South Korea's Olympians delight home crowd by leading at Genesis Championship

Tom Kim carded a stunning eagle at the last to join fellow South Korean An Byeong-hun at the top of the Genesis Championship leaderboard.

The pair, who represented their country at the 2024 Paris Olympics, delighted the home crowd by moving one clear of the chasing pack at 12 under.

Kim was forced to grind it out with just one birdie on his front nine, but carded two more at the 10th and 12th.

He drained a monster 59-foot birdie putt at the 14th which saw him join An and Antoine Rozner, who was in the clubhouse after a 65, at 11 under.

A double bogey followed for Kim at the next, but he responded with a brilliant approach from the rough at the 16th for a birdie.

Then at the par-five last he landed his second shot to within four feet, which he rolled in for eagle.

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"It felt great. Just to finish off the way I finished after that bad break on 15 just makes dinner taste so much better," Kim said.

"Obviously I've made a few mistakes this week but those little things are coming together to back up those mistakes.

"It would be special (to win in my homeland). It would be more special because I haven’t played back at home since I got to the PGA Tour, so to be able to have a good round tomorrow and finish it off would be really special."

Overnight leader An had three birdies and two bogeys in his third-round 71.

"I struggled a little bit today," An said. "The last two rounds have been almost perfect.

"It’s a little disappointing. My shot standard wasn’t as sharp as the first two days.

"It was one of those days. It’s golf. It’s been great the last few days, it happens and hopefully (it is) better tomorrow."

Rozner was joined at 11 under by Francesco Laporta and Ricardo Gouveia, who is in need of strong performance to earn