Si Woo Kim was hoping to enjoy a casual dinner with his friend Michael Kim, but the four-time PGA Tour winner found himself in Canada surrounded by cops
11:23 ET, 30 Jul 2026Updated 11:23 ET, 30 Jul 2026
Si Woo Kim was surrounded by cops just before the Rocket Classic(Image: Getty Images)
Michael S. Kim has revealed a hilarious story that while he was patiently waiting for his friend to arrive for dinner in Detroit, Si Woo Kim accidentally drove across the Canadian border without his passport.
The two professional golfers have a good relationship outside of the game and decided to grab dinner ahead of this week’s Rocket Classic, but Si Woo’s mistake and unintentional run in with the police pushed the barbecue munching back about an hour and a half.
“There’s a solid Korean bbq restaurant I always go to when I’m in Detroit,” wrote Michael Kim on X. “I text Si Woo, wanna grab dinner tonight at this place? He goes sure.
“He searches the name of the restaurant on Google Maps, and without much thinking starts driving.
“But before it’s too late, he realizes that he’s about to go across the US border into Canada! There was a restaurant under the SAME NAME closer to him in Canada.
“He doesn’t have a passport, just his wallet. He tries to turn back, but it’s already too late, it’s a one way and there are multiple signs telling him he can’t turn back.
“He drives to the gate and talks to the officer. I’m driving to dinner with a friend,” wrote Michael. “I came here by accident. The officer goes, ok don’t worry, happens all the time actually. But I can’t let you go back so you have to go across to Canada and then talk to the officers on the other side.
Si Woo Kim is teeing off at the Rocket Classic this week
“He drives across, waits in line for 45min. He finally gets to an officer and he tries to explain. He’s super nervous but tries to explain what happened. He points to his courtesy car and says I’m here for the golf tournament.
“This officer is not sure what to do so they drive the car to the side and calls another officer… then another… then another until 8!!! officers are surrounding his car and talking to him and each other. They check his cars for weapons, asks him if he has any drugs or weapons, stuff like that and they finally let him thru.
“Night ended with a nice Korean bbq dinner about 90 minutes later than we had originally planned.
“Never a dull moment with Si Woo. Thanks for the content my guy.”
Si Woo himself opened up on the incident to CBS Sports at the Rocket Classic on Wednesday.
““I thought it was for sure that one,” he said. “I wasn’t thinking about Canada or anything.”
Detroit Golf Club is just about 20 minutes from the United States border into the north.
“I had to pay to go through and thought, ‘Why is it so expensive?’” he continued. “And as soon as I get through the tunnel, ‘Oh, this is Canada.’”
The two tee off at the Rocket Classic on Thursday in the hopes of seeing the first place prize of $1,800,000.