{"id":600786,"date":"2026-05-24T02:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T02:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:38:10","slug":"the-cj-cup-byron-nelson-si-woo-kim-hangs-on-to-lead-but-has-scottie-scheffler-and-wyndham-clark-chasing-golf-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600786\/","title":{"rendered":"The CJ Cup Byron Nelson: Si Woo Kim hangs on to lead but has Scottie Scheffler and Wyndham Clark chasing | Golf News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Si Woo Kim lost all of the five-shot lead he built while flirting with sub-60 history at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>But the 30-year-old South Korean still managed to maintain an edge over a couple of major champions, including hometown favourite and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, heading into the final round.<\/p>\n<p>Kim shot three-under 68 on Saturday for a two-shot lead over top-ranked Scheffler and 2023 US Open champion Wyndham Clark, who had matching 65s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was thinking about too much scoring like first 10, 11 holes,&#8221; Kim said. &#8220;So I&#8217;m 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&#8217;s back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sungjae Im, Kim&#8217;s countryman, followed a second-round 61 with a 67 and was another two shots back with Stephan Jaeger and Tom Hoge. Jaeger&#8217;s 64 was the low round of the day at the TPC Craig Ranch, and Hoge shot 66.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Kim, the field&#8217;s 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.<\/p>\n<p>His five-shot lead was tied for the second-biggest on tour through 36 holes this season behind Rory McIlroy&#8217;s six-shot edge when he defended his Masters championship in April.<\/p>\n<p>Three bogeys in a span of four holes &#8211; all on putts inside 10 feet &#8211; 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-five ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Clark took the lead a scrambling birdie at the par-five 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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fun being in contention,&#8221; said Clark, a three-time tour winner seeking his first victory since Pebble Beach in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether you have to shoot eight under to win or one under to win, it&#8217;s fun because you still feel the same heat. Tomorrow it&#8217;s probably going to be exactly that way where you have to make a ton of birdies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        Instagram<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Instagram cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Instagram cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Instagram cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"instagram\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"instagram\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim, Scheffler and Clark were tied at 19 under when Kim went in front with a birdie on the short par-four 14th after Scheffler and Clark settled for pars after trying to drive the green.<\/p>\n<p>Clark got even again, but Kim went in front for good with a birdie at the par-three 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler, a four-time major winner who ran away to an eight-shot victory at last year&#8217;s Nelson, answered his first bogey of the tournament on the par-three fourth with three birdies over the final five holes on the front nine.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>First-round leader Taylor Moore was back in contention after four consecutive birdies, but went in the water at the 15th and ended up with a triple-bogey 6. He shot 69 and was 13 under.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/golfnow-logo.png\" class=\"sdc-interactive-golfnow__branding-image\" alt=\"Golf Now logo.\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"sdc-interactive-golfnow__branding-text\" class=\"sdc-interactive-golfnow__branding-text\">Get the best prices and book a round at one of 1,700 courses across the UK &amp; Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Watch the The CJ Cup Byron Nelson live until Sunday on Sky Sports Golf, where Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sky.com\/tv\/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Sky Sports<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stream with no contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Si Woo Kim lost all of the five-shot lead he built while flirting with sub-60 history at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-600786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}