).

U.S. Amateur final set

Tyler Strafaci and Charles Osborne advanced to the U.S. Amateur final at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Ore.

Strafaci, a Georgia Tech player, beat Oklahoma State's Aman Gupta 1-up, and Osborne, who plays for SMU, defeated UNC-Charlotte's Matthew Sharpstene 4 and 2. Strafaci is trying to become the second consecutive Georgia Tech player to win.

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