Following a course and tournament record 60 in Friday's second round, kept the momentum rolling at Sedgefield Country Club, continuing his ballstriking clinic from tee to green, closing out the weekend 64- 67 for a 259 total and a 5 shot victory. The win is the 21-year-old South Korean's first PGA TOUR victory and comes in just his 38th start on Tour.
What You Need To Know:
- Kim's win is the 12th this year for TaylorMade's M drivers, which include Jason Day at THE PLAYERS & Dustin Johnson's thrilling victory at the 116th U.S. Open.
- Kim plays an 8.5* M1 460 with a MRC Diamana Blue S+ 70 shaft, which he used to average over 306 yards off the tee with a 73%+ accuracy this week.
- Kim becomes the 18th player to earn his first victory on Tour at the Wyndham Championship and is the youngest international winner on the PGA TOUR since 1978.
- Kim plays the Tour Preferred X Golf Ball, which has 8 wins on the PGA TOUR this season and is also played by 4 of the top 12 players in the OWGR.
- Kim's second round 60 (aided by a career-high 8 birdies) was both a course and tournament record.
- Kim's 259 total tied the 72-hole tournament record.
In Kim's Bag at the Wyndham Championship:
- M1 460 Driver / 8.5* / Mitsubishi Diamana Blue S+ 70
- M1 Fairway / 14* / Mitsubishi Diamana White D+ 80
- M2 Fairway / 18* / Matrix Speed RULZ 80 C
- Tour Preferred MB ('14) Irons / 3-9 / KBS Tour V
- Tour Preferred X ('16) Golf Ball
- adidas Golf Tour360 Boost Footwear
