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Michael Kim wins the John Deere Classic with a new tournament record.
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PGA Tour

John Deere Classic 2018

July 12-15

TPC Deere Run, Illinois

$5,800,000

July 12-15

TPC Deere Run, Illinois

$5,800,000

Round 4

Michael Kim sets new tournament record

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Round 3

July 15, 2018

Michael Kim carded a 66 on Sunday at TPC Deere Run to win the tournament by a record eight strokes, finishing at 27-under 257, and broke Steve Stricker's record set in 2010 by one stroke.

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Michael Kim carded a 66 on Sunday at TPC Deere Run to win the tournament. He set a new 8-under record finishing at 27-under 257 and broke Steve Stricker's record set in 2010 by one stroke.

''To be able to finish out in style like this, it means a lot,'' said Kim. ''To be sitting here with a trophy, I'm at a loss for words.''

Kim will now head to the Open at Carnoustie, a great bonus for a player who had previously had only one top-10 finish in 84 career starts when he finished third at the Safeway Open two years ago.

''Even the last couple of weeks, I felt like my game was getting there,'' Kim said. ''I just felt like I needed just a couple of good starts to the rounds.''

Bronson Burgoon, Francesco Molinari, Joel Dahmen and Sam Ryder finished second at 19-under.

Pos.
Player
Nat
To Par
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
Michael Kim
KOR
-27
63
64
64
66
257
T2
Bronson Burgoon
USA
-19
68
62
66
69
265
T2
Francesco Molinari
ITA
-19
65
66
70
64
265
T2
Joel Dahmen
USA
-19
64
71
65
65
265
T2
Sam Ryder
USA
-19
66
66
67
66
265
6
Harold Varner III
USA
-18
67
65
66
68
266
T7
Andres Romero
ARG
-16
64
71
64
69
268
T7
Chad Campbell
USA
-16
66
70
66
66
268
T7
John Huh
USA
-16
70
63
69
66
268
T7
Keith Mitchell
USA
-16
67
68
66
67
268
T7
Kevin Streelman
USA
-16
66
71
66
65
268
T12
Matt Jones
AUS
-15
68
63
66
72
269
T12
Scott Brown
USA
-15
65
72
65
67
269
T12
Steve Wheatcroft
USA
-15
62
68
71
68
269
T12
Tyler Duncan
USA
-15
66
72
63
68
269
T16
David Hearn
CAN
-14
66
64
70
70
270
T16
Johnson Wagner
USA
-14
64
66
70
70
270
T16
Mackenzie Hughes
CAN
-14
72
65
68
65
270
T16
Meen-Whee Kim
KOR
-14
65
68
70
67
270
T16
Parker McLachlin
USA
-14
66
66
70
68
270
T16
Seamus Power
IRL
-14
68
68
65
69
270
T16
Zach Johnson
USA
-14
69
70
67
64
270
T23
Chris Kirk
USA
-13
66
72
66
67
271
T23
Derek Fathauer
USA
-13
68
67
68
68
271
T23
Dominic Bozzelli
USA
-13
70
65
71
65
271
T23
Fabian Gomez
ARG
-13
66
70
67
68
271
T23
Joaquin Niemann
CHI
-13
69
69
68
65
271
T23
John Merrick
USA
-13
66
70
70
65
271
T23
Richy Werenski
USA
-13
68
69
67
67
271
T30
Chris Stroud
USA
-12
68
68
67
69
272
T30
Jason Bohn
USA
-12
69
66
68
69
272
T30
Patton Kizzire
USA
-12
70
69
66
67
272
T30
Robert Garrigus
USA
-12
68
64
68
72
272
T34
Austin Cook
USA
-11
69
69
66
69
273
T34
Cheng Tsung Pan
TPE
-11
68
71
66
68
273
T34
Cody Gribble
USA
-11
72
66
65
70
273
T34
Denny McCarthy
USA
-11
65
69
66
73
273
T34
Hunter Mahan
USA
-11
70
67
69
67
273
T34
J. J. Henry
USA
-11
68
66
69
70
273
T34
John Senden
AUS
-11
72
66
67
68
273
T34
Nick Taylor
CAN
-11
64
71
68
70
273
T34
Vaughn Taylor
USA
-11
67
70
68
68
273
T43
Blayne Barber
USA
-10
69
69
68
68
274
T43
Dylan Meyer
USA
-10
68
68
72
66
274
T43
Nick Hardy
USA
-10
66
73
69
66
274
T43
Patrick Rodgers
USA
-10
66
69
71
68
274
T43
Ricky Barnes
USA
-10
70
69
67
68
274
T43
Steve Stricker
USA
-10
70
66
71
67
274
T43
Troy Merritt
USA
-10
72
67
68
67
274
T50
Corey Conners
CAN
-9
66
72
69
68
275
T50
Hudson Swafford
USA
-9
68
69
72
66
275
T50
Kevin Tway
USA
-9
69
69
71
66
275
T50
Stuart Appleby
AUS
-9
67
70
71
67
275
T50
Tom Lovelady
USA
-9
70
69
70
66
275
T55
Andrew Landry
USA
-8
71
68
67
70
276
T55
Conrad Shindler
USA
-8
67
72
70
67
276
T55
Matt Atkins
USA
-8
66
71
67
72
276
T55
Ryan Blaum
USA
-8
67
69
72
68
276
T55
Ryan Moore
USA
-8
70
69
70
67
276
T60
Lanto Griffin
USA
-7
66
72
69
70
277
T60
Nick Watney
USA
-7
68
69
71
69
277
T60
Sam Saunders
USA
-7
72
67
67
71
277
T63
Kelly Kraft
USA
-6
66
71
71
70
278
T63
Mark Wilson
USA
-6
71
67
71
69
278
T65
Arjun Atwal
IND
-4
69
70
70
71
280
T65
Benjamin Silverman
CAN
-4
72
67
70
71
280
T65
Brett Stegmaier
USA
-4
67
71
70
72
280
T65
J. T. Poston
USA
-4
69
70
68
73
280
T69
Nicholas Lindheim
USA
-3
68
70
71
72
281
T69
Tommy Gainey
USA
-3
70
68
69
74
281
71
Kris Blanks
USA
-2
71
67
71
73
282
MDF
Bill Haas
USA
-3
69
70
71
-
210
MDF
Chesson Hadley
USA
-3
69
67
74
-
210
MDF
David Lingmerth
SWE
-3
71
67
72
-
210
MDF
George McNeill
USA
-3
69
69
72
-
210
MDF
Martin Flores
USA
-3
72
67
71
-
210
MDF
Ryan Palmer
USA
-2
67
70
74
-
211
MDF
Sean McCarty
USA
-2
68
71
72
-
211
MDF
Andrew Putnam
USA
-1
69
69
74
-
212
MDF
D. J. Trahan
USA
Par
68
70
75
-
213
MDF
Brian Stuard
USA
1
69
70
75
-
214
MDF
Brendon de Jonge
ZIM
3
68
68
80
-
216
CUT
Aaron Baddeley
AUS
-2
70
70
-
-
140
CUT
Aaron Wise
USA
-2
73
67
-
-
140
CUT
Adam Schenk
USA
-2
70
70
-
-
140
CUT
Brandon Harkins
USA
-2
68
72
-
-
140
CUT
Brian Davis
ENG
-2
69
71
-
-
140
CUT
Brian Gay
USA
-2
70
70
-
-
140
CUT
Cameron Percy
AUS
-2
69
71
-
-
140
CUT
D. A. Points
USA
-2
69
71
-
-
140
CUT
Kyle Thompson
USA
-2
71
69
-
-
140
CUT
Manav Shah
USA
-2
73
67
-
-
140
CUT
Martin Piller
USA
-2
71
69
-
-
140
CUT
Rob Oppenheim
USA
-2
71
69
-
-
140
CUT
Scott Stallings
USA
-2
69
71
-
-
140
CUT
Tim Herron
USA
-2
68
72
-
-
140
CUT
Xinjun Zhang
CHN
-2
69
71
-
-
140
CUT
Billy Hurley III
USA
-1
67
74
-
-
141
CUT
Broc Everett
USA
-1
67
74
-
-
141
CUT
Charlie Wi
KOR
-1
73
68
-
-
141
CUT
Chez Reavie
USA
-1
73
68
-
-
141
CUT
Davis Love IV
USA
-1
73
68
-
-
141
CUT
Ethan Tracy
USA
-1
72
69
-
-
141
CUT
Harris English
USA
-1
72
69
-
-
141
CUT
Michael Thompson
USA
-1
70
71
-
-
141
CUT
Norman Xiong
USA
-1
71
70
-
-
141
CUT
Peter Malnati
USA
-1
71
70
-
-
141
CUT
Shawn Stefani
USA
-1
72
69
-
-
141
CUT
Stephan Jaeger
GER
-1
69
72
-
-
141
CUT
Ben Crane
USA
Par
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Charlie Beljan
USA
Par
69
73
-
-
142
CUT
Jonathan Byrd
USA
Par
72
70
-
-
142
CUT
Jonathan Randolph
USA
Par
68
74
-
-
142
CUT
Scott Piercy
USA
Par
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Tyrone van Aswegen
RSA
Par
69
73
-
-
142
CUT
Vince India
USA
Par
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Zac Blair
USA
Par
67
75
-
-
142
CUT
Brice Garnett
USA
1
72
71
-
-
143
CUT
Ken Duke
USA
1
69
74
-
-
143
CUT
Si-Woo Kim
KOR
1
73
70
-
-
143
CUT
Dicky Pride
USA
2
73
71
-
-
144
CUT
Robert Streb
USA
2
76
68
-
-
144
CUT
Andrew Yun
USA
3
71
74
-
-
145
CUT
Kyle Stanley
USA
3
74
71
-
-
145
CUT
Sean O'Hair
USA
3
72
73
-
-
145
CUT
Steven Bowditch
AUS
3
73
72
-
-
145
CUT
Sung-Hoon Kang
KOR
3
76
69
-
-
145
CUT
Troy Matteson
USA
3
71
74
-
-
145
CUT
Zecheng Dou
CHN
3
73
72
-
-
145
CUT
Carl Pettersson
SWE
4
76
70
-
-
146
CUT
Daniel Chopra
SWE
4
72
74
-
-
146
CUT
Robert Allenby
AUS
4
73
73
-
-
146
CUT
Trey Mullinax
USA
4
72
74
-
-
146
CUT
Chris Couch
USA
5
75
72
-
-
147
CUT
Davis Love III
USA
5
73
74
-
-
147
CUT
Omar Uresti
USA
5
72
75
-
-
147
CUT
Wesley Bryan
USA
5
71
76
-
-
147
CUT
William McGirt
USA
5
71
76
-
-
147
CUT
Brian Bullington
USA
6
74
74
-
-
148
CUT
Cameron Tringale
USA
6
74
74
-
-
148
CUT
John Rollins
USA
6
74
74
-
-
148
CUT
Brendon Todd
USA
7
77
72
-
-
149
CUT
Chad Proehl
USA
9
73
78
-
-
151
CUT
Craig Barlow
USA
9
76
75
-
-
151
CUT
Daniel Summerhays
USA
9
76
75
-
-
151
DSQ
Danny Lee
NZL
Par
70
73
-
-
143
DSQ
David Berganio
USA
Par
71
-
-
-
71
RET
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Par
-
-
-
-
0
RET
Cameron Beckman
USA
Par
75
-
-
-
75
RET
Doug Ghim
USA
Par
73
-
-
-
73
RET
Jason Gore
USA
Par
74
-
-
-
74
RET
Matthew Every
USA
Par
74
-
-
-
74
RET
Roberto Diaz
MEX
Par
71
-
-
-
71
RET
Rory Sabbatini
RSA
Par
72
-
-
-
72
RET
Talor Gooch
USA
Par
69
-
-
-
69
RET
Will Claxton
USA
Par
71
-
-
-
71
Pos.
Player
Nat
To Par
Total
1
Michael Kim
KOR
-27
257
T2
Bronson Burgoon
USA
-19
265
T2
Francesco Molinari
ITA
-19
265
T2
Joel Dahmen
USA
-19
265
T2
Sam Ryder
USA
-19
265
6
Harold Varner III
USA
-18
266
T7
Andres Romero
ARG
-16
268
T7
Chad Campbell
USA
-16
268
T7
John Huh
USA
-16
268
T7
Keith Mitchell
USA
-16
268
T7
Kevin Streelman
USA
-16
268
T12
Matt Jones
AUS
-15
269
T12
Scott Brown
USA
-15
269
T12
Steve Wheatcroft
USA
-15
269
T12
Tyler Duncan
USA
-15
269
T16
David Hearn
CAN
-14
270
T16
Johnson Wagner
USA
-14
270
T16
Mackenzie Hughes
CAN
-14
270
T16
Meen-Whee Kim
KOR
-14
270
T16
Parker McLachlin
USA
-14
270
T16
Seamus Power
IRL
-14
270
T16
Zach Johnson
USA
-14
270
T23
Chris Kirk
USA
-13
271
T23
Derek Fathauer
USA
-13
271
T23
Dominic Bozzelli
USA
-13
271
T23
Fabian Gomez
ARG
-13
271
T23
Joaquin Niemann
CHI
-13
271
T23
John Merrick
USA
-13
271
T23
Richy Werenski
USA
-13
271
T30
Chris Stroud
USA
-12
272
T30
Jason Bohn
USA
-12
272
T30
Patton Kizzire
USA
-12
272
T30
Robert Garrigus
USA
-12
272
T34
Austin Cook
USA
-11
273
T34
Cheng Tsung Pan
TPE
-11
273
T34
Cody Gribble
USA
-11
273
T34
Denny McCarthy
USA
-11
273
T34
Hunter Mahan
USA
-11
273
T34
J. J. Henry
USA
-11
273
T34
John Senden
AUS
-11
273
T34
Nick Taylor
CAN
-11
273
T34
Vaughn Taylor
USA
-11
273
T43
Blayne Barber
USA
-10
274
T43
Dylan Meyer
USA
-10
274
T43
Nick Hardy
USA
-10
274
T43
Patrick Rodgers
USA
-10
274
T43
Ricky Barnes
USA
-10
274
T43
Steve Stricker
USA
-10
274
T43
Troy Merritt
USA
-10
274
T50
Corey Conners
CAN
-9
275
T50
Hudson Swafford
USA
-9
275
T50
Kevin Tway
USA
-9
275
T50
Stuart Appleby
AUS
-9
275
T50
Tom Lovelady
USA
-9
275
T55
Andrew Landry
USA
-8
276
T55
Conrad Shindler
USA
-8
276
T55
Matt Atkins
USA
-8
276
T55
Ryan Blaum
USA
-8
276
T55
Ryan Moore
USA
-8
276
T60
Lanto Griffin
USA
-7
277
T60
Nick Watney
USA
-7
277
T60
Sam Saunders
USA
-7
277
T63
Kelly Kraft
USA
-6
278
T63
Mark Wilson
USA
-6
278
T65
Arjun Atwal
IND
-4
280
T65
Benjamin Silverman
CAN
-4
280
T65
Brett Stegmaier
USA
-4
280
T65
J. T. Poston
USA
-4
280
T69
Nicholas Lindheim
USA
-3
281
T69
Tommy Gainey
USA
-3
281
71
Kris Blanks
USA
-2
282
MDF
Bill Haas
USA
-3
210
MDF
Chesson Hadley
USA
-3
210
MDF
David Lingmerth
SWE
-3
210
MDF
George McNeill
USA
-3
210
MDF
Martin Flores
USA
-3
210
MDF
Ryan Palmer
USA
-2
211
MDF
Sean McCarty
USA
-2
211
MDF
Andrew Putnam
USA
-1
212
MDF
D. J. Trahan
USA
Par
213
MDF
Brian Stuard
USA
1
214
MDF
Brendon de Jonge
ZIM
3
216
CUT
Aaron Baddeley
AUS
-2
140
CUT
Aaron Wise
USA
-2
140
CUT
Adam Schenk
USA
-2
140
CUT
Brandon Harkins
USA
-2
140
CUT
Brian Davis
ENG
-2
140
CUT
Brian Gay
USA
-2
140
CUT
Cameron Percy
AUS
-2
140
CUT
D. A. Points
USA
-2
140
CUT
Kyle Thompson
USA
-2
140
CUT
Manav Shah
USA
-2
140
CUT
Martin Piller
USA
-2
140
CUT
Rob Oppenheim
USA
-2
140
CUT
Scott Stallings
USA
-2
140
CUT
Tim Herron
USA
-2
140
CUT
Xinjun Zhang
CHN
-2
140
CUT
Billy Hurley III
USA
-1
141
CUT
Broc Everett
USA
-1
141
CUT
Charlie Wi
KOR
-1
141
CUT
Chez Reavie
USA
-1
141
CUT
Davis Love IV
USA
-1
141
CUT
Ethan Tracy
USA
-1
141
CUT
Harris English
USA
-1
141
CUT
Michael Thompson
USA
-1
141
CUT
Norman Xiong
USA
-1
141
CUT
Peter Malnati
USA
-1
141
CUT
Shawn Stefani
USA
-1
141
CUT
Stephan Jaeger
GER
-1
141
CUT
Ben Crane
USA
Par
142
CUT
Charlie Beljan
USA
Par
142
CUT
Jonathan Byrd
USA
Par
142
CUT
Jonathan Randolph
USA
Par
142
CUT
Scott Piercy
USA
Par
142
CUT
Tyrone van Aswegen
RSA
Par
142
CUT
Vince India
USA
Par
142
CUT
Zac Blair
USA
Par
142
CUT
Brice Garnett
USA
1
143
CUT
Ken Duke
USA
1
143
CUT
Si-Woo Kim
KOR
1
143
CUT
Dicky Pride
USA
2
144
CUT
Robert Streb
USA
2
144
CUT
Andrew Yun
USA
3
145
CUT
Kyle Stanley
USA
3
145
CUT
Sean O'Hair
USA
3
145
CUT
Steven Bowditch
AUS
3
145
CUT
Sung-Hoon Kang
KOR
3
145
CUT
Troy Matteson
USA
3
145
CUT
Zecheng Dou
CHN
3
145
CUT
Carl Pettersson
SWE
4
146
CUT
Daniel Chopra
SWE
4
146
CUT
Robert Allenby
AUS
4
146
CUT
Trey Mullinax
USA
4
146
CUT
Chris Couch
USA
5
147
CUT
Davis Love III
USA
5
147
CUT
Omar Uresti
USA
5
147
CUT
Wesley Bryan
USA
5
147
CUT
William McGirt
USA
5
147
CUT
Brian Bullington
USA
6
148
CUT
Cameron Tringale
USA
6
148
CUT
John Rollins
USA
6
148
CUT
Brendon Todd
USA
7
149
CUT
Chad Proehl
USA
9
151
CUT
Craig Barlow
USA
9
151
CUT
Daniel Summerhays
USA
9
151
DSQ
Danny Lee
NZL
Par
143
DSQ
David Berganio
USA
Par
71
RET
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Par
0
RET
Cameron Beckman
USA
Par
75
RET
Doug Ghim
USA
Par
73
RET
Jason Gore
USA
Par
74
RET
Matthew Every
USA
Par
74
RET
Roberto Diaz
MEX
Par
71
RET
Rory Sabbatini
RSA
Par
72
RET
Talor Gooch
USA
Par
69
RET
Will Claxton
USA
Par
71

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