For the second consecutive day, the 2024 Vacationers Championship skilled a protracted suspension of play as gamers have been pulled off the golf course on account of extreme climate at 3:30 p.m. ET solely to return 2 hours and 50 minutes later. Main as he stepped off the golf course for the delay, Tom Kim stored his wits about himself Saturday and stepped off the 18th inexperienced with the lead for the third straight day.
Carding a 5-under 65 in Spherical 3, the 22-year-old sits at 18 underneath and one away from Scottie Scheffler and Akshay Bhatia heading into Sunday’s deciding spherical. A win at TPC River Highlands would symbolize the fourth — and most definitely the largest — of Kim’s younger profession, nevertheless it must be earned with the variety of stars that lurk.
After experiencing a considerably sloppy restart with a few bogeys on the preliminary portion of his inward half, Scheffler surged late with 5 birdies in his final six holes to push his title again into rivalry at 17 underneath. Sharing a birthday, observe rounds and break day the golf course with Kim, the 2 will now share a last spherical tee time collectively as they wrestle for the final signature occasion title of the season.
Scheffler drafted off the momentum of his taking part in accomplice, Bhatia, who stored tempo and can spherical out that last threesome on Sunday because of back-to-back birdies on Nos. 17-18. In the meantime, Sungjae Im seeks his first win on the PGA Tour in over two years from two adrift at 16 underneath is alongside the 2022 champion Xander Schauffele at that quantity because of a closing 40-foot birdie effort.
In whole, there are 10 gamers inside 5 strokes of Kim’s lead after 54 holes with heavy hitters like Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Shane Lowry, Patrick Cantlay and Mr. 59 himself, Cameron Younger, all jostling for one of many greatest trophies on the PGA Tour taking part in calendar.
The chief
1. Tom Kim (-18)
It took him 40 holes, however Kim dropped his first (and solely) shot of this event when he 3 putted from 11 ft on the par-4 4th. Issues may have began to maneuver rapidly for the younger gun as names like Scheffler, Schauffele and Morikawa made their strikes and pushed Kim out of the lead for the primary time since Thursday. He hung robust, nevertheless, and performed his final 14 holes in 6 underneath to safe a one-stroke lead with one spherical to play.
“I will exit tomorrow with the identical sport plan and attempt to do the issues that I have been doing and if it is adequate, it is nice, but when somebody’s higher than that, I can not do something about it. So simply sort of go in with the expectation of there’s simply, it is a stacked leaderboard, out right here a 5-, 6-shot lead is just not secure in any respect. So I acquired to exit tomorrow and do the identical sport plan and execute.”
Different contenders
T2. Scottie Scheffler, Akshay Bhatia (-17)
T4. Xander Schauffele, Sungjae Im (-16)
6. Collin Morikawa (-15)
T7. Tony Finau, Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas (-14)
T10. Cameron Younger, Patrick Cantlay (-13)
For part of the again 9, Scheffler appeared slightly out of kinds as he dropped a shot on a brief par 3 and missed a tee shot extensive main to a different. So far as three off the lead at one stage, the five-time winner this season placed on his onerous hat and started working. 5 birdies over the course of his last six holes together with a laser into the tough par-4 seventeenth and one other to tap-in distance on his finisher positioned the Texan superbly for an additional dash to the winner’s circle.
“Generally once you’re in pairs you’ll be able to feed off one another the flawed or the precise approach,” Scheffler stated. “At present, particularly on the finish, we have been feeding off one another what I’d say in the precise approach. It is at all times an excellent factor.”
Cameron Younger playing cards the spherical of the season
The previous PGA Tour Rookie of the Yr grew to become the thirteenth participant in PGA Tour historical past to card a sub-60 spherical Saturday at TPC River Highlands. After taking part in his first 4 holes in a 5-under style, Cameron Younger added a pair birdies on his entrance 9 to show in 28. A birdie on No. 13 was adopted by his second eagle of the spherical on the brief par-4 fifteenth. One final circle was placed on his scorecard on the par-4 seventeenth that means a par on the final was adequate for Younger’s 59. Coming into the week, Younger had carded 9 straight rounds at par-or-worse and coming into in the present day, he did not really feel significantly nice about his possibilities both. That is simply golf.
“Awoke, would have most well-liked to return to sleep,” Younger stated. “Did precisely what I do each day coming to the golf course, get a espresso, ate, noticed the physio, and went on the market, warmed up. Did not really feel significantly superior. I chunked a number of much less on the vary than I did yesterday. Then, yeah, got here out and simply was very comfy and issues simply began coming down near the outlet.”
2024 Vacationers Championship up to date odds and picks
- Scottie Scheffler: 3/2
- Tom Kim: 7/2
- Xander Schauffele: 5-1
- Akshay Bhatia: 7-1
- Sungjae Im: 12-1
- Collin Morikawa: 12-1
Kim has been the most effective participant this week in all the precise areas. He is holing putts with consistency, splitting fairways, and placing his method photographs shut. He should not be phased by the pairing with Scheffler as the 2 are good buddies and he has loads of horsepower to get to a profitable rating that will contact 25 underneath.
Patrick McDonald recaps shifting day on the 2024 Vacationers Championship. Comply with & hearken to The First Lower on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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