Si Woo Kim of South Korea birdied his remaining two holes to report his second consecutive 64 and win the PGA Tour’s Sony Open in Honolulu.
Eight birdies within the remaining spherical helped Kim end the week with on 18-under, beating third-round chief Hayden Buckley by a stroke.
The important thing second got here on the par-3 seventeenth, the place Kim’s tee shot missed the inexperienced. He chipped in from about 28 toes away for a birdie that proved pivotal. The chip-in tied him with Buckley at 17 below, and his two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th at Waialae Nation Membership obtained him to 18 below. Kim clinched his fourth PGA Tour title when Buckley’s birdie effort on 18 to drive a play-off slid by the opening.
Kim, 27, who recorded his final PGA Tour victory at The American Categorical in January 2021, now has 4 PGA Tour wins to his identify, having gained the Wyndham Championship in 2016 and The Gamers Championship in 2017.
Chris Kirk completed third at 15 below, whereas Surrey’s Ben Taylor tied for fourth at 14 below alongside Andrew Putnam and David Lipsky. The 30-year-old Epsom-born participant carded a final-round 69, to go along with earlier spherical of 66, 66 and 65, to get pleasure from his second highest end on the PGA Tour, following his third-place end on the Houston Open in November final yr. Taylor has been taking part in on the Korn Ferry Tour since 2019 however earned his PGA Tour card for the 2022-23 season after ending ninth on the US second-tier tour in 2022.
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SI WOO KIM’S WINNING GEAR
Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond Driver (8.5°)
Fairway woods: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond 3, 5 (15°, 18°)
Irons: Callaway X Cast CB Irons (3-PW)
Wedges: Callaway JAWS Uncooked Wedges (54°, 60°)
Putter: Odyssey 2-Ball Ten Broomstick
Ball: Callaway Chrome Comfortable X