Shoots 6-under 66 in final round to finish at 5-under 283, jumping from tied 24th to tied 10th
Kim Si-woo fired a final-round 66 to claim his eighth top-10 finish of the season at the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament, which carries a $20 million purse.
Playing at Muirfield Village Golf Club (par 72) in Dublin, Ohio, on Monday Korean Standard Time, Kim carded one eagle, five birdies and one bogey for a 6-under 66, finishing at 5-under 283.
After sitting tied for 38th through the second round and tied for 24th after the third, Kim climbed 14 spots to finish tied for 10th alongside Maverick McNealy of the United States. He has now made the cut in all 16 tournaments he has entered this season, recording a top-10 finish in nearly half of them as his strong form continues.
Of the 53 players who made the cut, 32 had to complete unfinished third-round holes — left over from bad weather the previous day — before teeing off in the fourth round. Kim had completed all 18 holes of his third round on Sunday, allowing him to focus entirely on the final round.
He picked up his first birdie at the par-4 6th hole, then added another at the par-4 9th with a precise iron shot. A tee shot into the creek at the par-5 11th cost him a bogey and briefly slowed his momentum.
Kim then delivered a strong stretch over the final six holes, picking up five strokes. He holed a 2.2-meter birdie putt at the par-4 13th to get back on track, then drained a 5.7-meter eagle putt at the par-5 15th after placing his second shot on the fringe. He added birdies at both the par-3 16th and the par-4 18th to close out his round.
Fellow South Korean Im Sung-jae made three birdies against four bogeys for a 1-over 73, finishing the tournament at 2-over 290 and tied for 32nd.
JT Poston of the United States won the tournament on the second playoff hole, defeating fellow American Ryan Gerard. Poston had drawn level with Gerard by making birdie on the 18th hole in regulation, then sealed the victory by sinking a par putt on the same hole in the second extra hole.
Poston collected the $4 million winner's check, claiming his fourth career PGA Tour title and his first since the Shriners Children's Open in October 2024 — a gap of roughly one year and eight months.
Wyndham Clark of the United States finished third at 11-under 277, while Tommy Fleetwood of England and Sam Burns of the United States shared fourth at 10-under 278.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler of the United States and No. 2 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland both finished at 4-under 284, tied for 12th.
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