As Thursday’s play at the PGA Championship came to an end, the man who everyone was talking about was Tom Kim — and it wasn’t because of his placement on the leaderboard.
Kim completed his round at three-over, eight shots back of leader Eric Cole. So, Thursday’s round at Oak Hill wasn’t the best of Kim’s life. But it was probably the most memorable.
Playing Oak Hill’s sixth hole (his 15th) Kim had a messy adventure.
Kim went into a creek area looking for a ball. But the marshy terrain captured Kim, not unlike something you’d see with quicksand in the old Super Mario Brothers games. Fortunately, Kim did escape.
But when he finally emerged, Kim more resembled someone working a sewer at the end of his day than a golfer nearing the end of a round.
Out of context golf 🤣 pic.twitter.com/HbBP6XzcoN
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) May 18, 2023
The Sky Sports Golf announcers did not fail to see the humor in Kim’s situation.
“Oh my goodness! That’s absolutely fantastic!”
“I wonder if just the bed of that creek is just so soft that [Tom Kim] just sunk in there.”
“That’s the most I’ve ever seen anybody get plunged.”
“It may be testing the senses of the nostrils as well.”
⛳️📺🎙️🤣 https://t.co/spk1fhcGQt
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 19, 2023
They were not the only ones.
Tom Kim at Oak Hill pic.twitter.com/gh5glimNa1
— Steve Carlin (@redhawkseve) May 18, 2023
found the tom kim video and it is wild pic.twitter.com/RtCbvu3j9M
— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) May 19, 2023
Tom Kim, welcome to the show pic.twitter.com/o61KEiYj04
— Patrick McDonald (@pmcdonaldCBS) May 18, 2023
Tom Kim tonight is one of the funniest things to happen in golf history pic.twitter.com/mSz8tbgrt5
— NBA Slime (@TerryFranconia) May 19, 2023
Tom Kim trying to finish his round pic.twitter.com/wdBU7sJ0f7
— Josh Culp (@futureoffantasy) May 18, 2023
Fancy people pay big money for mud treatments like this. And Tom Kim got one for free. pic.twitter.com/AIQqaNXNU0
— Amanda Rose (@AmandaGolf59) May 19, 2023
When the round finished, Kim realized that his adventures were captured on television and were trending on different social media outlets. To his credit, Kim maintained a great sense of humor about it.
Tom Kim just found out he went viral.
“everyone knows?!” pic.twitter.com/Vgpa2MhdFF
— claire rogers (@kclairerogers) May 19, 2023
This is a PGA Championship memory Kim, as well as everyone who witnessed it, will remember for a long time.
[Photo Credit: Sky Sports]
