Leader Si Woo Kim, left, and world number one Scottie Scheffler, right, will play together in Sunday's final round. LM Otero/Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo
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Kim leads Scheffler in Texas, Power's Saturday move fails to materialise
Seamus Power is T29 heading into the final day of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
SI WOO KIM will take a two-shot lead into the final round at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, but he will have to fend off a Sunday challenge from world number one Scottie Scheffler.
Kim shot a three-under par 68 to move to 21-under par for the week, two clear of Scheffler and Wyndham Clark, who both shot six-under par 65s on Saturday.
“I think no matter what, it’s going to be fun,” Kim said afterwards.
“Especially Dallas: kind of like my second hometown, [Scheffler] grew up here. It’s going to be a lot of fans cheering for him.
“I was hoping for a pairing with Scottie. Yeah, it’s going to be fun Sunday and fun to go with Scottie.”
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Stephen Jaeger, who shot the low round of the day with a 64, is in a three-way tie for fourth on -17 alongside Tom Hoge and Sungjae Im.
But Seamus Power’s Saturday move failed to materialise as he shot even par 71 on Saturday, leaving him in a tie for 29th place and 10 shots behind leader Kim.
Kim birdied the third and sixth holes but stumbled with a three-putt bogey at the eighth hole and followed a five-foot birdie putt at the ninth with bogeys at 10 and 11, missing the green with his second shot each time.
Kim’s late birdie binge included a tap-in birdie at the par-five 12th after reaching the green in two, a birdie putt from just inside nine feet at 14 and another from just inside 10 feet at 15.
Scheffler, who could complete a career Grand Slam with a victory at next month’s US Open, had a run of three birdies in four holes on the front nine and four birdies in five holes from the ninth through 13th.
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Kim leads Scheffler in Texas, Power's Saturday move fails to materialise
SI WOO KIM will take a two-shot lead into the final round at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, but he will have to fend off a Sunday challenge from world number one Scottie Scheffler.
Kim shot a three-under par 68 to move to 21-under par for the week, two clear of Scheffler and Wyndham Clark, who both shot six-under par 65s on Saturday.
“I think no matter what, it’s going to be fun,” Kim said afterwards.
“Especially Dallas: kind of like my second hometown, [Scheffler] grew up here. It’s going to be a lot of fans cheering for him.
Stephen Jaeger, who shot the low round of the day with a 64, is in a three-way tie for fourth on -17 alongside Tom Hoge and Sungjae Im.
But Seamus Power’s Saturday move failed to materialise as he shot even par 71 on Saturday, leaving him in a tie for 29th place and 10 shots behind leader Kim.
Kim birdied the third and sixth holes but stumbled with a three-putt bogey at the eighth hole and followed a five-foot birdie putt at the ninth with bogeys at 10 and 11, missing the green with his second shot each time.
Kim’s late birdie binge included a tap-in birdie at the par-five 12th after reaching the green in two, a birdie putt from just inside nine feet at 14 and another from just inside 10 feet at 15.
Scheffler, who could complete a career Grand Slam with a victory at next month’s US Open, had a run of three birdies in four holes on the front nine and four birdies in five holes from the ninth through 13th.
– Additional reporting © AFP 2026
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