Meen-Whee Kim leads at midpoint of Q School
Dec. 2, 2012 - 8:00 AM ET
Meen-Whee Kim reached the halfway point of the final stage of Q School in 18-under-par 68-63-67=198, good for a one-stroke lead over Robert Karlsson and two shots ahead of Edward Loar.
Kim also led after 36 holes in the six-round affair at PGA West. The top 25 not already eligible will earn PGA TOUR cards for 2013. The South Korean is eight strokes clear of the golfers just inside that bubble at 10-under 206. Karlsson was one of eight to card a field-low 65 in the third round. Other notables on the leaderboard include Vaughn Taylor (201), Billy Horschel (201), Kris Blanks (202), Kyle Reifers (202), Camilo Villegas (203), Heath Slocum (203), Ross Fisher (203) and Joseph Bramlett (204). Notables at even par or worse through 54 holes include: 216--Todd Hamilton; Peter Tomasulo; Alexander Noren ... 217--Jeff Klauk ... 218--Richard S. Johnson; Kelly Kraft; Todd Demsey; Derek Fathauer ... 219--Steve Flesch; Skip Kendall; Steve Allan ... 220--Alex Prugh; Dustin Garza ... 221--Chris Wilson ... 222--Paul Claxton ... 227--Scott Brown.
