Sihwan Kim carded an ace to surge into a six shot lead after the second day of the inaugural Kharkov Superior Cup as the Korean equalled the course record at Superior Golf and Spa Resort with a stunning 64.<\/p>\n
That eight under par round came courtesy of eight birdies and a hole in one, and moved the 24 year old to the summit on 14 under par, with Lloyd Kennedy the closest threat on eight under par after the Englishman signed for a six under second round of 66.<\/p>\n
Kim\u2019s round could not have got off to a more perfect start as he birdied the par four tenth, his first, before holing out with a seven iron tee shot from 164 yards at the 11th. Incredibly, his was the second ace in as many groups as Denmark\u2019s Mark F Haastrup had carded a hole-in-one in the group immediately ahead.<\/p>\n
Indeed, Kim revealed that he had witnessed Haastrup\u2019s shot from the tenth green before repeating the feat minutes later.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was crazy because right after Mark hit the shot, in the group ahead, I was wondering where the pin was so I looked back and I saw the ball jump in,\u201d said the Seoul native, who was two shots off the lead after the opening round.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was the first one to realise it went in the hole. Then we just got on the tee and I just hit my shot and it went in. It was crazy. He pretty much gave me the line! He put a good image in my head, definitely.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were no celebrations for a while because we weren\u2019t completely sure but when we got up to the green, there were a few high fives alright.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hit a lot of good shots today and obviously the hole in one helped me to get things going. I putted better today but actually I hit the ball better on the first day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t make too many mistakes and made some good saves so it was all good. I’m trying not to think too much right now because I have been trying to play too well recently which resulted in not great rounds. I’m trying to do too much.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019ll try to stay out there and just let go and play. I think that\u2019s why it\u2019s gone so well in the last few days.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other hole in one hero, Haastrup, was one shot behind Kennedy and seven shots off the lead on seven under par after a three under 69. He was joined in tied third by his compatriot Lucas Bjerregaard (70), Englishman Steve Tiley (69), Germany\u2019s Bernd Ritthammer (68) and first round leader Victor Riu (73) of France.<\/p>\n
Photo: Pavel Zmey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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