Is it possible to be disappointed with a 60? Si Woo Kim might be after firing an 11-under 60 Friday at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Kim, who lives in Dallas, made six birdies in his front nine and six more in his back nine in what was an already low-scoring second round at TPC Craig Ranch.
He had a chance at tying Jim Furyk’s record 18-hole score on Tour entering the par-4 18th. Furyk posted a 58 at the Travelers Championship outside of Hartford 10 years ago.
Instead, Kim bogeyed the final hole which means there remains just 14 different players (Furyk has a 58 and a 59) in PGA Tour history to record a sub-60 round.
The 30-year-old South Korean put himself in position to break 60 with a curling 17-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-3 17th hole at TPC Craig Ranch. It was his 12th birdie of the day, putting him at 12 under on the par-71 layout.
Kim was in the fairway on the 18th, but blasted his second shot over the green. His chip coming back stopped about 19 feet short of the hole, and his putt for par lacked pace and broke to the right for his only bogey of the day. Kim shot 11-under 60 for a five-shot lead after two rounds.
The 18th at TPC Craig Ranch is a par 4 for the first time in the six Nelson tournaments it has hosted. A $25 million overhaul designed by Lanny Wadkins turned it into a par 4, and it has played as the hardest hole on the course through two rounds.