Kim sets sights on second American Express title


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The 2023 American Express

US PGA Tour

La Quinta Country Club
California, USA
19–22 January 2023
 
Former champion Kim Si-Woo will be looking to carry his form from the Sony Open in Hawaii over into The American Express.
 
The South Korean carded 64 in the final round at the Waialae Country Club to finish with an 18-under 262 for the week and beat Hayden Buckley by one stroke.

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It was Kim's fourth PGA Tour victory and his first since winning The American Express in 2021, when he took the title by a stroke ahead of Patrick Cantlay.
 
The 27-year-old is hoping to build on his fine start to 2023 after enduring a difficult 2021/22 season, which saw him finish in the top-10 just once - T8 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

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Kim admits he sometimes struggles with confidence issues when finding himself paired with the likes of top pros Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas.
 
"Yeah, my dad keep talk to me: 'You're not the top player, so don't try to act like top player'," he said after his triumph in Honolulu.
 
"If I play Rory, J.T., all the good players, sometimes I play with them [I'm] like, what I'm doing here, they're so good, driving like 360, and I'm like 60 yards behind. Yeah, I'm still a lot of going."
 

Last five American Express winners

 
2022 - Hudson Swafford (USA)
2021 - Kim Si-Woo (KOR)
2020 - Andrew Landry (USA)
2019 - Adam Long (USA)
2018 - Jon Rahm (ESP)
 

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Published: 01/18/2023