{"id":662642,"date":"2026-05-24T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662642\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:28:11","slug":"si-woo-kim-hangs-on-to-byron-nelson-lead-and-has-scottie-scheffler-and-wyndham-clark-chasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662642\/","title":{"rendered":"Si Woo Kim hangs on to Byron Nelson lead and has Scottie Scheffler and Wyndham Clark chasing"},"content":{"rendered":"

McKINNEY, Texas \u2014 Si Woo Kim lost all of the five-shot lead he built a day earlier while flirting with sub-60 history<\/a> at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old South Korean still managed to maintain an edge over a couple of major champions, including hometown favorite and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, heading into the final round<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kim shot 3-under 68 on Saturday for a two-shot lead over top-ranked Scheffler and 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark<\/a>, who had matching 65s.<\/p>\n

Sungjae Im, Kim\u2019s countryman, followed a second-round 61<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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

Kim, the field\u2019s second highest-ranked player behind Scheffler<\/a> 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

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The final round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson is underway at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.<\/p>\n

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.<\/a><\/p>\n

It was gone by the 11th hole.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Clark got even again, but Kim went in front for good with a birdie at the par-3 15th.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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The final round from TPC Craig Ranch features local stars and friends Scottie Scheffler and Si Woo Kim vying for a piece of the $10.3-million purse.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. He shot 73.<\/p>\n

First-round leader Taylor Moore<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Kensei Hirata, playing in the final group with Kim and Im, shot 70 and trails by seven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McKINNEY, Texas \u2014 Si Woo Kim lost all of the five-shot lead he built a day earlier while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-662642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}