Tom Kim

MANILA, Philippines — Rico Hoey bounced back from an error-riddled start on the back nine with a blistering frontside 31 — highlighted by a pitch-in eagle — to safely make the weekend cut at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday (Saturday Manila time). Though the ICTSI-backed Hoey remained seven strokes behind new leader Jordan Smith of England, his fiery finish could spark a moving-day charge.

MANILA, Philippines — Three-time PGA Tour winner Tom Kim snapped a string of underwhelming performances on Thursday (Friday Manila time), firing a sterling six-under 64 to join a tight six-way logjam atop the leaderboard after the opening round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Kim kicked off his round on the back nine, igniting his charge with a three-birdie binge from No. 14.

Not long ago, men’s golf in Asia was often framed in terms of promise and potential rather than major achievements. That perception changed dramatically when Y.E. Yang of Korea and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama captured major titles — Yang at the 2009 PGA Championship and Matsuyama at the 2021 Masters — where their historic wins signaled that Asian golf had finally awakened.