PGA Tour: Si Woo Kim makes charge, as Schenk lights up Farmers Insurance Open with birdie blitz to grab share of lead
- South Korean’s 8-under 64 propels him into tie for sixth, 4 shots behind leaders at halfway stage of Farmers Insurance Open
- Adam Schenk fires off 8 birdies in a row to move alongside Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas at 13-under
Unheralded Adam Schenk birdied eight holes in a row to share the lead with top-ranked Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas after Thursday’s second round of The Farmers Insurance Open.
A day after his 30th birthday, Schenk torched the North Course at Torrey Pines for a career-low 62, 10-under par, to stand on 13-under alongside fellow American Thomas and Rahm, who won last year’s US Open on Torrey’s South Course.
It was a good day too for Si Woo Kim, who got himself back into contention with an 8-under 64. The South Korean rattled in seven birdies and an eagle on the North Course to move himself to 9-under at the halfway stage.
Kim has had a consistent if unspectacular 2021-22 PGA Tour season, enjoying five top-25s and missing only a single cut in six starts so far. He finished tied for 11th in his title defence at The American Express last week.
“Everything went pretty well today,” he said. “With a birdie on the first hole, it gave me momentum until the end. I was confident after that first birdie. I was not anxious and ended with a decent score.”
The day though belonged to Schenk, whose birdie run was largely down to his hot putter. His streak began at the par-4 fourth and included a 30-footer at the par-5 fifth, a 40-footer at the par-3 eighth, a 35-footer to begin the back nine and a 30-footer from off the 11th green.
“Unbelievable day,” Schenk said. “I didn’t know how many I made in a row. I knew I needed to capitalise while I was playing good golf and that’s what I tried to do.