Tom Kim has returned to the winner\u2019s circle after a drought that lasted 1,001 days.<\/p>\n
Kim, 24 and already in his ninth season as a professional, stormed to victory at the Genesis Scottish Open on Sunday. He shot a bogey-free 64 to claim his first PGA Tour win since October 2023.<\/p>\n
Last month, Kim found himself ranked outside the top 150 in the world, but a recent surge in form, including a solo third-place finish at the U.S. Open, has given the South Korean phenom momentum.<\/p>\n
At the Scottish Open, Kim capitalized on that run at a venue that has historically suited his game. Kim\u2019s last four appearances at Renaissance Club have all ended in top 20 finishes, and back in 2022, his solo third-place finish at the Scottish Open helped pave the way for him to earn PGA Tour status.<\/p>\n
Now Kim can say he raised a trophy at the East Lothian links, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really special,\u201d Kim said. \u201cI\u2019m at a loss for words.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tom Kim wins the Scottish Open for fourth PGA Tour victory<\/p>\n
Kim became the fifth player from outside the United States to reach four wins before turning 25. He joins Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and Hideki Matsuyama.<\/p>\n
Kim\u2019s first two PGA Tour wins, the 2022 Wyndham Championship and the 2022 Shriners Children\u2019s Open, came before he could legally drink in his home base of Dallas.<\/p>\n
The third round of the Scottish Open was delayed by haar \u2014 a dense sea fog that rolled in off the North Berwick coast \u2014 leaving Kim and his peers with a marathon Sunday on tap.<\/p>\n
Kim finished only seven holes of his Saturday round before play was suspended for the day at 8 p.m. local time. Players returned to the course for the tournament\u2019s resumption at 7 a.m. local time. Kim eventually finished his third round with a 2-under-par 68 before returning to the course and catching fire in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Kim\u2019s blemish-free round tied the day\u2019s best score, and he fended off a pack of hungry chasers, including Min Woo Lee, a former Scottish Open champion, and Matt Fitzpatrick, one of the hottest golfers on the planet.<\/p>\n
Kim finished at 17 under, Lee at 15 under and Fitzpatrick in a four-way tie for third at 13 under. Also tied for third was PGA Tour rookie Johnny Keefer, who grabbed a spot in next week\u2019s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale with his finish. Michael Thorbjornsen and Victor Perez, who finished at 12 and 11 under par, respectively, also qualified for the Open.<\/p>\n
Kim\u2019s clutch approach on the difficult par-4 16th \u2014 a 206-yard iron shot to 6 feet \u2014 helped him convert an unlikely birdie.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe wind died down, and it was just a perfect number,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was just a lot of commitment there. That shot shape for that wind was so perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then parred the par-3 17th and executed a disciplined up-and-down for par on No. 18 to secure a commanding clubhouse lead. Lee would\u2019ve had to hole out from the 18th fairway to get into a playoff with Kim.<\/p>\n
Up next for Kim: a trip south to Royal Birkdale for the 154th Open Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Kim has returned to the winner\u2019s circle after a drought that lasted 1,001 days. Kim, 24 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-798379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}