What was so tough about that American party?
"I did a lot of reading that night," Kim said, smiling. "My eyes were tired."
The drama is gone from the FedEx Cup -- Singh made sure of that with two victories -- but perhaps there is one race that could come down to the wire.
Mickelson has a chance to win the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted scoring average, and at 69.52 he leads Garcia (69.53) by one-hundredth of a point. Mickelson at least needs to finish ahead of the Spaniard to capture his first major award on the PGA Tour.
Kim, however, is one-tenth of a point behind at 69.62. Scoring averages cannot be computed until the end of the week, because scores are adjusted based on the average field score for the tournament.
"It would be cool," Mickelson said when asked about the Vardon Trophy. "I don't really understand the mathematics of the scoring average, because it's not really your score."
But he understood a 68 and was pleased with it.
Mickelson made the turn at 4 under thanks to some putting that has been missing most of the year. One errant shot struck a small girl in the knee, and before Mickelson could check on her, his caddie brought some levity to the moment.
"Have you seen our Crowne Plaza commercials?" he said, referring to one scene when Mickelson meets with various fans he has hit in the gallery over the years.
Kim hit mainly fairways and greens, and he took only 26 putts for to match his lowest scores of the year and post his fifth consecutive round in the 60s on the PGA Tour. He played with Mike Weir (70), who watched some of the Ryder Cup on Sunday. He was asked if he saw any of Kim's match against Garcia.
"I saw the start," Weir said. "He got off to a great start."
Four days later, Kim hasn't slowed a bit.
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