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Korea\u2019s Si Woo Kim became an escape artiste on Friday by scrambling his way to a 5-under 66 to stay in the title hunt at the AT&T Byron Nelson as hometown hero Scottie Scheffler took charge of the US$9.5 million PGA TOUR tournament.<\/p>\nKorea\u2019s Si Woo Kim became an escape artiste on Friday by scrambling his way to a 5-under 66 to stay in the title hunt at the AT&T Byron Nelson as hometown hero Scottie Scheffler took charge of the US$9.5 million PGA TOUR tournament.<\/p>\n
Kim, a four-time TOUR winner, made six birdies at TPC Craig Ranch in Dallas, which is his U.S. home base, for a share of fourth place on 11-under 131 to lie three behind Scheffler. The American World No. 2 grabbed the second round lead following a 64, with Ryan Palmer (65) and Mackenzie Hughes (64) trailing by one entering the weekend.<\/p>\n
Asia\u2019s presence on the leaderboard was enhanced through the fine displays by Chinese Taipei\u2019s C.T. Pan, who moved into tied sixth on 9-under following a 66, and Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama who carded a 67. China\u2019s Marty Zecheng Dou also sits on 9-under after adding a 70 to his opening 63 while first round leader S.Y. Noh of Korea dropped to T14 following a disappointing 73.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I’ve had two good rounds, so it will help me feel a little comfortable over the weekend,\u201d said Kim, who triumphed in the Sony Open in Hawaii in January and presently sits in 18th<\/sup> place on the FedExCup standings.<\/p>\n \u201cI also feel like I have some things to work on, so if I can keep my focus on my game, I think I can play as well as I did in the last two days,\u201d<\/p>\n Kim, 27, will be eager to tighten his approach iron play as he missed nine greens in regulation but saved par on each occasion through a combination of deft touches and a reliable putter where he took only 22 putts during the round.<\/p>\n \u201cEven though I missed a few greens, I made some good putts. I made some good saves, so I think that’s what got me through to the end,\u201d said Kim. \u201cThis golf course has a lot of birdie chances. The guys play aggressively here so if you make a bogey, you have to make up with more birdies to compete. I think I have to play with that in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n Scheffler will return to World No. 1 with a third PGA TOUR victory of the season on Sunday and he put himself in pole position following a stellar round which featured eight birdies against a lone bogey. The last thing on his mind though is getting ahead of himself.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to win a lot of tournaments. This one being in the hometown, it would definitely be a lot of fun with the crowd behind me this weekend. But that’s not stuff that occupies too many of my thoughts. I don’t want to place too many emphasis on one tournament. I just want to go out and do my best and see where that puts me,\u201d said the 26-year-old Scheffler, who won the WM Phoenix Open and THE PLAYERS Championship earlier this year.<\/p>\n Korea\u2019s Byeong Hun An, Sangmoon Bae and Sung Kang are amongst those sharing 14th<\/sup> place alongside Noh on 8-under while Tom Kim carded a 66 for T48. Two-time defending champion K.H. Lee made the cut right on the number on 4-under after a 68.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Korea\u2019s Si Woo Kim became an escape artiste on Friday by scrambling his way to a 5-under 66 to stay in the title hunt at the AT&T Byron Nelson as hometown hero Scottie Scheffler took charge of the US$9.5 million PGA TOUR tournament. Kim, a four-time TOUR winner, made six birdies at TPC Craig Ranch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n