Chan Kim was as relaxed as he’s been in some time on Thursday at TPC Sawgrass, where the 35-year-old Kim, on the heels of a frustrating and emotional close to his fall season, opened the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School with a leading 6-under 64 around the Dye’s Valley Course.

It’s no coincidence that a day earlier, Kim’s newborn daughter, Jenna, went home for the first time.

Chan Kim had just missed the cut at the World Wide Technology Championship in early November, his 12th trunk slam in 15 starts, when he received a call that his wife, Sally, about three weeks from Jenna’s due date, had been rushed in for an emergency C-section. Kim hopped on a plane back home to Phoenix as soon as he could, but he still missed his firstborn’s entrance into the world.

Jenna was born at approximately

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