Asian Tour: Sihwan Kim keeps nose out in front at Singapore Open despite cold putter
- Third-round leader shoots two-under par 69 and is joined at top of the leader board by Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana
- 19-year-old South Korean Joohyung Kim in third as race for order of merit title goes down to last round of season
American Sihwan Kim stayed out in front after the third round of the SMBC Singapore Open on Saturday at Sentosa Golf Club, but was joined at the top by Sadom Kaewkanjana from Thailand.
Third-round leader Kim carded a two-under par 69 on the Serapong Course while Sadom fired a 65 to lead on 11 under, in the final event of the 2020-21 season on the Asian Tour.
Joohyung Kim, the 19-year-old Korean who currently leads the Asian Tour Order of Merit, returned a 69 and is in solo possession of third, three strokes back.
Australian Zach Murray, in with 65, Justin De Los Santos from the Philippines and Japan’s Yuto Katsuragawa, who both scored 68, are a further shot behind.
Kim, who has spent much of his career playing on the Challenge Tour in Europe, is chasing his first win as a professional.
“I feel all right, I wish I made more putts, but it is what it is and I’m still leading,” he said. “I just couldn’t really get it close to the pin today, only had a couple of birdie chances and that was about it.”
The 33-year-old has finished in the top five six times on the Asian Tour and was joint fourth in the recent Blue Canyon Phuket Championship, at the end of last year.