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Patrick Cantlay matched the course record with an 11-under par 60 to share the lead with South Korean Kim Joo-hyung after Saturday’s third round of the PGA Shriners Children’s Open.
The 30-year-old American missed a birdie putt from just outside 24 feet on the 18th hole to foil his bid for a 59 but settled for matching his career-best PGA round to stand on 19-under 194 after 54 holes at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.
“All in all I played really good today and needed to to get into position to win this tournament,” Cantlay said.
“I just made all those mid-range putts, the 10-footers for birdie, I made most all of them. I hit pretty much every green. I hit the ball really well and had a bunch of looks and made most of them.”
Cantlay also fired a 60 in 2011 at the Travelers Championship, shooting the lowest round by an amateur in PGA history.
“I was pretty happy,” Cantlay said. “I hit good putts all day.”
Kim, in the final group, birdied six of the last eight holes on his way to a bogey-free 62 and equaled Cantlay atop the leaderboard by making a birdie putt from just inside three feet at the 18th hole.
“I played really solid, took care of what I needed to take care of,” Kim said. “I’m really pleased with it and gave myself a chance on Sunday. This course is really gettable and I have a good game plan.”
Kim, the only player without a bogey all week, would break the record of Tiger Woods to become the youngest winner of multiple PGA titles with a Vegas victory.
Woods, a 15-time major winner, was nine months past his 20th birthday when he won his first two PGA titles in 1996, the first of them in Vegas.
If he wins, Kim would be 20 years and three months old when he collects his second PGA crown, after taking his first at Greensboro in August.
“There’s a lot of golf left to be played,” Kim said. “We haven’t run away with it. I have to play well tomorrow.”
With six birdies on the front nine, Cantlay matched his career-low nine-hole score with an opening 29, his fifth 29 for nine in a…
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