A slightly sluggish begin to the Presidents Cup was injected with emotion on the seventh gap within the match containing good associates Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler.
Kim and companion Sungjae Im had been 2 down on the par 3 when Kim rolled in a birdie putt from 27 ft, 7 inches.
Kim, very similar to he did in his 2022 Presidents Cup debut — although, minus the emphatic putter drop — clenched his fists and yelled, “C’mon! Let’s go!”
Moments later, Scheffler, from a half-foot nearer, made birdie on an analogous line, appeared within the route of his opponents, and yelled, “What was that?!”
Scheffler’s response — the birdie, not the response — stored him and Russell Henley 2 up.
On the subsequent gap, the par-4 eighth, Kim made a 24-foot birdie putt and the response felt a bit of extra private. Once more he fist-pumped and “C’mon!”-d, however did so in shut proximity to Scheffler, who had his again to Kim and blindly handed him his ball from the cup.
After Henley missed a putt to tie the outlet, Scheffler had 12 ft to match. Kim and Im, nonetheless, walked off the outlet and moved to the ninth tee field. Scheffler missed and the Individuals’ lead was minimize to 1 up.
NBC Sports activities on-course reporter John Wooden stated that Worldwide vice captain Camilo Villegas appeared to wave Kim and Im to the ninth tee. Wooden additionally reported that Villegas and U.S. vice captain Kevin Kisner had phrases after the eighth gap performed out and, based on Wooden, “I’m undecided what was stated but it surely didn’t look all that pleasant.”
Scheffler and Kim each stay within the Dallas space. They share the identical birthday and battled earlier this yr in a playoff on the Vacationers Championship (gained by Scheffler).
