Grace Kim continues women’s form in TPS events
Grace Kim – photo Australian Golf Media
The two TPS Series mixed gender events events on the PGA Tour of Australasia to date in 2023 have been won by women and today, Sydney’s Grace Kim set up the possibility of a 3rd when she added a second consecutive round of 64 to lead the TPS Series Sydney event at Bonnie Doon by two heading into the weekend.
With Min Yoon and Sarah Jane Smith winning the first two TPS events in Victoria earlier in the year, Kim has opened the door for the prospect of a clean sweep for the ladies in the four TPS events on the schedule. Another such event will be played in the Hunter Valley next week.
22 year old Kim leads over Canberra’s Brendan Jones who last year finished runner-up in this event, and NSW golfer’s Daniel Gale and amateur Jeffrey Guan.
Fifteen birdies and one bogey over the opening 36 holes have the 2021 Australian Women’s Amateur Champion and recent LPGA Tour graduate, Kim, chasing a first prize of A$45,000 in the low scoring event where it needed 3 under par to make the weekend field.
Gale finished 8th at last week’s Vic Open and last November was runner-up at the Queensland PGA Championship, Jones has been one of the most successful foreigners in Japan over the last twenty years and Guan is generally considered one of Australian golf’s most exciting young amateurs.
Robyn Choi adds another prong to the women’s chances in the event, the Queenslander at 9 under, three from the lead and tied for 5th with the improving Tom Power Horan and recent Queensland PGA Champion, Aaron Wilkin.
