Hero World Problem: Justin Thomas takes lead after spherical 3, South Korea’s Tom Kim turns heads

A blemishless regular third spherical helped Justin Thomas flip in a card of six-under 66 and edge a stroke forward of in a single day chief Scottie Scheffler, going into the ultimate spherical of the Hero World Problem, on the Albany course on Saturday.

Thomas, whose final win on the Tour was the 2022 PGA Championships, had 4 birdies on the entrance 9 in a spherical laced with some clear driving and guaranteed placing on a day that noticed some murky climate play its half.

After the regular stream of birdies on Friday, Scheffler simply had 4 for the spherical and the thirteenth gap actually proved to be a bogey for the defending champion as he ended the penultimate day on 200 over 54 holes.

Although these two Main winners held the eye, the participant who was the cynosure of all eyes was South Korea’s Tom Kim.

The 22-year-old, who has three Tour wins to his title, registered an unimaginable 12 birdies and was heading in the right direction to overtake Rickie Fowler’s event file of 61 for a spherical earlier than a double bogey on the seventeenth scuttled his probability. Kim’s stupendous effort vaulted him seven locations to 3rd at 201.

Tom Kim of South Korea performs his shot from the third teeduring the third spherical of the Hero World Problem 2024 at Albany Golf Course in Nassau, Bahamas.
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Rounding out the highest 5 was Keegan Bradley, who stayed put at fourth spot with a 203, a stroke forward of Sahith Theegala and Akshay Bhatia, the latter slipping three rungs from his in a single day joint-second place.

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“Yeah, yeah, that might be nice. I’ve had a pair alternatives previously, but it surely’s positively one thing I’d like to test off my field in my profession sooner or later,” mentioned Thomas on the opportunity of breaking the win drought and receiving the trophy from Tiger Woods.

(The author is in Nassau on the invitation of Hero MotoCorp)