“It was just outside the ropes, and I felt like that was a little misunderstanding on my part.”
One of the first things Tom Kim did after tying Sam Burns in his singles match Sunday at the 2024 Presidents Cup was seek out Xander Schauffele and U.S. captain Jim Furyk.
“I think the start of the round was definitely a little harder, but as it got towards the end, it got a little feisty out there. I could hear some players cursing at us. That part wasn’t really — I don’t think there was good sportsmanship there. But it’s all part of the fun. I understand it,” was Kim’s response to a question Saturday after the matches ended.
Come Sunday, Kim and Burns went toe-to-toe, with Kim a little less demonstrative than he had been known to be in his two Presidents Cup appearances. It came down to the 18th, and Kim missed a winning birdie putt to halve the match.
Shortly after handshakes, Kim darted off the green to Fuyrk and Schauffele. He was asked about it Sunday night.
“Yeah, it was just about my comments yesterday. I just told him like, hey, I didn’t mean it to go in such a negative way. If it did, I just said I’m sorry. It was just I felt like what I heard yesterday, some comments that I’ve heard was at that time, just coming off the green, it came to me so personally and just I felt like it was right to share,” Kim said.
“Definitely, I didn’t really at that time, just didn’t think it would be so negative. I really didn’t mean to — because when I played with Patrick and Xander, obviously we’ve battled a few times and they’ve always been such great competitors. They’ve never — I’ve always felt like there’s such a good sportsmanship between us. It was just outside the ropes, and I felt like that was a little misunderstanding on my part, which I should have explained better.
“So I went to him and I said, ‘I didn’t mean it that way. I apologize if it came out wrongly. It was just this and this happened, but if it affected you guys so negatively, I really do apologize. I didn’t mean to do it in that way.’
“This event is all about doing things you would never do and creating energy and doing all these things. If I — I do certain things on the greens when I make putts, and I expect them to do the same thing. It’s all part of the game. It was just about that.”
The next question was about whether he wanted to approach a player and captain, and insisted he wanted to, trying to clear the air.
“I felt like it was right for me to go up and share the way — you know, what the meaning was coming from that comment.”
Schauffele was asked about the conversation Sunday night, too, and he declined to comment, saying if Kim wanted to talk more about the conversation, then he could.
“It got a little feisty out there. I could hear some players cursing at us”
MONTREAL – Tom Kim may only have a record of 1-2 in this edition of the Presidents Cup but he has been a thorn in the side of the U.S., an excitable player pumping his fists, dancing around the green after making an assortment of lengthy putts and egging the crowd to make more noise.
All of that is fair play in team competition but Kim accused the American side of crossing the line into unsportsmanlike behavior.
“It got a little feisty out there. I could hear some players cursing at us,” Kim said during a post-match press conference after he and partner lost a thriller to Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. “That part wasn’t really, I don’t think there was good sportsmanship there. But it’s all part of the fun. I understand it. So the U.S. Team definitely motivated us to go out there.”
Later in the press conference, without naming names, Kim reiterated that he was disappointed with some of the comments directed at him and partner Si Woo Kim.
“You see me out there throwing fist pumps and jumping on the green. It’s all part of it, I get it. I just don’t think there’s a need to look at someone and curse at them. I just don’t think there’s a need for it,” he said. “I understand it. I don’t get hurt about it. My feelings don’t hurt at all. I hope there’s no negative comments. That’s not what I’m trying to do here.”
When Cantlay and Schauffele met the media, they were asked for their version of what transpired and both expressed surprise at Kim’s accusation.
“I felt like Pat and I, we treated the Kims with the utmost respect,” Schauffele said. “We’re trying to quiet the crowds down when they were hitting. We’re trying to quiet the crowd – go back on film, quiet the crowds down when we were hitting. It was fair take, give and go.
“I have no clue if anyone was doing any of that. I don’t believe any of our guys would do something like that. So I’m not sure what he was hearing.”
Kim’s opponent in a Sunday singles match? American Sam Burns, who won’t back down from any negative comments he hears – even from the fans.
“If they’re going to come at me, why shouldn’t I go at them? That seems fair to me. If people are going to shout out behind ropes or whatever and say whatever they want, just because I’m inside of them doesn’t mean I can’t yell back at them,” Burns said. “I think there’s appropriate times for it. I think you’ve got to let them know that you’re not scared of what they say and you’re not afraid of a couple laughs with their buddies. They think they tell a good joke. So, yeah, I like it.”
“I can tell you one thing, I’m never going to play him in the dark or at night.”
MONTREAL – Patrick Cantlay is a menace late on Saturday afternoon in big international team competition.
One year after he gave the U.S. a glimmer of hope at the Ryder Cup in Rome with a clutch putt in the gloaming to beat Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick, Cantlay sank a 15-foot birdie putt at 18 at Royal Montreal to win an exhilarating match that gave the U.S. an 11-7 leading and may have broken the International Team’s spirit at the 2024 Presidents Cup. Teammate Sam Burns called him an assassin and Cantlay’s partner, Xander Schauffele echoed that sentiment.
“I think it’s pretty fitting, it being all dark and all,” he said. “I could barely see him out there. Reading the putt with him was pretty entertaining, using some light from the board. I can tell you one thing, I’m never going to play him in the dark or at night. I’ll just wait for the morning.”
Cantlay’s birdie sent the Americans circling the green into a frenzy and secured a 1-up win over South Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim in a match that had everything: incredible putts, hole outs, theatrics bordering on unsportsmanlike behavior, pettiness and it all coming down to a putt off at 18. It was the type of match that no one deserved to lose but Patty Ice proved he has a little more ice in his veins.
“Man, did it feel good when P.C. made that putt there in the dark,” Schauffele said.
This was a rematch of Saturday’s foursomes at the 2022 Presidents Cup in which the South Korean pair stole a full point and knocked off the seemingly invincible American team. Kim squared already had knocked off Americans Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark in morning four-ball when they were the top two putters of the session.
And they weren’t done making putts. In the afternoon, the Kims fell 2 down through six holes. It was at six where Cantlay refused to give a short putt to Kim, and when the hole was over he pantomimed measuring the length of his putt that he was forced to make. Ian Kim or should we say Tom Poulter – he certainly has a way of getting under the skin of his U.S. opponents much like Ian Poulter once did at the Ryder Cup – answered with a 37-foot birdie putt at the ninth and danced around the green with an array of fist pumps. His theatrics pumped up the crowd and he celebrated in similar fashion one hole later when Si Woo Kim sank a 15-foot birdie putt to even the match.
The back and forth affair also included ridiculous par saves at 11 with Si Woo Kim drilling a 19-footer and Cantlay answering from 16 feet. Every time the U.S. pulled ahead as it did with a win at 13, the Internationals bounced back with a win as it did at 14. Schauffele made his own bomb from 33 feet at 15 and the Americans celebrated with a restrained knuckles tap and Schauffele giving Cantlay a slap on the butt.
Kim’s approach at 16 missed right and plugged in the grass above the greenside bunker. Schauffele was the one who eventually found it during a mad search by players and caddies and the Internationals were granted a free drop.
“He got a great lie,” John Wood reported on NBC.
Still, Si Woo Kim was shortsided and anything inside 5 feet would be outstanding. Kim opened his sand wedge wide and lofted his ball high in the air. It landed softly and turned into the hole. As Sahith Theegala had dubbed it earlier in the week, a Mongolian Reversal of the highest order as instead of a good chance of falling 2 down with 2 to go, the match suddenly was tied once more.
“Hurt more than I thought it would,” Schauffele said. “Pat and I were sitting back there, we both have match play minds, and we both said Si Woo’s going to get this up-and-down, and then he holed it. Pat looked at me and said, ‘I guess 4 is not enough, we’re going to make some birdies.’ That’s exactly what P.C. did coming in.”
Did he ever.
“That was big,” U.S. Captain Jim Furyk said. “If you had to hand select someone to hit a big putt on your team, I think Pat would come to a lot of people’s minds.”
Cantlay’s 17-footer, aimed “a cup outside with some speed,” made sure the U.S. wouldn’t lose the final match. Si Woo Kim still had a chance to tie the hole but he finally flinched and missed a big putt from an inch closer than Cantlay.
This was the ninth career Presidents Cup match for Cantlay and Schuaffele together, the most in event history. They’ll likely play many more in the years to come but it will be hard to top this one when Patty Ice was Patty Clutch.
Tom Kim lost his four-ball match on Thursday and sat out Friday’s foursomes session — the Internationals swept Team USA to tie the Presidents Cup up at 5-5 heading into the weekend — but came out with some serious energy in his Saturday morning four-ball match.
Kim, paired with Si Woo Kim, made his fifth birdie of the morning session on No. 14 with a long effort to stay 3 up on Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark.
The International Team spark plug started walking backward as the putt got closer to the hole and exploded with emotion when it dropped.
Team Kim shared a chest bump and a hole later closed out the match, 4 and 3.
“I’m definitely expecting more crowds to be louder and for them to be on our side.”
The International team wants more from the home crowd.
It was a drubbing Thursday at the 2024 Presidents Cup, with the United States winning all five matches and taking a 5-0 lead heading into Friday’s foursomes at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Canada. The Internationals were close in a handful of matches late, but the United States made putts and clutch shots down the stretch as the International team faltered.
At the end of the day, there wasn’t much to cheer on for the Canadian fans in Montreal, but a couple players were wanting more from the fans after the opening day of play.
“We need to get louder, I think, the next few days here and really feel the home support,” said Canadian Taylor Pendrith.
Added Tom Kim, who broke out as a star at the Presidents Cup in 2022: “Definitely when the crowds are with us, it definitely helps when you can kind of get loud. Like Taylor said, I think it was a little too quiet today being on home soil. I don’t think the fans were really — I wish they would have helped us out a bit more, especially being in Canada. I know how much they love golf.
“I’m definitely expecting more crowds to be louder and for them to be on our side.”
A better showing from the International team will held the crowd get back into it as the Presidents Cup moves into the weekend, but there’s no doubt a raucous home crowd is needed for the Internationals to have any chance of a comeback.
“I thought the crowds were good today,” International captain Mike Weir said. “I think you get a little momentum going on your side, that’s when the crowds can get going. I think everybody is excited, nervous, and I think the crowds are going to be louder and louder as we go along here.”
“The first day is really important and kind of sets the tone for the entire week.”
MONTREAL – Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler are such good friends that during the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Dallas, Scheffler’s parents came out to follow Kim play even though their son was at home expecting the birth of their first child. But at the Presidents Cup, the biennial competition between 12-man teams from the U.S. and an International Team composed of the rest of the world (excluding Europe), their friendship is put on hold.
“For one week I absolutely dislike him,” Kim said on Tuesday during his media session ahead of the competition.
But Kim didn’t shy away from competing against Scheffler, the world No. 1, who beat him in a sudden-death playoff at the Travelers Championship in June. He and Sungjae Im, an all-Korean pairing, had all they could handle in Scheffler and his partner, Presidents Cup rookie Russell Henley, who notched a 3-and-2 victory at Royal Montreal Golf Club in the match that had the most theatrics and even got a little chippy.
That wasn’t the only win for the U.S., who grabbed a 5-0 lead, marking just the third time the opening session of the Presidents Cup has been swept, both times by the U.S. in 1994 and 2000.
Two years ago, the U.S. took a commanding 4-1 lead during the opening session and never looked back. International Team Captain Mike Weir made the logical choice to make four-ball the first session given that the side had won that format in every Presidents Cup held outside the U.S., but not this time. Weir’s team face an even steeper deficit to overcome.
Kim, who had his coming out party two years ago at the Presidents Cup with his youthful exuberance, hadn’t had any reason to pump his fists as the U.S. took a 2-up lead thru six holes. During a practice round, Kim celebrated a putt by running around a green with his arms spread wide like an airplane.
“There was a lot of trash talking going on. Once I made it, I had to react at it,” he explained.
Asked if he would celebrate in similar fashion this week, he said, “Absolutely. You’ll see it,” and added, “I feel like it’s that one aspect when you can actually run around the green and not get crap for it.”
To no surprise, Kim tried to get the home crowd pumped up when he poured in a 28-foot birdie putt at the par-3 seventh. He clenched his fists and yelled, “C’mon! Let’s Goooo!’
Scheffler answered with a clutch 24-foot putt of his own and stared down his opponents, roaring back with his own words of trash talk: “What was that?!”
One hole later, Kim sank a 24-foot putt and fist-pumped again, shouting, “C’mon!” as he stepped behind Scheffler, who had his back to Kim and backhanded him his ball from the cup.
After Henley missed, it was up to Scheffler to hole from 12 feet. Kim and Im didn’t wait for Scheffler to putt, which is standard practice. Instead, they walked off to the ninth tee to chat with International assistant captain Camilo Villegas. Scheffler failed to convert and the U.S. lead was trimmed to 1 up. Asked afterward if it bothered him that his opponents walked off before he putted, something that is typically frowned upon, Scheffler said he didn’t see it. “It bothered me a little bit,” Henley said.
Villegas, Kisner ‘had some words’
He wasn’t alone. Golf Channel reporter John Wood said that Villegas and American assistant captain Kevin Kisner “had some words” after Kim and Im departed the green early.
“I’m not sure what was said, but it didn’t look all that friendly to be honest with you,” Wood noted.
Kisner later texted NBC’s Brad Faxon what he had said to Villegas: “If you’re going to do that, then it’s game on.”
Indeed, it was. Scheffler drained a 25-foot birdie putt at No. 10 and Kim answered by sinking a 21-footer to tie the hole. This time, there were merely fist pumps and an exhale from Scheffler.
Henley stepped up and contributed back-to-back birdies at Nos. 14 and 15 to win the holes and stretch the lead to 3 up.
“Making the team is one thing but earning a point for your team is another,” Henley said. “I just really wanted to get a point today.”
Falling 3-down was too big a deficit for Kim and Im to overcome and one hole later they were taking off hats and shaking hands. Asked about the back-and-forth show of emotion during their match, Scheffler said, “That was a bit of fun. It’s the same thing I would have done at home if he had made a putt and we were playing Wolf and he celebrated like that. So it’s all in good fun. We enjoy competing against each other.
“That’s what it’s like out here. It’s fun to compete and fun to represent our country, and at the end of the match you take your hat off and shake hands. We’re friends after, we’re not friends during, I guess.”
U.S. team’s players wives and girlfriends cheer during Thursday’s Four-ball matches on day one of the 2024 Presidents Cup at The Royal Montreal Golf Club. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
Xander Schauffele stuffed his approach at 18 to 3 feet to secure the first point for the Americans. He and partner Tony Finau downed Ben An and Jason Day, 1 up.
“We knew what we were supposed to do,” Schauffele said. “Tony got the party started on that front nine and keeping it close and then getting that lead. He had my back all day. I figured it’s my turn to have his back.”
Rookie Sahith Theegala, who played with Collin Morikawa, struck the knockout punch, stiffing his approach at 18 to clinch a 1-up win for the U.S. over Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott.
Keegan Bradley, who made six putts of more than 10 feet, and Wyndham Clark never trailed in their match against Christiaan Bezuidenhout and claimed a 1-up win.
In the final match of the day, Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay defeated Corey Conners and Hideki Matsuyama 2 and 1.
The U.S. is seeking its 10th straight victory in the match-play competition and 13th overall in 15 editions of the Presidents Cup. American Brian Harman, who didn’t play on Thursday, summed up the importance of the U.S. getting off to a fast start.
“The first day is really important and kind of sets the tone for the entire week,” Harman said. “I know when we got way down in the Ryder Cup, it felt like a really tall hill to climb.”
Let’s be fair here and remind you that Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler are buddies, so no hard feelings here.
But when you’re on the course at an international competition like the Ryder Cup or the Presidents Cup, emotions are going to run high.
That was the case on No. 7 at Royal Montreal Golf Club during the 2024 Presidents Cup, with Kim burying a clutch putt and giving a “LET’S GOOOO!” fist pump to his team.
Scheffler answered with a clutch putt of his own and added his own words of trash talk: “WHAT WAS THAT?!”
Heck yeah. We need more of this.
Scottie Scheffler screaming WHAT WAS THAT at Tom Kim andddd I think the Presidents Cup has officially started pic.twitter.com/C1tEGo3Wkd
Here are a few picks for the week at Royal Montreal.
The 2024 Presidents Cup gets underway Thursday with a fourball session scheduled for 11:35 a.m. ET at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Quebec, Canada. Jim Furyk will lead Team USA, while Canadian Mike Weir is set to captain the Internationals in his home country.
Some of the big names on the American side include world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa. For the Internationals, they’ll lean on veterans Adam Scott, Jason Day and Hideki Matsuyama while boasting young stars Tom Kim and Min Woo Lee.
Team USA leads the all-time series at 12-1-1 and hopes to once again raise the Cup coming Sunday afternoon.
Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. Team warms up on the range prior to the 2024 Presidents Cup at The Royal Montreal Golf Club on September 24, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Presidents Cup teams
Team USA
International Team
Scottie Scheffler
Hideki Matsuyama
Xander Schauffele
Sungjae Im
Collin Morikawa
Adam Scott
Wyndham Clark
Tom Kim
Patrick Cantlay
Jason Day
Sahith Theegala
Byeong Hun An
Keegan Bradley
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Sam Burns
Corey Conners
Tony Finau
Mackenzie Hughes
Brian Harman
Si Woo Kim
Russell Henley
Min Woo Lee
Max Homa
Taylor Pendrith
Presidents Cup format, schedule
Thursday: Fourball (best ball). The first tee time is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. ET.
Friday: Foursomes (alternate shot). The first tee time is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET.
Saturday: Fourball in the morning, starting at 7:02 a.m. ET. Foursomes in the afternoon, starting at 1:40 p.m. ET.
Sunday: Singles. The first tee time is scheduled for 12:02 p.m. ET.
Presidents Cup odds
Unsurprisingly, especially when you take into account the all-time record, Team USA is -250 to win, with the Internationals sitting at +275. A tie is +1200.
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Presidents Cup picks
Team USA golfer Sam Burns celebrates winning the 17th hole during the four-ball match play of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports
Pick: Sam Burns, top Team USA scorer (+750), top captain’s pick (+210)
Take: Let’s start the card with some value. Burns didn’t win a match two years ago at Quail Hollow, going 0-3-2. However, I think it’s time Burns gets some payback.
He enters the Presidents Cup in fantastic form. Over his last four starts, he’s finished T-12 (3M Open), T-5 (FedEx St. Jude Championship), T-2 (BMW Championship) and T-12 Tour Championship.
In these match-play competitions, it’s all about making putts. Burns ranked 15th in Strokes Gained: Putting on the PGA Tour this season.
Tom Kim of South Korea and the International Team reacts after winning the 11th hole during Saturday morning foursomes on day three of the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Country Club on September 24, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Pick: Tom Kim, top International point scorer (+700)
Take: Some players are born for these team competitions, and I think Tom Kim is one of those guys. The show he put on at Quail Hollow two years ago was his “Hello, world” moment and I think he keeps it going at Royal Montreal.
When his putter gets hot, he can pour them in from all over the place and his tee-to-green game is consistently a strength.
Sahith Theegala of the United States hits his tee shot on the fourth hole during the third round of the Procore Championship 2024 at Silverado Resort on September 14, 2024 in Napa, California. (Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
Pick: Sahith Thegala, top USA rookie (+250)
Take: Like Kim, I think Theegala has the personality to thrive in this team environment. Plus, he’s coming off a stellar performance at the Tour Championship (third) and most recently tied for seventh at the Procore Championship.
He concedes it wasn’t his finest moment, not by a long shot.
Tom Kim concedes it wasn’t his finest moment, not by a long shot.
The 22-year-old South Korean and three-time winner on the PGA Tour missed a 5-foot birdie putt at the 12th hole on Sunday at TPC Southwind in the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. That’s no sin but what he did next — slamming the ground in frustration with his putter and leaving a sizable dent in the putting surface — is an unforgivable offense in the world of golf. It was childish behavior from a player who knows better and disrespectful to the remaining competitors who still had to play the hole and potentially putt through the ugly mark he made. To make matters worse, Kim didn’t bother to repair the damage to the green, reportedly leaving his caddie, Paul Tesori, to clean up after him.
Kim’s antics were captured on video and the backlash came fast and furious with multiple posts on social media going viral. Outraged golf fans — some comparing his behavior to past outbursts by Sergio Garcia — voiced their disappointment at the popular Kim, who was the breakout star of the 2022 Presidents Cup. With his reputation being sullied, Kim issued an apology on Monday night to his Instagram stories seeking to clear up the matter and explaining he wasn’t aware of the incident.
Tom Kim just cannot do this. Brutal look.
Damaging a green is near the top of golf offenses.
“Hi everyone. It’s been brought to my attention about my frustration shown yesterday on the 12th green,” he wrote. “I will never lie to my peers and fans because I have to much respect and gratitude towards them, I wasn’t aware that I had made that big of a damage on the green cause if I did I would’ve never just left without repairing it, but I was clearly wrong and will take full responsibility of my actions and will be better going forward. Thank you and I apologize again and thank you for your support throughout a tough year.”
Kim’s year ended on a sour note. Not only did he miss the birdie putt at No. 12 but he finished with three sixes on his card, playing the closing stretch in 5 over and dropping from No. 46 to No. 51 in the FedEx Cup and being eliminated from the playoffs and failing to secure his status for all the Signature events in 2025.
Kim’s tough year includes his temper tantrum at No. 12 and failure to repair damage to a green but at least he had the self-awareness to own up to his actions and promise to do better. Lesson hopefully learned.
“This year has been really tough for me personally.”
Tom Kim melted down in the heat of Memphis at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship and it’s likely to cost him plenty. He finished bogey-double bogey-double bogey at TPC Southwind on Sunday and after starting the week at No. 43 in the FedEx Cup, he was projected at No. 51 when he signed his card. That would mean the end to his FedEx Cup Playoffs, which also means he’d fail to qualify for the PGA Tour’s signature events in 2025.
“This season has just been like this. I’ve played really good golf, and then had some tough finishes. I feel like 2024 has really kicked me in the butt,” he said. “But I’ve gotten so much better. I’ve fought really hard just to get myself many this situation. I was 90-something before we went on this run, and it looks like I’m going to miss by one. But it is what it is.”
Kim, who shot 64 on Friday to help his cause, birdied four of the first 13 holes in the final round and stood in 45th place with four holes to play. “I was actually cruising. A bogey on 16 cost me a lot,” he said.
His first bogey of the day at the par 5 sent him tumbling to 47th. Then the first of the double bogeys – at 17 – dropped him to 49th.
“Hit a good drive and then another really poor missed shot, just anywhere left is fine and missed it right,” Kim said. “I knew I needed something special on the last, and hit a good drive, and the wind switched and the wind started to pick up, and didn’t cover.”
After the water ball, he had 8 feet for bogey at 18 and knew he was going to need it but missed it to the right. Home in 38 and a round of 1-over 71.
“I hit two bad shots that really just cost me everything. Two 5-irons, that’s it. The drive on 18 (which found the water lining the left side of the hole) was a good shot, and it just stayed there and the wind picked up,” Kim said.
As he walked off 18, he stared at the water, where he rinsed his tee shot and that had helped seal his fate. Asked what he was thinking, he said, “Just this year, man. This year has been really tough for me personally. I went through a lot of changes. I played some good golf and had probably five bad rounds that cost me possibly one top 5, one top 10, and something like this. First round, second round I think I finished 5 over my last few holes. When things aren’t going your way, things aren’t going your way.”
