China’s Haotong Li signed for a bogey-free, 6-under 65 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club to take a share of the lead at the Genesis Championship.
“Very pleased to finish like this, especially with a couple of up and downs on the last four holes,” said Li. “Those were very important to keep momentum going.
“The greens are very tricky and fast. You have to put yourself in the right positions, also off the tee as well. Off the tee, I did well until the last couple of holes. That’s the key for the week.
“I definitely just need to focus on my game. I know the points list [for PGA Tour cards] is getting tighter and tighter. I just need to play my game and hopefully there are some good results coming up.”
Li has had a good year on the DP World Tour, winning his fourth title at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and finishing in the top-5 at the Volvo China Open, Turkish Airlines Open, Soudal Open and the Open Championship.
Korean MK Kim made eight birdies and two bogeys to take his share of the lead.
“I’m really happy with today,” said Kim. “I putted really well. My shots weren’t great, but I saved a lot and made a good score. I holed a bunker shot and made a lot of putts, that’s what went well today.
“The course is great. I’ve played here a lot of times, so I’m used to it. The greens are in really good condition, so I can putt well on them.
“[The fans] are supporting me a lot and it really cheers me up. Three days left. I’ll try my best on each of those days.”
Spain’s Alejandro del Rey made one bogey and carded a 66 to take solo third place at 5-under.
England’s Joe Dean eagled the par-4 6th and made one bogey to sign for a 67 and a share of fourth place at 4-under alongside compatriot Laurie Canter (one bogey) and Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson (two bogeys).
Also tied in fourth place are New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier with a double bogey at the par-4 11th, Australia’s Elvis Smylie and David Micheluzzi with two bogeys each and France’s Tom Vaillant who double bogeyed the par-4 15th.
Play was suspended due to darkness at 5.45pm local time with three players on the final hole.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LI, Haotong | -6 | 65 |
| | KIM, MK | -6 | 65 |
| 3 | DEL REY, Alejandro | -5 | 66 |
| 4 | HILLIER, Daniel | -4 | 67 |
| | SMYLIE, Elvis | -4 | 67 |
| | DEAN, Joe | -4 | 67 |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | -4 | 67 |
| | CANTER, Laurie | -4 | 67 |
| | VAILLANT, Tom | -4 | 67 |
| | MICHELUZZI, David | -4 | 67 |
| 11 | DETRY, Thomas | -3 | 68 |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | -3 | 68 |
| | BAE, Yongjun | -3 | 68 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | -3 | 68 |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov | -3 | 68 |
| | HOSHINO, Rikuya | -3 | 68 |
| | NAKAJIMA, Keita | -3 | 68 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | -3 | 68 |
| | HWANG, Junggon | -3 | 68 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -3 | 68 |
| 21 | LEE, Taehee | -2 | 69 |
| | CHO, Wooyoung | -2 | 69 |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | -2 | 69 |
| | KIM, Baekjun | -2 | 69 |
| | KOBORI, Kazuma | -2 | 69 |
| NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus | -2 | 69 | |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -2 | 69 |
| | KIM, Si Woo | -2 | 69 |
| | STERNE, Richard | -2 | 69 |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | -2 | 69 |
| | IM, Sungjae | -2 | 69 |
| | OK, Taehoon | -2 | 69 |
| | SONG, Minhyuk | -2 | 69 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Alex | -2 | 69 |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | -2 | 69 |
| | LEE, Sanghee | -2 | 69 |
| 37 | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | -1 | 70 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | -1 | 70 |
| | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | -1 | 70 |
| | MUN, Doyeob | -1 | 70 |
| | KAEWKANJANA, Sadom | -1 | 70 |
| | CHACARRA, Eugenio | -1 | 70 |
| | JEON, Garam | -1 | 70 |
| | COUVRA, Martin | -1 | 70 |
| | CHOI, Seungbin | -1 | 70 |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -1 | 70 |
| | KIM, Hongtaek | -1 | 70 |
| | HAM, Jeong-Woo | -1 | 70 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | -1 | - |
| | KIM, Dongmin | -1 | - |
| GUMBERG, Jordan | -1 | 70 | |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | -1 | 70 |
| | SCHMIDT, Ben | -1 | 70 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | -1 | 70 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | -1 | 70 |
| | HILL, Calum | -1 | 70 |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | -1 | 70 |
| | RAVETTO, David | -1 | 70 |
| 59 | VEERMAN, Johannes | Par | 71 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | Par | 71 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | Par | 71 |
| | LEE, Junghwan | Par | 71 |
| | AYORA, Angel | Par | 71 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | Par | 71 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | Par | 71 |
| | KINHULT, Marcus | Par | 71 |
| | LIM, Yetaek | Par | 71 |
| | KATSURAGAWA, Yuto | Par | 71 |
| 69 | JAMIESON, Scott | +1 | 72 |
| | KIEFFER, Maximilian | +1 | 72 |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | +1 | 72 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | +1 | 72 |
| | KIM, Bio | +1 | 72 |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew | +1 | 72 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | +1 | 72 |
| | LEE, Hyungjoon | +1 | 72 |
| | LAWRENCE, Thriston | +1 | 72 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | +1 | 72 |
| | KANG, Yunseok | +1 | 72 |
| | HWANG, Doyeon | +1 | 72 |
| 81 | JUNG, Yujun | +2 | 73 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | +2 | 73 |
| | JOHNSTON, Andrew | +2 | 73 |
| | CHOI, Minchel | +2 | 73 |
| | MATSUYAMA, Hideki | +2 | 73 |
| | CHOI, Jinho | +2 | 73 |
| | YOO, Songgyu | +2 | 73 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | +2 | 73 |
| | WIESBERGER, Bernd | +2 | 73 |
| | LEE, Richard T | +2 | 73 |
| 91 | PARK, Hyunseo | +3 | 74 |
| | FISHER, Ross | +3 | 74 |
| | KIM, Yeongsu | +3 | 74 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | +3 | 74 |
| | CROCKER, Sean | +3 | 74 |
| | SYME, Connor | +3 | 74 |
| | PARK, Eunshin | +3 | 74 |
| | ZANOTTI, Fabrizio | +3 | 74 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | +3 | 74 |
| | SCHWAB, Matthias | +3 | 74 |
| SCOTT, Adam | +3 | 74 | |
| | KANG, Kyungnam | +3 | 74 |
| 103 | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | +4 | 75 |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | +4 | 75 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | +4 | 75 |
| | MOON, Kyongjun | +4 | 75 |
| | PARK, Sungkug | +4 | 75 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | +4 | 75 |
| | WILLIAMS, Robin | +4 | 75 |
| 110 | WU, Ashun | +5 | 76 |
| | CHUN, Jaehan | +5 | 76 |
| | NORRIS, Shaun | +5 | 76 |
| | AN, Byeong Hun | +5 | 76 |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | +5 | 76 |
| | SHIN, Yonggu | +5 | 76 |
| 116 | SHARMA, Shubhankar | +6 | 77 |
| | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | +6 | 77 |
| 118 | DANTORP, Jens | +7 | 78 |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | +7 | 78 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | +7 | 78 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | +7 | 78 |
| 122 | LOMBARD, Zander | +8 | 79 |
| | JOHNSTON, Ryggs | +8 | 79 |
| | JUNG, Hanmil | +8 | - |
| | PAUL, Yannik | +8 | 79 |
| RETD | RAMSAY, Richie | -1 | - |
