"I hung in there, especially after what happened on that hole. "It could have been a lot better, that's for sure," Kim said. He recorded a par on each of his last three holes to post a 3-over 73 and was tied for 63rd when play was suspended because of darkness. But he should have received a gold star for effort. Unfortunately for Kim, he ended up carding a bogey on the sixth hole, his 15th of the day. "I was wet enough so I thought I might as well go in the water and wash myself off and that's exactly what I did." "Yeah, it couldn't get any worse," Kim said. He removed his muddy shirt and replaced it with a jacket. With TV cameras recording his every move, the South Korean jumped back into the creek to wash off his arms and legs. By the time he was back on dry land - again, without his golf ball - he was covered in mud nearly from waist to toe.
"Well, if I go in and sink, both of us aren't getting out," Skovron told him. Kim, 20, called out to his caddie, Joe Skovron, for help. There was one point where I just sunk in. "Once my foot got in, I was like, 'There's no looking back.' I went full in and it got my shirt and everything. Ultimately, Kim ended up fighting for more than strokes in his adventure. I'm fighting for every single stroke I have." "As soon as I went in, it was kind of sketch," Kim said. He took off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pants to his knees. "It was just in the mud over there, and if I was able to find it I had a good enough lie I was thinking I could chip it over there."īut Kim didn't realize he'd have to wade through a mud bath to find it. "I was told my ball crossed the water," Kim told ESPN. Naturally, Kim did what any golfer would do - he went searching for his brand-new Titleist Pro VIx.īy the time he came back - without his ball - he was covered in mud nearly up to his waist. When Tom Kim went searching for his errant tee shot on the par-4 sixth hole in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Thursday, he was told it had crossed a creek and was somewhere in the high weeds in a hazard. Tom Kim laughs off mud exploits at PGA: 'Great experience' You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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