S.H. Kim takes five-stroke lead into Sunday at AdventHealth Championship

S.H. Kim holds a five-stroke lead after a 6-under 66 during the third round of the AdventHealth Championship.

S.H. Kim

(first/-19)

• Four-time runner-up finisher (two each in 2022 and 2025) seeking first career Korn Ferry Tour win
• Cards 6-under 66, highlighted by 5-under 31 on the back nine, to hold five-stroke 54-hole lead at 19-under 197 – which marks the lowest opening 54-hole score at the AdventHealth Championship since its relocation to Blue Hills Country Club in 2019 (previous: 17-under 199/Wilson Furr/2023)
• Five-stroke lead marks the largest 54-hole lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event since the 2024 Compliance Solutions Championship (John Pak/led by seven strokes/won by three strokes)
• Holds his second career 54-hole lead/co-lead in what is his 30th career start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: first/2022 Lake Charles Championship/finished P2)
• Boasts three top-10s, highlighted by runner-up finishes at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island and the 118th VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro, in seven Korn Ferry Tour starts this season
• Posted T31 finish at the 2022 AdventHealth Championship, his only previous appearance at the event
• Finished No. 68 in the 2023 FedExCup Fall as a PGA TOUR rookie, but finished No. 130 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall, leaving him with conditional status for the 2025 PGA TOUR season
• Earned PGA TOUR membership upon conclusion of the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour season, which saw him finish in the top 25 of the standings as a rookie
• Prior to earning Korn Ferry Tour membership, won the 2020 KPGA Championship, becoming the first player in the history of the Korean Tour to win an even as a Monday qualifier, and won the 2021 Japan PGA Championship on the Japan Golf Tour

Additional notes

• Only six players in Korn Ferry Tour history failed to convert a 54-hole lead of five-plus strokes into a victory (most recent: Brett Drewitt/2023 Veritex Bank Championship/led by five strokes/finished second).
• Alvaro Ortiz (second/-14), who held the 36-hole co-lead after tying the course record with a second-round 9-under 63, matches his career-high 54-hole position in what is his 58th career start on Tour (previous: second/2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished T11); he finished No. 57 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List in what was his second season on Tour.
• Carter Jenkins (third/-13), one of four 18-hole co-leaders earlier this week, stands inside the top three through 54 holes for the second time in what is his 66th career start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: T1/2023 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation/finished T2); he has back-to-back top 50 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List (34th in 2023, 42nd in 2024).
• Ben Taylor (fourth/-12), Sudarshan Yellamaraju (fifth/-11), S.Y. Noh (T7/-9), and Austin Smotherman(T7/-9) are the only Korn Ferry Tour winners in the top 10.
• Conditional member Brandon Hoelzer (T7/-9), who was the last man to gain entry to the field via the priority ranking, is seeking his first top-25 in what is his 17th career start on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Class of 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Adrien Dumont de Chassart (T11/-8) cards 8-under 64 for the low round of the day.