Kim fires 66 to lead at Gary Woodland Championship
Lilia Vu
David Kim torched the Diablo Grande Golf & Country Club in Patterson, Calif. on Saturday, firing a 6-under 66 to take a three-shot lead at the Under Armour/Gary Woodland Championship.
Meanwhile, Andrea Wong, Lilia Vu and Pailin Ruttanasupagid fired even-par 71s to share the lead on the girls side.
The boys play the 36-hole, stroke-play event at par 72, while the girls are a par 71.
An eagle at No. 5 highlighted Kim's round, making up for an opening bogey.
Kim is three shots ahead of Jack Chung and four ahead of Andrew Whalen, Tharusyan Pillay, Ben Schlotman and Kevin Murphy.
Ruttanasupagid and Vu picked up three birdies on Saturday, while Wong had five.
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Quick facts about the tournament
• Seven states are represented
• Players from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, South Korea and Thailand
• 8 players have signed Div. 1 Letters of Intent
• The boys defending champ is Julian Lerda of Argentina, while Kendall Prince of Oregon won the girls competition in 2011.
• Gary Woodland, No. 65 in the World Golf Rankings currently, is hosting his first AJGA event. Woodland is one of four pros that will host an event on the AJGA circuit in 2012, joining Hunter Mahan, Vicky Hurst and Steve Marino.
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The field
• BOYS
- Joseph Ahn
- Matthew Ashley
- Soungjae Baek (South Korea)
- Andrej Bevins
- Taylor Bromley
- Landon Brown
- Jeff Carney
- William Chae
- Jonathan Chang
- Michael Choe
- Steven Sunwoo Choi
- Christopher Chu
- Jack Chung (South Korea)
- Jin Ho Chung (Brazil)
- Sebastian Crampton
- Cameron Davison
- Justin De los Santos
- Michael Decker
- Ben Doyle
- Hale Furey
- Frank Garber
- Ian Hagener
- Ryan Han
- Jonny Hogan
- Michael Hong
- Franklin Huang
- Tanner Hughes
- Johnny Hyun
- Andrew Kennedy
- Bradley Keyer
- David Kim
- John YounSung Kim
- Ryan Knop
- Joseph Ko
- Jonathan Lai
- KK Limbhasut (Thailand)
- Clayton Madey
- Cole Madey
- Brandon Mai
- Mitchell Martin
- Troy Maxoutopoulis
- Mike McGilton
- Evan McLeod
- Kevin Murphy
- Tharusyan Pillay
- Donalddong Qiu (China)
- Christian Rajcic
- Hunter Rappleye
- Sulman Raza
- Ryan Rhee
- Gustavo Romero
- Randy Ross
- Travis Rowney
- Ben Schlottman
- Hayden Shieh
- Bryan BeomCheol Shin (South Korea)
- Léven Simon-Seay
- Zachary Smith
- Justin Suh
- Barrett Taylor
- Brandon Tsujimoto
- Andre Vu
- Andrew Whalen
- David-wookyeon Won (South Korea)
- Dylan Wu
- Clayton Yamaguchi
- Edwin Yi
• GIRLS
- Jocelyn Chia
- Lauren Diaz-Yi
- Nina Fairbairn
- Brittany Fan
- Avery French
- Mariel Galdiano
- Muni He (China)
- Marissa Hinchman
- Lauren Kim
- Kaylyn King
- Danielle Lee
- Paige Lee
- Euna Pak
- Grace Park (South Korea)
- Pailin Ruttanasupagid (Thailand)
- Sara Scarlett
- Kelsey Ulep
- Lilia Vu
- Crystal Wang
- Alexandra Wong
- Andrea Wong
- Michelle Xie
- Tiffany Yau
- Angel Yin
- Michelle Yom
- Anna Zhou
- Wanasa Zhou (Australia)
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