Tom Kim tau nce mus rau International Presidents Cup Team
Nws yog ib hnub pro-am ntawm Hero World Challenge ntawm Albany Golf Course, txhua tus neeg hauv lub xeev liminal qhov chaw ntawm Thanksgiving thiab Christmas, thaum lub suab nrov. Nrog kev ua si ua tiav rau hnub, cov neeg ua si ntub dej tau scrambled rau vaj tse hauv clubhouse.
Tom Kim, lwm lub zog ntawm qhov xwm txheej thiab thawj tus neeg ua si txij li Tiger Woods yeej ob zaug ntawm PGA Ncig Ua Si ua ntej tig 21, zaum hauv nruab nrab ntawm nws tag nrho ntawm lub rooj zaum plush nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kev sib tw World Cup nws tsis tshua saib. (Nws tus hlub Kaus Lim Qab Teb yuav ua si tom qab.) Nws tau raug nug tias nws yuav zoo li cas los ua tus neeg nyiam tshaj plaws - Trevor Immelman, Pab Pawg Thoob Ntiaj Teb tus thawj coj ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Cup tsis ntev los no, tau hu nws ua tus superstar ntiaj teb tom ntej - thiab seb nws puas tau txais. luag.
Kim hais tias, "Cov txiv neej no ua rau kuv nyuaj heev," Kim hais tias, luag nyav thiab tuav lub taub hau ntawm cov players 10, 20 thiab 30 xyoo nws laus, ntau tus uas nws loj hlob hauv TV. "Nws nyuaj rau hais tias lawv ua dab tsi tshwj xeeb, vim tias lawv hloov pauv ntau heev."
Ib daim phuam ntub tuaj ya hauv, chucked los ntawm Shane Lowry, thiab tsaws hauv Kim lub ceg tawv.
"Zoo li ntawd!" Kim hais tias. "Qhov ntawd yog ib qho piv txwv zoo kawg nkaus!"
Tag nrho cov no yog hais tias txhua leej txhua tus hlub Joohyung "Tom" Kim, lub npe hu ua nws thaum yau fascination nrog Thomas lub Tank Cav, thiab ib tug ntawm cov feem ntau exciting players mus rumble nyob rau hauv lub xyoo. Kev hloov pauv muaj xws li Rory McIlroy, uas tau ua si cuaj qhov kev xyaum nrog Kim ntawm BMW Championship, tau saib Thawj Tswj Hwm Cup hauv TV thiab txaus siab ua khub nrog nws ntawm THE CJ CUP hauv South Carolina thaum Lub Kaum Hli. McIlroy yeej rov qab los rau ntiaj teb No. 1, Kim khi rau 11th, thiab lawv sib koom puag tom qab. Game paub txog kev ua si.
Kev hloov pauv kuj suav nrog Immelman, uas nkag siab nyiam tus neeg ua si uas yog lub plawv dhia ntawm nws pab neeg, thiab Lowry, uas tau qhia nws txoj kev hlub nrog locker chav hijinks ntawm Hero.
Lowry tau hais tias "Kuv tau ua si nrog Tom hauv Hong Kong thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2020, qhov kev tshwm sim Asian Tour, Kuv muaj 32 lossis 33 lub sijhawm," Lowry hais. "Kuv nco qab taug kev hauv ib lub qhov thiab kuv hais rau nws, 'Koj hnub nyoog pes tsawg?' Thiab nws zoo li, 'Seventeen.' Kuv zoo li, 'Auj, rau f--- sake.' (Luag) Kuv xav tias nws zoo thaum ntawd thiab pom tseeb tias nws tau ncaws tawm xyoo no thiab nws tau ua qee yam zoo. "
Kim tau zoo siab ntawm Wyndham Championship thaum Lub Yim Hli. Nws tau ua plaub plaub-bogey ntawm nws thawj qhov kev sib tw tab sis tseem yeej tsib ua tsaug rau qhov kawg ntawm 61 (nrog rau qhov tsis txaus ntseeg 27 hnub Sunday qhib cuaj uas yog ib qho ntawm TOUR's cuaj qhov qhab nia cov ntaub ntawv).
PGA ncig saib - Qhov CUT
Tom Kim yeej 2022 Wyndham Championship
Nws tau zoo siab thaum nws blistered ib 240-yard 2- hlau thiab dov nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb-shaking birdie putt kom muaj kev cia siab rau lub ntiaj teb no pab neeg nyob rau hauv lub Presidents khob nyob rau hauv lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj. Thiab nws tau txo hwj chim tom qab ua tsis tau bogey rau lub lim tiam thiab outlasting Patrick Cantlay ntawm Shriners Children's Open hauv Las Vegas thaum Lub Kaum Hli.
Cov tub ntxhais hluas, cov txuj ci, cov tsom iav zoo tshaj Thawj Tswj Hwm khob - Kim muaj tag nrho, khoom plig los ntawm Golf Gods uas zoo li tau poob saum ntuj tsim. Nws yuav yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub lim tiam no Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Ib yam khoom ntawm lub ntiaj teb
Yug hauv Kaus Lim Kauslim rau txiv Changik Lee thiab niam Kwanjoo Kim, Kim thiab nws tus tij laug, Jaewook Kim, tau tsiv mus rau Tuam Tshoj ob peb xyoos ua ntej tsev neeg tuaj tos dua thiab rov qab mus rau Australia kom cov kwv tij tau kawm lus Askiv.
Tom qab nyob hauv qab rau xya xyoo tsev neeg tuaj tos thiab tsiv dua.
Kim hais tias "Ib zaug peb kawm lus Askiv peb tsiv mus rau Philippines vim Australia tau txais nqi me ntsis," Kim hais tias, "thiab peb paub cov neeg hauv Philippines."
Nws yog nyob rau hauv Philippines uas Kim tiag tiag coj mus rau golf, pib nyob rau hauv lub tutelage ntawm nws txiv, ib tug kws qhia ntawv. (Zoo li xav tsis thoob, Kim hais tias lawv lub viav vias tsis zoo ib yam.) Qhov kev ua si tau nkag mus rau ntawd, thiab Kim tau mus rau hauv, tau txais kev kawm hauv tsev. Nrog rau kev tsim ntawm kev ua si Asian Tour, nws thiab tsev neeg tau tsiv rov qab, lub sijhawm no mus rau Thaib teb, uas yooj yim dua rau kev mus ncig. Nws hloov pro ntawm 15.
Hluas dhau rau Asian Tour, Kim tau ua haujlwm hauv Thaib teb kom txog thaum nws muaj 16 xyoo, thaum nws ua tsis tiav los ntawm Asian Tour lub tsev kawm ntawv tsim nyog. Peb yeej yeej ntawm Asian Development Tour ua raws, tau txais nws tshwj xeeb ib ntus ua tswv cuab ntawm Asian Tour, qhov twg nws yeej nyob rau hauv nws thib ob pib. Nws tsuas yog 17 xyoo xwb. Ib yam li nws zoo siab heev, nws txawj hais lus Tagalog, lus Askiv thiab lus Kauslim.
Kim hais lus Korean rau nws niam nws txiv, lus Askiv rau nws tus tij laug. Nws hais tias nws npau suav ntawm ob hom lus.
Cov kev npau suav no tseem tsis tau dhau los ua qhov tseeb raws li nws tsis tau txhaj tshuaj ntawm theem thib ob ntawm Korn Ferry Tour Q-School hauv 2021, tab sis dua, nws tsis nyob ntev. Nws yeej Kaus Lim Kauslim Ncig Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Phem, thiab thaum Asian Tour rov pib dua tom qab COVID hiatus, nws yeej nws qhov Kev Txiav Txim Siab rau lub caij 2020-21, ib yam nkaus, kom nkag mus rau 2022 US Qhib thiab Qhib Championship.
Nws lub hom phiaj yog ua si Asian Tour thiab rov qab mus rau Korn Ferry Tour Q-School lub caij nplooj zeeg kawg.
Raws li nws muab tawm, nws hla lub voj voog tag nrho.
Lub quantum leap tuaj tsis tau thaum nws ua tiav 23rd ntawm US Open tab sis thaum nws ua tiav solo thib peb ntawm Genesis Scottish Open thaum Lub Xya Hli. Tom qab ua tiav T47 ntawm Qhov Qhib nws tau koom nrog PGA ncig ua si tshwj xeeb ib ntus. A T26 ntawm 3M Qhib thiab solo thib xya ntawm Rocket Mortgage Classic ua ntej nws hloov lub neej yeej ntawm Wyndham.
Kim, thawj tus yeej TOUR yug tom qab xyoo 2000, tam sim ntawd yog daim npav nqa TOUR pro.
"Kuv thaum yau yog ib txwm hais txog golf," nws hais ntawm Hero. "Kuv tsis tau muaj lub neej nyob sab nraud ntawm qhov ntawd. Muaj ntau qhov kev txi ua rau kuv ua tam sim no."
Ua txaws
Tsis txhob cia siab tias yuav ua kev zoo siab rau haus cawv thaum Kim muaj hnub nyoog 21 xyoos.
"Kuv tsis yog ib tug neeg haus dej loj," nws hais. "Kuv yeej tsis tau sim haus cawv."
Thaum Golf Channel's Todd Lewis xam phaj Kim thiab McIlroy ntawm CJ CUP, Kim hais tias nws tsis tau haus ntau npaum li haus npias tom qab ob qho ntawm nws yeej. "Txhua yam," McIlroy hais tias, "thaum koj muaj hnub nyoog 21 xyoos thiab koj yeej koj qhov kev tshwm sim PGA TOUR tom ntej, kuv yuav coj koj tawm rau ob peb haus."
"Auj, qhov ntawd yog qhov txaus," Kim hais.
Ntawm Hero hauv Bahamas, Kim tau paub tseeb tias nws tsis muaj hnub nyoog txaus los ua hauv twv txiaj yuam pov. Hais tias, nws tseem yog lub neej ntawm tog. Nws txaus siab tau txais txoj hauv kev los tham nrog nws tus mlom golf, kev sib tw ua tswv cuab Woods, thawj zaug, txawm tias nws ntshai me ntsis.
"Kuv tsis paub yuav hais li cas rau Tiger," nws hais. "Kuv hais rau nws tias, 'Peb nco koj heev. Peb xav kom koj ua si lub lim tiam no.' Nws zoo li, 'Zoo ua si xyoo no, thiab ua kev zoo siab.'"
Hnub tom qab, Kim, Woods, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Billy Horschel, thiab Tommy Fleetwood tau mic'd up rau lub npe hu ua Hero Shot, ib lub suab ntawm ib ncig ntawm 85 yards mus rau ib tug floating bullseye. Kim tau mob siab rau kev yeej qhov ntawd ntawm ib lub sijhawm nws tau hu xov tooj rov ua yeeb yaj kiab, thiab thaum nws ua tiav thib ob rau Fitzpatrick, nws muaj nws lub taub hau ntawm nws txhais tes zoo li crushed. Koj tau hnov tias nws tsuas yog ib nrab tso dag xwb.
"Kuv txhais tau li cas koj tsis nyiam Tom Kim?" hais tias Spieth, uas ntawm Hero tau sib koom ib lub tsev nrog nws tus poj niam, Annie, thiab lawv tus tub, Sammy, ntxiv rau Justin Thomas thiab nws tus poj niam, Jill. "Peb siv tib lub cev, thiab nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm lub tsev uas peb nyob, thiab thaum nws tawm mus, Annie thiab Jill zoo li, 'Nws puas tsis yog tib neeg zoo tshaj plaws?' Qhov ntawd yog txhua tus hais txog nws.
"Nws zoo siab heev uas tau tawm ntawm no, nyiam qhov kev ua si," hais ntxiv Spieth, tib tus neeg ua si txij li Kev Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II los yeej ntawm TOUR thaum tseem yau dua Kim. "Nws txias. Nws ua rau kuv nco txog txoj kev uas kuv xav txog nws thaum kuv muaj hnub nyoog thiab ua rau kuv xav rov qab xav li ntawd."
Nws yog ib feem ntawm nws qhov kev txaus siab uas ua rau Kim heev. Nyob rau hauv chav ua si Hero, Spieth nug nws txog cov zaub mov hauv Nyij Pooj, qhov twg Kim khi rau thib plaub ntawm Dunlop Phoenix thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis. Lowry pov lub phuam. Lwm tus tsis muaj kev ntseeg tau saib nws thiab xav txog qee qhov ntawm, Au, kom muaj nws lub neej yav tom ntej.
Tom Kim yuav tee nws ntawm Sentry Kev Sib Tw ntawm Champions thawj zaug hauv 2023. (Rankin White/PGA TOUR)
Immelman tau hais tias "Tom Kim tau npaj txhij los ua tus superstar ntiaj teb tom ntej," Immelman hais. "Nws muaj lub peev xwm tsis txaus ntseeg kom muaj kev ntseeg siab rau tus kheej tab sis tseem ua siab mos siab muag. Nws zoo li lub teeb ci ntsa iab. Nws ua rau koj xav tau cag rau nws. Nws ua rau koj xav nyob ib puag ncig nws."
Nws precocity suav rau ntau qhov ntawd, tab sis tsis txhob hloov nws txoj kev lom zem.
Thaum nws tsis txaus siab nrog nws qhov kev txhaj tshuaj ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Cup, Kim tau txiav thiab ua kom lub siab xav. Ua ntej, nws pheej tsoo tawm ntawm nws pab neeg cov ris tsho tawm thiab luag raws li nws cov phooj ywg tau lom zem. Tom qab ntawd nws hais tias nws tsis xav ua si hauv cov khau golf dub vim lawv yuav ua rau nws txhais taw kub heev. Thiab ces muaj Kim tus goofy, kab-qhov muag tsom iav.
"Auj, yog lawm, kuv khaws cov iav ntawd," nws hais.
Hais kom nws taw qhia nws lub sijhawm tsis txaus ntseeg tshaj plaws thiab nws taw qhia rau 240-yard 2-hlau mus kom ze thiab 10-ko taw birdie putt muab rau nws thiab Si Woo Kim ib 1- yeej hla Cantlay thiab Xander Schauffele hauv plaub-pob kev sib tw thaum yav tsaus ntuj hnub Saturday. Lwm qhov kev sib tw tau ua tiav, yog li Kim tau xa cov thunderbolt no nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws cov phooj ywg tab sis kuj yog leej twg ntawm Asmeskas golf. Cov Internationals, uas tau taug qab 10-4 thaum sawv ntxov, tam sim no tau txiav cov npoo rau 11-7 mus rau hauv Cov Neeg Ib Leeg, tseem rov qab tab sis tam sim no muaj zog dhau qhov ntsuas ua tsaug rau Kim.
"Nws zoo li lub sijhawm loj rau peb pab neeg kom muaj qhov ntawd," nws hais. "Peb tau poob (hnub tom qab), tab sis leej twg tau txais ntawm pab pawg ntawd mus rau Montreal, ua si hauv tsev av, kuv xav tias nws yuav ua rau peb muaj zog. peb mus thiab yeej 1 nce, qhov ntawd yog lub cim xeeb uas yuav mus ntev leej twg paub ntev npaum li cas."
Nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm ntev
Ntawm Wyndham, Kim hais tias, txhua yam tshwm sim sai heev nws tsis muaj sijhawm los xav. Nws xav qhia tias nws tsis yog fluke ntawm Shriners, qhov twg Cantlay, tus yeej 2021 FedExCup, tuaj unglued ntawm lub qhov 72nd. Kim tsuas yog tus neeg ua si thib ob txij li Lee Trevino xyoo 1974 los yeej ntawm TOUR yam tsis tau ua bogey lossis phem dua (JT Poston kuj tau ua nws ntawm 2019 Wyndham).
Hnub no, Kim tau pib xauj tsev hauv Dallas, uas yuav yog nws lub hauv paus hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas. Nws tuaj yeem ya tsis nres rov qab mus rau Kaus Lim Kauslim, thiab nws nyob hauv nruab nrab los ua si TOUR. Nws yuav xyaum tawm ntawm Dallas National thiab Trinity Hav Zoov, muab sijhawm rau nws los txhuam lub luj tshib nrog luminaries xws li Spieth, Will Zalatoris thiab qub Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Thiab Kim tau pib ua haujlwm nrog Cameron McCormick, uas paub zoo tshaj plaws yog Spieth tus kws qhia txij thaum yau.
Qhov tseeb Kim yuav ua li cas rau qhov encore hauv '23 yog qhov kev cia siab tantalizing.
"Nws tsuas yog damn zoo," Immelman hais. "Nws muaj peev xwm vwm."
Thiab zoo li nws cov neeg hauv tebchaws - Kim, Si Woo Kim, Sungjae Im, thiab KH Lee tau ua ib feem peb ntawm Pawg Thawj Tswj Hwm International Cup - nws muaj kev coj ua haujlwm kom phim. Nws kuj tau ntxuav nws cov zaub mov, txo qis heev yog tias tsis tshem tawm Del Taco, Taco Bell, thiab Chick-fil-A.
Pom zoo, Kim muaj qee qhov kev kawm los kawm, raws li nws tsis tau ua si TPC Sawgrass, Augusta National lossis xyoo no lwm qhov chaw loj: Oak Hill (PGA Championship), LA Country Club (US Qhib) lossis Royal Liverpool (Open Championship).
"Kuv xav tias kuv paub txhua qhov ntawm Augusta los ntawm TV," nws hais. "Kuv xav tias Jason Dufner yog tus yeej kawg ntawm Oak Hill?" (Nws yog. Kim yog 11.) Raws li rau lwm yam kev kawm, Kim tus qub tub rog caddie, Joe Skovron, yav tas los tus txiv neej lub hnab rau Rickie Fowler, yuav tsum pab nws sau qhov khoob.
Kim twb ua hauj lwm tawm, tab sis hais tias nws yuav "ntau dua" hauv lub gym. Cov chav kawm hauv Asia muaj ntau txoj kev nqaim dua, thiab nws xav kom yooj yim dua ntaus pob. Nws 240-yard mus kom ze tua ntawm Quail Hollow - nws tau lees tias heeled nws tsav mus rau hauv cov cua, tawm hauv nws txoj kev qab Si Woo, Cantlay thiab Schauffele - yog insanely zoo, tab sis tej zaum tsis rov ua dua.
Nws tus tij laug, tsib xyoos nws cov laus, nyuam qhuav kawm tiav los ntawm tub rog thiab tab tom npaj mus rau nws tus master's degree. Nws lwm tus tij laug, ntawm hom, yog Im, uas yog 24 thiab nyuam qhuav sib yuav hauv Seoul. Tom qab ntawd ib zaug ntxiv, txoj kev uas txhua tus tau coj mus rau Kim, nws tau txais cov kwv tij loj hauv Lowry, McIlroy thiab nce thiab nqis mus ncig. Nws muaj tsev. Txhua yam uas yuav tsum tau ua tam sim no yog cia lub Tank Cav khiav.
Kim hais tias "Nws yog nyob ntawm kuv ua si zoo tam sim no," Kim hais. "Kuv paub kuv lub sijhawm, kuv xis nyob dua, nws nyob ntawm kuv yuav tsum tso rau hauv txoj haujlwm. Muaj ntau txoj hauv kev uas kuv tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua.
"Kuv tseem yog menyuam yaus nyob ib puag ncig cov neeg no," nws hais ntxiv. "Kuv xav paub seb lawv ua dab tsi, lawv xav li cas. Kuv paub zoo tias kuv muaj hmoo npaum li cas kuv tau ua si PGA TOUR thaum muaj hnub nyoog 20 xyoo. Nws yooj yim rau tib neeg coj khoom rau kev tso cai; Kuv xav kom paub tseeb Kuv tsis poob qhov kev xav ntawd."