With back-to-back birdies on Waialae Country Club’s two finishing holes and back-to-back weekend 64s, Si Woo Kim charged to victory on Sunday at the Sony Open
after starting the final round three strokes back of Hayden Buckley.
Energetic fist bumps were on full display as the native of Seoul, South Korea, chipped in from 27 feet off of the 17th green to take the solo lead. The now-four-time PGA Tour winner could hear the roars from back on the 16th green that followed Buckley’s 16-foot birdie putt to get to 17 under, but the echoes only added fuel to Kim’s fire.
“Right before I hit it, I hear the noise,” Kim said. “It was kind of a tough lie, into the grain. I had to hit aggressive. Nothing to lose, so I just hit it aggressive, and it goes in. I was excited.” Buckley, who was inches from forcing a two-man playoff with Kim, was vying for his first PGA Tour victory after graduating from the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021. The University of Missouri walk-on failed to get up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 18th to match Kim’s final score of 18 under for the tournament.
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