Tom Kim wasn’t completely satisfied a couple of putt Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele pressured him to make throughout their Presidents Cup match Saturday.
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Presidents Cup Saturday is heating up. What two days in the past appeared prefer it was going to be one other American rout has modified drastically over the past 48 hours, because the Internationals have battled again and refused to face down in opposition to the closely favored People.
It’s been enjoyable, too. Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler added some vitality to the occasion on Thursday, and a fired-up Kim rallied his staff on Friday.
And the 22-year-old Kim, who was a key participant and emotional chief for the Internationals in his Presidents Cup debut two years in the past, was again at it on Saturday.
With the Internationals trailing the U.S. 8-6 after the morning session, Tom and accomplice Si Woo Kim had been 2 down versus Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele by six holes in afternoon foursomes play. Enjoying the par-3 seventh, Tom Kim rolled in a 3-footer to save lots of par and tie the outlet, however seems he wasn’t too happy he needed to putt it within the first place.
After he made the putt, Kim plucked his ball out of the outlet after which laid down his putter, the common signal of are you kidding me — you guys made me putt this? Clearly irked, he seemed round, shrugged his shoulders and was nonetheless barking about it as he walked off the inexperienced.
Cantlay and Schauffele, nevertheless, didn’t seem to see Kim, as they’d their backs turned.
“They had been strolling away, however I inform you who wasn’t strolling away, he was on the again of the inexperienced, was Joe LaCava,” mentioned John Wooden, the on-course reporter with that group. “So I feel he’ll preserve that in his pocket simply in case he wants it afterward. You don’t must say something proper now; you retain that in your pocket.”
The putt actually energized the Worldwide duo. Tom Kim made a putt from about 7 ft to tie the People on the eighth gap, and on the ninth he rolled in a birdie putt from over 30 ft to chop Cantlay and Schauffele’s result in 1 up. On the tenth, Si Woo Kim made birdie from the perimeter to tie the match. You may observe alongside right here.
