Military service

September 27th, 2026

Presidents Cup 2026: With military service on the line, Tom Kim heading for Asian Games from Medinah, per report

Tom Kim potentially has a bigger life circumstance to tend to than a celebration for winning the Presidents Cup, and so he apparently won’t be at Medinah Country Club if his International teams holds its lead and prevails on Sunday.

August 1st, 2021

Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim do not medal at Olympics, fail to exempt themselves from military service

Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim both didn’t medal at the Olympics and thus failed to exempt themselves from South Korea’s mandatory military service requirement.

July 29th, 2021

As Olympic golf begins, Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim say they’re not thinking about ‘military problem’

They’re clearly trying to treat this as just another tournament, so as to avoid putting too much pressure on themselves and having that impact their play. But one needs only to look at their recent schedule to understand just how significant this tournament is.

July 27th, 2021

Two South Korean golfers will play these Olympics with everything to lose

A national rule mandating two years of military service awaits both Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim. The only way out? An Olympic medal.