April 04-07
TPC San Antonio, Oaks Course
$7,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
South Korea's Kim Si-woo fired a brilliant hole-in-one to surge into a four-shot lead at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio on Friday.
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The 23-year-old from Seoul, who had posted a six-under-par 66 to lead after Thursday's first round, delivered another dazzling outing at TPC San Antonio's AT&T Oaks Course to pull clear of a crowded field.
The highlight came on the 167-yard par-three 16th, when Kim uncorked a superb nine iron for only the second ace of his career.
That moment of magic helped turn a two-shot lead into a four-shot cushion, leaving Kim at 12 under with two to play. Two more pars completed a six-under-par 66 round.
Earlier Kim had bided his time, picking up two birdies on the front nine, with an 11ft birdie putt on the eighth putting him at two under for the day, eight under overall.
A 22ft birdie putt on the 12th took him to nine under, before a further birdie on the 14th left him on 10 under.
There was a minor wobble on the 15th when Kim twice found bunkers before recovering for par before his stunning ace on the 16th.
Kim will now look to hunt down his third victory on the PGA Tour following wins at the Wyndham Championship in 2016 and The Players Championship in 2017.
Attempting to thwart Kim's hopes of pocketing the $1.35 million winner's cheque are a chasing pack which includes Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler.
Spieth and Fowler are among six players tied for second at eight under, four shorts adrift of Kim.
Fowler had looked poised to grab a share of the lead after moving to nine under alongside Kim with five holes to play.
But back-to-back bogeys on the 15th and 16th sent him back into the pack before Kim stretched his lead with his hole-in-one.
Spieth meanwhile carded a second consecutive four-under-par 68 after a roller-coaster round which was blighted by three bogeys.
Spieth, teeing off on the back nine, carded two bogeys and a birdie in his opening three holes before adding three more birdies before the turn to move to two under for the day.
A bogey on his 10th hole of the day was followed by a birdie and five more pars. Then, on the par-five eighth, Spieth holed out from 113 yards for an eagle to move to eight under overall.
Joining Spieth and Fowler on eight under are South Korea's Lee Kyoung-hoon, Canada's Corey Conners and Americans Harold Varner III and Adam Schenk.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
-12 |
66 |
66 |
132 |
T2 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T2 |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T2 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T2 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T2 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T2 |
Rickie Fowler | USA |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T8 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
-7 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T8 |
Josh Teater | USA |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T8 |
Byeong-Hun An | KOR |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T8 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T8 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T8 |
Scott Stallings | USA |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T8 |
Jim Knous | USA |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
137 |
T15 |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T15 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-6 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T15 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T15 |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T15 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-6 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
T20 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-5 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
T20 |
Beau Hossler | USA |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T20 |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T20 |
Scottie Scheffler | USA |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T20 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T20 |
Charley Hoffman | USA |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T20 |
Sam Ryder | USA |
-5 |
73 |
66 |
139 |
T20 |
Jimmy Walker | USA |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T28 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T28 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T28 |
Zack Fischer | USA |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T28 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T28 |
Matt Kuchar | USA |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T28 |
Kyle Stanley | USA |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T28 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T28 |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-4 |
73 |
67 |
140 |
T36 |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T36 |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-3 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T36 |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T36 |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
T36 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T36 |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T36 |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T36 |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T36 |
Ted Potter Jr. | USA |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
T36 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
-3 |
67 |
74 |
141 |
T36 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T36 |
Sam Burns | USA |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T48 |
J. B. Holmes | USA |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T48 |
Andrew Putnam | USA |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T48 |
K. J. Choi | KOR |
-2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T48 |
Lucas Glover | USA |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T48 |
Martin Laird | SCO |
-2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
T48 |
Robert Streb | USA |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T48 |
Max Homa | USA |
-2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
T48 |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
-2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T48 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T48 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T48 |
Brendan Steele | USA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T48 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T48 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T61 |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T61 |
Morgan Hoffmann | USA |
-1 |
68 |
75 |
143 |
T61 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T61 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T61 |
Russell Henley | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T61 |
Chip McDaniel | USA |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T61 |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T61 |
Sam Saunders | USA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T61 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T61 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T61 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T61 |
Martin Trainer | USA |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T61 |
Tony Finau | USA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T61 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T61 |
Brian Gay | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T61 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T61 |
Anders Albertson | USA |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T61 |
Kyle Jones | USA |
-1 |
76 |
67 |
143 |
T61 |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T61 |
Kristoffer Ventura | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
|
CUT |
Adam Long | USA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Brandon Hagy | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Brian Harman | USA |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Bud Cauley | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Chase Wright | USA |
Par |
73 |
71 |
144 |
CUT |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Chris Kirk | USA |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Chris Stroud | USA |
Par |
68 |
76 |
144 |
CUT |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Kevin Tway | USA |
Par |
73 |
71 |
144 |
CUT |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Nick Watney | USA |
Par |
75 |
69 |
144 |
CUT |
Roberto Castro | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
Par |
70 |
74 |
144 |
CUT |
Ryan Palmer | USA |
Par |
75 |
69 |
144 |
CUT |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
Par |
73 |
71 |
144 |
CUT |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
Par |
73 |
71 |
144 |
CUT |
Seth Reeves | USA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Smylie Kaufman | USA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Andrew Landry | USA |
1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
CUT |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
J. J. Henry | USA |
1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
CUT |
Luke Donald | ENG |
1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
CUT |
Paul Barjon | 1 |
76 |
69 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
CUT |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
1 |
69 |
76 |
145 |
CUT |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
CUT |
Daniel Berger | USA |
2 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
CUT |
George McNeill | USA |
2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
J. J. Spaun | USA |
2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
CUT |
Seamus Power | IRL |
2 |
69 |
77 |
146 |
CUT |
Brady Schnell | USA |
3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Cody Gribble | USA |
3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
3 |
76 |
71 |
147 |
CUT |
Harris English | USA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
John Senden | AUS |
3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
CUT |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
3 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Jim Herman | USA |
4 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
CUT |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
4 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
CUT |
Justin Harding | RSA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
CUT |
Kenny Perry | USA |
4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Scott Langley | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
CUT |
Alex Prugh | USA |
5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Austin Cook | USA |
5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
CUT |
Chesson Hadley | USA |
5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
CUT |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
5 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
CUT |
Rufus Brijalba | 5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
|
CUT |
Tom Hoge | USA |
5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Billy Horschel | USA |
6 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
CUT |
Davis Love III | USA |
6 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
CUT |
Luke List | USA |
7 |
71 |
80 |
151 |
CUT |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
8 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
CUT |
Roland Thatcher | USA |
8 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
CUT |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
9 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
RET |
D. A. Points | USA |
Par |
78 |
- |
78 |
RET |
Grayson Murray | USA |
Par |
- |
- |
0 |
RET |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
Par |
70 |
- |
70 |