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Tom Kim apologizes for damaging locker after playoff loss at Genesis Championship

The KPGA Tour is considering options for disciplinary proceedings against Kim.

Tom Kim’s frustration seems to have boiled over Sunday following a playoff loss to Ben An at the DP World Tour’s Genesis Championship in his native South Korea.

Kim, a week after missing the cut at the Shriners Children’s Open, where he was the two-time defending champion, had a putt on the 72nd hole to win the event, but it lipped out, and he and fellow International Presidents Cup star Ben An marched to a playoff.

In said playoff, An made a birdie, and a mistake on Kim’s approach shot into the par-5 green resulted in a bogey, giving An his first victory in 9 years.

That’s when, according to Korean news outlet Yonhap, Kim retreated to the locker room, where his frustration was taken out on a locker door, breaking it.

The Korean PGA Tour, which co-sanctioned the event, plans to pay Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea for the damage and will ask Kim to cover those costs. They are also considering options for disciplinary proceedings against Kim, per the report.

On Monday, Kim put out a statement on his Instagram account, apologizing for his actions and saying the matter was considered closed after speaking with DP World Tour and KPGA officials.

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Kim won the KPGA’s Player of the Year award in 2021, also having the highest earnings and lowest scoring average that year. In 2022 is when he broke out on the PGA Tour, winning the Wyndham Championship and then the Shriners Children’s Open in a span of three months.

This story was updated to add new information.

2024 Genesis Championship prize money payouts for every player in South Korea

For his efforts, An will bank $680,000 out of the $4 million purse.

A pair of familiar faces battled it out down the stretch in South Korea.

Ben An topped fellow Korean and International Presidents Cup teammate Tom Kim on the first playoff hole Sunday to take home the 2024 Genesis Championship on the DP World Tour. When Kim found himself in trouble in the playoff, An converted a birdie opportunity to earn his second DP World Tour victory at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon.

For his efforts, An will bank $680,000 out of the $4 million purse. Kim isn’t going home empty handed, either.

Here’s a look at the prize money payouts for every golfer at the Genesis Championship.

Genesis Championship prize money payouts

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Byeong Hun An -17 $680,000
2 Tom Kim -17 $440,000
3 Ricardo Gouveia -16 $252,000
4 Antoine Rozner -15 $200,000
5 Guido Migliozzi -14 $169,600
T6 Casey Jarvis -12 $120,000
T6 Ivan Cantero -12 $120,000
T6 Francesco Laporta -12 $120,000
T9 Nicolai Hojgaard -11 $75,280
T9 Todd Clements -11 $75,280
T9 Hongtaek Kim -11 $75,280
T9 Brandon Stone -11 $75,280
T9 Rikuya Hoshino -11 $75,280
T14 Marcus Kinhult -10 $53,250
T14 Jason Scrivener -10 $53,250
T14 Gavin Green -10 $53,250
T14 Johannes Veerman -10 $53,250
T14 Chase Hanna -10 $53,250
T14 Marcel Schneider -10 $53,250
T14 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen -10 $53,250
T14 Alejandro Del Rey -10 $53,250
T22 Marco Penge -9 $43,400
T22 David Law -9 $43,400
T22 David Micheluzzi -9 $43,400
T22 Daniel Hillier -9 $43,400
26 Wooyoung Cho -8 $40,400
T27 Hurly Long -7 $35,600
T27 Keita Nakajima -7 $35,600
T27 Manuel Elvira -7 $35,600
T27 Søren Kjeldsen -7 $35,600
T27 Pedro Figueiredo -7 $35,600
T27 Hanmil Jung -7 $35,600
T27 Jonas Blixt -7 $35,600
T34 Callum Shinkwin -6 $29,100
T34 Eddie Pepperell -6 $29,100
T34 Filippo Celli -6 $29,100
T34 Seungtaek Lee -6 $29,100
T38 Hanbyeol Kim -5 $26,400
T38 Maximilian Kieffer -5 $26,400
T40 Haotong Li -4 $24,000
T40 Daan Huizing -4 $24,000
T40 Seunghyuk Kim -4 $24,000
T40 Matthew Southgate -4 424,000
T44 Yubin Jang -3 $20,400
T44 Guntaek Koh -3 $20,400
T44 Joel Girrbach -3 $20,400
T44 Adrien Saddier -3 $20,400
T44 Louis de Jager -3 $20,400
T49 Doyeob Mun -2 $16,400
T49 Matthias Schwab -2 $16,400
T49 Maximilian Rottluff -2 $16,400
T49 Scott Jamieson -2 $16,400
T49 Andrew Wilson -2 $16,400
T54 Sanghee Lee -1 $13,400
T54 Jeong weon Ko -1 $13,400
T54 Gyumin Lee -1 $13,400
T54 Edoardo Molinari -1 $13,400
58 Richard Mansell E $12,400
59 James Morrison 1 $12,000
T60 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia 2 $10,400
T60 Yeongsu Kim 2 $10,400
T60 Marcus Armitage 2 $10,400
T60 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2 $10,400
T60 Woo-Hyun Kim 2 $10,400
T65 Shubhankar Sharma 3 49,400
T65 Galam Jeon 3 $9,400
67 Inhoi Hur 4 $8,800
68 Ashun Wu 5 $8,400

 

Ben An tops Tom Kim in playoff to win 2024 Genesis Championship in Korea

A win for Ben An on home soil.

Byeong Hun An could only watch as Tom Kim had a putt on the 72nd hole to win the 2024 Genesis Championship.

Kim looked to walk the putt in, but it lipped out, putting the South Korean duo in a playoff in their native country. In the end, after a mistake by Kim on the first playoff hole, An got the better of his Presidents Cup teammate.

A pair of PGA Tour stars battled it out in a playoff on the DP World Tour, but An came away with the win after a birdie on the first playoff hole. The duo both shot 5-under 67 in the final round at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, but on the extra hole, An’s birdie propelled him to victory.

Byeong Hun An (L) of South Korea is congratulated by Tom Kim of South Korea after winning on the first play-off hole during day four of the Genesis Championship 2024 at Jack Nicklaus GC Korea on October 27, 2024 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/Getty Images)

It’s the second DP World Tour win for An. He and Kim finished at 17 under for the week.

Byeong Hun An leads Genesis Championship on DP World Tour, seeks first win in nine years

After two days at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, An may be ready to end his victory drought.

He has three professional victories on his resume but none since 2015.

After two days at this week’s Genesis Championship on the DP World Tour, Byeong Hun An may be ready to end his victory drought.

An has posted scores of 67-66 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea to get to 11 under and leads by two after two days. He had a birdie-birdie start Friday and posted eight birdies in all.

“I feel like I made a lot of putts of 10-footers, 15-footers so I think that helps for making birdies,” An said. “They weren’t the easiest of putts, but I’ve rolled in some nice putts in the last two days.”

He went on to talk about playing in front of fans in his home country.

“I love to see the fans out here cheer for me. It doesn’t matter whether things go well for me or not, they are still there,” he said. “It would be nice to hold the trophy at the end of the day but I haven’t been here for the last five years,  six years in a tournament, so all I’m trying to do is show some good golf because they don’t see much of me, so I’ll try my best and see what happens.”

Casey Jarvis and Francesco Laporta are tied at 9 under, two back. Tom Kim is tied for eighth at 7 under.

The top 114 golfers on the Race to Dubai Rankings after Sunday’s final round earn their tour card for 2025.

Marco Penge, sitting at No. 115 at the start of the tournament, made birdie on his final hole to make the cut on the number and keep his chances alive of staying on the DP World Tour next year.