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After mid-round grip change, hole-out eagle, Si Woo Kim takes FedEx St. Jude lead

Sometimes it's not how you start, but how you finish.

Si Woo Kim withdrew from last week's Wyndham Championship during the final round due to an illness. Just four days later, however, he teed it up in Memphis at the FedExCup playoffs' opener and has put himself in a position to win.

He made the turn at 1 under, recorded a birdie on No. 10, but then made an equipment change and caught fire.

"It was great to start birdie 2 under and then I was a little struggling putting and then I just decided to change the putting grip," Kim said after Round 1, "so I think that makes more feel comfortable.