Tag: Korean Tour

Bio Kim, once banned for directing obscene gesture at fans, wins on Asian Tour

In 2019, Bio Kim was unnerved after a fan took his picture while he was teeing off during an event in Korea.

Bio Kim, whose three-year ban for making an obscene gesture towards fans was later reduced to one year, won the GS Caltex Maekyung Open on Sunday in Korea.

In October of 2019, Kim directed an obscene gesture towards the gallery during the final round of a Korean Tour event. The incident occurred on the 16th tee box, when a fan took a picture of Kim as he teed off. He turned to the fans and flipped them off, then slammed his club into the ground. After going on to win the event, Kim apologized.

On Sunday, Kim, 31, started the day with a four-shot lead and despite a 1-over 72 in the final round, he won by two shots over Mingyu Cho, a victory aided in large part by a two-stroke penalty incurred by Cho on the ninth hole.

It’s the fourth professional win for Kim and it comes tens years after he won the same tournament on the same course. That win was the first of two that season. He then went nine years before winning again at the 2021 LG Signature Players Championship.

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Wild-swinging Hosung Choi whiffs with driver during event in Asia

Watch the wild-swinging Hosung Choi swing and miss with his driver during an event in Asia.

Rising PGA Tour star Matthew Wolff is known well for his, how should we say, unique swing, that produces quite a bit of distance.

Speaking of distance, Bryson DeChambeau has been the talk of the game since the Tour’s return due to his increased size and massive distance off the tee.

Both Wolff and DeChambeau are in the hunt this weekend at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, but golf twitter on Saturday was more focused on Hosung Choi, the South Korean professional golfer with the wildest swing you’ll ever see.

During an event on the Korean Tour, Choi looked less like a professional and more like a weekend hacker who consumed one too many adult beverages at the turn.

Choi was at 12 under and in the final group at the Busan Gyeongnam Open when he swung and missed his tee shot on his final hole at Aramir Country Club. At first it looked like a practice swing, but he really did whiff.

Whoops.

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