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On Friday afternoon, PGA Tour golfer Michael Kim found himself becoming a part of history when he fired a 12-under, 59 to rocket to the top of the leaderboard at the 3M Open.
Kim opened the tournament with a two-under round on Thursday and found himself flirting with the cut line when he teed off on Friday. Twelve birdies and no bogeys later, though, he found himself on the top of the leaderboard and a part of PGA Tour history with one of the lowest rounds ever recorded.
After the round, Kim revealed a telling bit of information: he almost skipped the event in the first place after playing five straight weekends.
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"I felt decent energy-wise," Kim said, "so I went home after I missed the cut at the Open, just spent a couple days relaxing and came up here and really happy I did."
Eight of his birdies were from more than 10 feet as he made over 145 feet of putts while hitting just 21 putts across 18 holes.
"When you hit a putt and it does exactly what you kind of envisioned before you hit it, it's an awesome feeling. Felt like that all day out there," Kim, whose lone tour win came at the 2018 John Deere Classic, said after the round.
He currently holds the lead at the 3M Open by three shots.
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