Tom Kim hits his tee shot on Saturday on the seventh gap at TPC River Highlands.
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In early Might, he performed the Byron Nelson. Tied for 52nd. Truthful.
Every week later, he performed the Wells Fargo. Tied for forty seventh. Higher.
Every week later, he performed the PGA Championship. Tied for twenty sixth. Higher once more.
Every week later, he performed the Charles Schwab Problem. Tied for twenty fourth. Nonetheless higher.
Every week later, he performed the Canadian Open. Tied for fourth. Actually good.
Every week later, he performed the Memorial. Tied for forty third. A step again was most likely anticipated.
Then final week, he performed the U.S. Open. Tied for twenty sixth. And the development continued.
It hasn’t stopped. This week, on the Vacationers Championship, issues have reached a zenith for Tom Kim. On Thursday, he shot an eight-under 62. On Friday, a 65. On Saturday, one other 65. Added all collectively, he’s holding a one-stroke lead heading into Sunday’s closing spherical at TPC River Highlands — and he believes his schedule is a cause.
Kim thought he was shut. So he selected to experience it. For eight straight weeks.
“For me, I felt like my sport was there, however wasn’t actually displaying in tournaments,” Kim mentioned Thursday. “I sort of sat down and I’m like, you recognize what, it’s nearly the final stretch of the season, and I need to actually — I really feel like I’m enjoying good, [but] I simply can’t, for some cause, I can’t present it off in golf tournaments. I feel that’s the explanation why I’m enjoying much more than I usually ever would is as a result of should you maintain getting reps in in tournaments, you sort of maintain sharpening, sharpening, sharpening, and that’s what’s taking place.
“So it’s, I’m glad to sort of see it truly come out although.”
Sunday, beginning at 11:15 a.m., he performs within the closing grouping with Akshay Bhatia and Scottie Scheffler, who’re each one shot again. The penultimate group shall be Xander Schauffele, Sungjae Im and Collin Morikawa, and so they tee off at 11:04 a.m..
Protection of Sunday’s closing spherical has been adjusted as a result of storms. It’s going to begin at midday on Golf Channel, and CBS picks it up beginning at 2 p.m.
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2024 Vacationers Championship tee instances for Sunday: Spherical 4 (ET)
Tee No. 1
6:50 a.m. — Adam Schenk, Peter Malnati,
7 a.m. — Nick Dunlap, Justin Rose
7:10 a.m. — Harris English, Taylor Moore, Max Homa
7:20 a.m. — Eric Cole, Russell Henley, Jordan Spieth
7:31 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel, Victor Perez
7:42 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Davis Riley
7:53 a.m. — Adam Scott, Emiliano Grillo, Chris Gotterup
8:09 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Sepp Straka, Andrew Putnam
8:20 a.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, J.T. Poston, Thomas Detry
8:31 a.m. — Cam. Davis, Webb Simpson, Nick Taylor
8:42 a.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Jason Day, Lee Hodges
8:53 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Sam Burns
9:04 a.m. — Jake Knapp, Seamus Energy, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9:20 a.m. — Corey Conners, Sahith Theegala, Denny McCarthy
9:31 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, Rickie Fowler, Stephan Jaeger
9:42 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Viktor Hovland, Austin Eckroat
9:53 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Brendon Todd, Matt Fitzpatrick
10:04 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Patrick Rodgers, Brian Harman
10:15 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Taylor Pendrith
10:31 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Adam Svensson, Tom Hoge
10:42 a.m. — Cameron Younger, Patrick Cantlay, Matthieu Pavon
10:53 a.m. — Tony Finau, Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas
11:04 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Sungjae Im, Collin Morikawa
11:15 a.m. — Tom Kim, Akshay Bhatia, Scottie Scheffler
