Kim turns into youngest participant since Jordan Spieth and second-youngest since World Battle Two to win on the PGA Tour; Korean makes an eagle, eight birdies and a lone bogey throughout a superb remaining spherical in North Carolina
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Joohyung Kim booked a last-minute invite to the FedExCup Playoffs after Wyndham Championship victory
Joohyung Kim grew to become the second-youngest winner on the PGA Tour this century and first born within the 2000s are easing to a formidable five-stroke victory on the Wyndham Championship.
Kim, who quadruple-bogeyed his opening gap of the event on Thursday, went into the ultimate spherical two strokes off the tempo however pulled away from the sphere by enjoying an eight-hole stretch in eight beneath on his technique to a superb nine-under 61.
The 20-year-old ended the week on 20 beneath and effectively forward of compatriot Sungjae Im, who holed out from the fifth fairway for eagle and birdied three of his final 5 holes in a final-round 68, with John Huh additionally sharing second on 15 beneath.
Kim carded rounds of 67, 64, 68 and 61 to finish a breakthrough PGA Tour victory
Victory sees Kim turn into a full-time member of the PGA Tour and makes him eligible to compete within the season-ending FedExCup play-offs, which start on Thursday on the FedEx St Jude Championship.
Kim holed putts from 20 ft and 25 ft to publish back-to-back birdies from the second and added one other from 12 ft on the fourth, earlier than a superb strategy into the par-five fifth arrange an eight-foot eagle and took him 5 beneath after simply 5 holes.
A 20-foot birdie on the subsequent was adopted by a formidable save from half the gap on the seventh, with successive features from the eighth seeing Kim attain the flip in 27 and equal the second-lowest nine-hole rating in PGA Tour historical past.
Kim began his again 9 with a bogey after a wayward tee shot and missed a six-foot birdie alternative on the par-three twelfth, solely to finish a run of pars by making a two-putt birdie on the par-five fifteenth.
An outstanding tee-shot into the par-three sixteenth arrange a close-range birdie to maneuver Kim to 9 beneath and leaving him requiring a birdie-birdie end to card a sub-60 spherical, just for him to finish a convincing victory with back-to-back pars.
Kim is projected to maneuver to thirty fourth within the FedExCup standings after his victory
Im missed out on the prospect for solo second when he bogeyed his remaining gap, whereas Huh matched the Korean’s eagle on the par-five fifth and claimed the joint runner-up end after a three-under 67.
Ben Griffin claimed fourth spot forward of Max McGreevy, Russell Henley and Taylor Moore, whereas England’s Tyrrell Hatton moved into tied-eighth and 11 beneath after a final-round 64.
Watch the FedExCup Playoffs reside this August on Sky Sports activities. Stay protection of the FedEx St Jude Championship begins on Thursday from 1.15pm by way of the pink button and 6pm on Sky Sports activities Golf.
