Friday, September 26, 2008
Kim On Fire

The FedEx Cup may be all but over but one Ryder Cup Rookie is showing no signs of letdown. Anthony Kim seized a four-shot lead in the US PGA Tour Championship as he nabbed eight birdies in a six-under 64.

Kim had spearheaded the American’s effort in Sundays closing singles as he thrashed European Ryder Cup star Sergio Garcia 5&4 in the first match of the day. Four days on and Kim finds himself with a comfortable lead in an elite 30-man field.

In testing windy conditions at East Lake, only five players managed to break par. World number two, Phil Mickelson, South African Ernie Els and Masters champion Trevor Immelman share second place on 68 and KJ Choi is a further stroke back on 69.

Vijay Singh, who only has to complete the 72 holes to clinch a $10 million bonus as the winner of the FedEx Cup playoff series, struggled to a three-over 73. Singh had a nightmare start with four bogeys in his first eight holes, but was somewhat steadier coming home.

"The course is playing a lot tougher than I had heard about," Kim said. "I thought the winning score was going to be around 20-under again, and I don't think it's going to get there."
Kim said he had sorted out a putting problem on the practice green that helped him on the firm, fast greens, which have been replanted since last year. "I figured something out on the putting green this morning," he said. "It was the most basic thing, to keep your eye on the ball. Now I've got that under control, I'm going to try to make some more putts. Almost everything in my game was clicking pretty well out there."



9/26/2008 4:16:38 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 


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