{"id":1073,"date":"2026-05-24T08:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2026-05-24T08:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:32:38","slug":"si-woo-kim-hangs-on-to-byron-nelson-lead-with-scottie-scheffler-wyndham-clark-chasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1073","title":{"rendered":"Si Woo Kim hangs on to Byron Nelson lead, with Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark chasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>McKINNEY, Texas \u2014 Si Woo Kim lost all of the five-shot lead he built a day earlier while\u00a0flirting with sub-60 history\u00a0at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1071\">Bentley makes history by earning trip to Div. 2 College World Series, while Endicott returns to D3 Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The 30-year-old South Korean still managed to maintain an edge over a couple of major champions, including hometown favorite and\u00a0defending champion Scottie Scheffler, heading into the final round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kim shot 3-under 68 on Saturday for a two-shot lead over top-ranked Scheffler and 2023 US Open champion Wyndham Clark, who had matching 65s.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s fun being in contention,\u201d said Clark, a three-time tour winner seeking his first victory since Pebble Beach in 2024. \u201cWhether you have to shoot 8 under to win or 1 under to win, it\u2019s fun because you still feel the same heat. Tomorrow it\u2019s probably going to be exactly that way where you have to make a ton of birdies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sungjae Im, Kim\u2019s countryman, followed a second-round 61 with a 67 and was another two shots back with Stephan Jaeger and Tom Hoge. Jaeger\u2019s 64 was the low round of the day at the TPC Craig Ranch, and Hoge shot 66.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Zach Bauchou (66) was 16 under, one shot ahead of Brooks Koepka (66) and three others. Koepka, who opened with a 63, is looking for his first win since returning to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kim, the field\u2019s second highest-ranked player behind Scheffler at No. 24, was in position for a 59 in the second round but had a bogey at 18 that forced him to settle for 60.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His five-shot lead was tied for the second-biggest on tour through 36 holes this season behind Rory McIlroy\u2019s six-shot edge when he defended his Masters championship in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was gone by the 11th hole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Three bogeys in a span of four holes \u2014 all on putts inside 10 feet \u2014 dropped the four-time tour winner into a tie with Clark at 18 under. Clark had earlier pulled within a stroke with a short eagle putt on the par-5 ninth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kim, a Dallas resident, answered with three birdies over the next four holes \u2014 a day after he had 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was thinking about too much scoring like first 10, 11 holes,\u201d Kim said. \u201cSo I\u2019m just trying to be back to kind of like yesterday. Yeah, just trying to hit the good shots and trying to like, all the mojo\u2019s back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clark took the lead a scrambling birdie at the par-5 12th, making a 15-foot putt after a bunker shot with his right foot in the grass, his flexed right knee almost touching the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1069\">Eastern Mass. tennis: Players of the Week for May 16-20<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What a birdie from Wyndham Clark \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa CBS pic.twitter.com\/PgkhUz1xVu<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 23, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Kim, Scheffler, and Clark were tied at 19 under when Kim went in front with a birdie on the short par-4 14th after Scheffler and Clark settled for pars after trying to drive the green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clark got even again, but Kim went in front for good with a birdie at the par-3 15th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scheffler, a four-time major winner who ran away to an eight-shot victory at last year\u2019s Nelson, answered his first bogey of the tournament on the par-3 fourth with three birdies over the final five holes on the front nine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTwo shots back going into tomorrow, so I\u2019m looking forward to the challenge,\u201d said Scheffler, who is looking for his 21st tour win. \u201cIt\u2019s always fun when I get to play with Si Woo. I think it\u2019s good for the community to have two guys that are local up there on the leaderboard. Should be a fun day tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This wont be the first time Scottie Scheffler and Si Woo Kim are playing together in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>The good friends and Dallas residents will be paired together for the 3rd time this week on Sunday @CJByronNelson. pic.twitter.com\/0uh2KVj9KK<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 23, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Clark, seeking his first win since 2024 at Pebble Beach, was standing over the putt before what ended up being one of his early birdies when he stepped away and dabbed at his nose. He made the putt, but was still dabbing at his nose a few holes later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t really know,\u201d the 32-year-old said when asked if he had a bloody nose. \u201cI had like a cut on my nose, and I went like this. Next thing you know, I was bleeding. It wasn\u2019t quite a bloody nose, but it lasted a couple holes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jordan Spieth, a hometown favorite alongside Scheffler, faded with four bogeys on his first five holes on the back nine a day after six consecutive birdies to start his second nine spurred a 62. He shot 73.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>First-round leader Taylor Moore was back in contention after four consecutive birdies, but went in the water at 15 and ended up with a triple-bogey 6. He shot 69 and was 13 under.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Japan\u2019s Kensei Hirata, playing in the final group with Kim and Im, shot 70 and trails by seven. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1068\">Globe Top 20 boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 tennis polls: Primed for the playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite losing all of the five-shot lead he built a day earlier, the 30-year-old South Korean still holds a two-shot edge heading into Sunday&#8217;s final round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Si Woo Kim hangs on to Byron Nelson lead, with Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark chasing - 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