Korean golfer was shocked when the home team won the World Cup 2022
Kim is attending the Hero World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods at Albany par72 in the Bahamas, USA. The prize belongs to the PGA Tour schedule, ending round 2 this morning, in which Kim ranked sixth with a score of -3, while the top of the table belonged to Viktor Hovland (-5).
Finished work, Kim opened the phone to see the results Korea - Portugal, then exclaimed: "Oh my god! That's great!". He then raised his hands and said, "I've got goosebumps."
Kim also took advantage of the situation of the home team on the way to the play area to enter the second round. At that time, the score was 1-1. "I really want to watch to the end, but I have to focus on my expertise. On the field, I also want to win for the home team and use their spirit and performance as a motivation to perform better on the PGA Tour."
Kim is only 20 years old, but this year has won two PGA Tour championships, in August and October. With these two victories, he is the first golfer since Tiger Woods 26 years ago to own two titles in the golf arena. First place in the US before the age of 21. But if you compare the speed of reaching two cups, Kim is even faster than Woods, because he only needs 4 awards while "Super Tiger" has to go through 7 awards in 1996.
Kim competed professionally from 2018, until August 2022 to enter the PGA Tour with a conditional status thanks to the third finish of the Scottish Open - a co-sponsor with DP World Tour. But on his first try, at the Wyndham Championship, he won by -20 points, dropping 5 strokes from runner-up and thus receiving a full-time membership for the next two seasons.
With that impressive form, Kim was brought into the International team by captain Trevor Immelman at the Presidents Cup in September. Against the US host in Quail Hollow, Kim contributed two points from five games, of which the most impressive movement was. Pumping a fist like Woods after a 3.3-meter birdie shot to help the home side win by 1 up against Cantlay-Xander Schauffele in the fourball content on the penultimate day of the tournament. But in the end, the US won the International with an overwhelming score of 17.5-12.5.
On October 9, Kim picked up his second trophy on the PGA Tour, at the Shriners Children's Open. This tournament, he finished first at -24, three strokes away from runner-up Patrick Cantlay - the fourth golfer in the world at that time.
Kim has so far passed 20 PGA Tour tournaments with a prize money of approximately $4.7 million.
