Michael Kim is thrilled to be “a part of the historical past books” after an outstanding 12-under-par spherical of 59 on the 3M Open in Minnesota.
The American drained a 24-foot birdie putt on the remaining gap to publish simply the sixteenth sub-60 spherical ever on the US PGA Tour.
Kim birdied the final 4 holes at TPC Twin Cities course in Blaine, lifting each arms in triumph when the putt on 18 rolled in earlier than unleashing a mighty fist-pump.
The 33-year-old had 12 birdies and not using a bogey to complete his second spherical within the lead, three pictures in entrance of compatriot Ben Kohles.
Seoul-born Kim is the fifteenth golfer to succeed in the magic variety of 59 on the US tour.
Jim Furyk shot a tour-record 58 on the 2016 Vacationers Championship, having beforehand made 59 on the 2013 BMW Championship.
“I type of keep in mind pondering on 18 that you must go for it, 60 or 61 would not actually make an excessive amount of of a distinction,” mentioned Kim, whose earlier finest spherical was a 62.
“To shoot 59 was fairly cool and appears like I am a part of the historical past books.”
Kim’s sensational day included 5 birdies in a row from the third by way of the seventh holes, a run launched with an 11-foot birdie putt on the third.
He made a 12-footer on the par-three fourth, landed his method inside 5 ft and made that on the fifth, sank a 10-foot birdie on the sixth and a two-footer at seven.
Kim added back-to-back birdies on the ninth and tenth and yet another at 12 earlier than launching his closing burst with a birdie from simply inside 12 ft on the fifteenth.
He stored it going with a 13-foot birdie at 16 and drilled a 17-foot birdie putt on the par-three seventeenth.
“I made a very nice birdie putt on 16. It had lots of break to it and it went in useless centre,” Kim mentioned.
“There’s lots of water on 17 and 18 and I simply type of instructed myself like ‘hey, that is the best way – that is the second to get into the historical past books and let’s go for it, let’s not attempt to luck our method into it, let’s attempt to step up and hit some actually good pictures’.”
