Wyndham Championship: Joohyung Kim shakes off quadruple bogey to win, secures FedEx spot, Rickie Fowler in

Joohyung Kim’s meteoric rise continued with a maiden PGA Tour victory at the Wyndham Championship. In the final event of the regular season, Kim took the win on his ninth start on the PGA Tour — with the victory securing him a spot in the FedEx Cup play-offs. Ad/> While it was joy for Kim, there was heartbreak for England’s Matt Wallace.

After missing the cut, Wallace was reliant on other results both to secure a spot in the play-offs and to lock down his Tour card for next season. Wyndham Championship'Getting a little unhealthy' — Zalatoris splits from caddie in middle of tournament7 HOURS AGO Wins for the likes of John Huh, Sungjae Im or Russell Henley would have been enough to help Wallace over the line, but Kim dealt a knockout blow as the Korean was not a member of the Tour at the start of the event. Victory secured him an automatic invite, and the 125th spot.

Asked if he would accept his PGA Tour membership, Kim said: “I gladly do.” Kim secured the victory in some style, as he went out in 27 strokes, the second-lowest score on a front nine in PGA Tour history. /> Hopes of a fabled 59 were dashed by a surprise bogey on the 10th after a wayward tee shot, but he regrouped and fended off Sungjae Im and John Huh with a 61 for a five-shot win. As good as the win was in itself, it needs to be remembered that he opened the tournament with a quadruple-bogey eight.

“I can’t believe it, I am speechless,” Kim said. “I have worked really hard to get to this point. “It was a hard day.

I did not know golf could be this stressful before. “I stayed patient this week. After that quad, once I laughed it off I could feel myself in a better mental state.