LOS ANGELES — In a week of US Open record performances, Tom Kim has joined the fun.
Kim was just kind of muddling along through the first two days, making the cut by a shot. He was 1 over after 36 holes, but during Saturday’s third round, under the sunniest of skies so far this week at the Los Angeles Country Club, he got hot.
Kim birdied the first, third, fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth holes to get to 5 under overall halfway through his round.
His front-nine 29 ties the 9-hole scoring mark, as well.
It’s the fifth time a golfer posted a 29 in US Open history.
Lowest 9-hole scores in a US Open
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Neal Lancaster, final round, Shinnecock Hills, 1995
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Neal Lancaster, second round, Oakland Hills, 1996
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Vijay Singh, second round, Olympia Fields, 2003
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Louis Oosthuizen, final round, Chambers Bay, 2015
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Tom Kim, third round, LACC, 2023
Already this week, fans have been treated to three holes-in-one (the 49th, 50th and 51st aces in US Open history) as well as a pair of 62s, one by Rickie Fowler and the other by Xander Schauffele. Fowler’s second-round 68 gave him a two-day total of 130, which ties the 36-hole mark at the US Open.
Back to Kim.
He didn’t slow down on the back nine, making another birdie on No. 10 to get to 6 under, four shots back of Fowler.
Story originally appeared on GolfWeek