Juhyung Kim's Leap... Jumping from 44th to 11th Place Overnight

Sony Open Round 2: 5 Under Par, Three Shots Behind the Leaders
Fishburn and McCarthy Share Lead, Hirata Tied for Third
An Byeonghun, Kim Siwoo, and Lee Kyunghoon Miss the Cut

This is the leap of Kim Joo-hyung.

Kim Juhyung is teeing off at the 16th hole during the second round of the Sony Open. Hawaii=AFP·Yonhap News

On the 10th (local time), at the Waialae Country Club (par 70, 7,044 yards) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Kim shot 5 under par in the second round of the PGA Tour Sony Open (total prize money $8.7 million) to rise to a tie for 11th place (7 under par, 133 strokes). Patrick Fishburn and Denny McCarthy (both from the USA) shared the lead at 10 under par (130 strokes).

Starting from a tie for 44th place, Kim made five birdies without any bogeys. After reducing two strokes in the front nine with birdies on holes 1 and 6, he made another birdie on the 13th hole (par 4). He then chased the leaders with consecutive birdies on holes 17 and 18. He is only three strokes behind the co-leaders. He has been on an upward trend recently, finishing as runner-up in both the Hero World Challenge and the Grand Thornton Invitational, which were event tournaments held last December.

Gensei Hirata (Japan) and Eric Cole (USA) are tied for third place at one stroke behind (9 under par, 131 strokes). Hirata won the Shinhan Donghae Open last September, a tournament jointly organized by the Korean Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA), the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), and the Asian Tour. His maternal grandfather and grandmother were born in Korea and moved to Japan when he was young.

Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), who won The Sentry last week, the opening event of the 2025 season, is tied for 42nd place (4 under par, 136 strokes). Except for Kim Joo-hyung, Korean players performed poorly. An Byeong-hun, who was runner-up in this tournament last year, and Kim Si-woo, the 2023 champion of this event, are tied for 77th place (2 under par, 138 strokes), while Lee Kyung-hoon missed the cut, tied for 134th place (5 over par, 145 strokes).

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