LOS ANGELES – In a week filled with U.S. Tom Kim is also joining the fun.
Kim barely made the cut on the first two rounds, but he was able to make it by a single shot. He was one over after 36-holes, but on Saturday, the third round at Los Angeles Country Club under the most sunny skies this week, he became hotter than his Nike pink shirt.
Kim birdied his first, third and fourth holes, as well as the sixth, eighth, ninth, to reach 5 under par at the halfway point of his round.
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The score of 29 for his front nine also ties the 9 hole scoring mark.
This is the fifth time a golfer has posted a score of 29 at the U.S. Open.
Lowest 9 hole scores at a U.S. Open
- Neal Lancaster final round at Shinnecock Hills in 1995
- Neal Lancaster, Oakland Hills, 1996, second round.
- Vijay Singh, second round, Olympia Fields, 2003
- Louis Oosthuizen, final round, Chambers Bay, 2015
- Tom Kim, LACC third round, 2023
Fans have already been treated to three hole-in-ones (the 49th 50th and 51st aces of U.S. Open’s history) and a pair 62s by Rickie Schauffele and Xander. Fowler tied the 36-hole U.S. Open record with his second-round score of 130 after his 68.
Back to Kim
On the back nine, he continued to play fast and made another birdie at No. Fowler was four shots behind him after Fowler’s birdie on 10.
