LAS VEGAS — Tom Kim closed with a 5-under-par 67 and completed four rounds without a bogey to win the Shriners Children’s Open when Patrick Cantlay fell apart on the final hole Sunday.
Kim became the first player since Tiger Woods in 1996 to win twice on the PGA Tour before turning 21. The 20-year-old South Korean won the Wyndham Championship in August to earn a tour card, and he’s been soaring ever since.
“I’m having fun playing on the PGA Tour. It’s awesome,” Kim said.
But he needed some help from Cantlay, who could have gone to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking with a win at TPC Summerlin.
They traded birdies along the back nine and came to the par-4 18th hole tied for the lead when it all fell apart for Cantlay. He was first to play and hooked a 3-wood left of the fairway into a desert bush in a ravine.