While the Ryder Cup is one of the biggest events in golf, Im and Kim are playing for something far bigger this week at the Asian Games: military exemptions.
Since its inauguration in 2007, only 13 golfers have managed to get their hands on the glittering, season-long FedEx Cup trophy – out of a possible 2,709 across the past 16 seasons.
Going by historical precedent and some quick back-of-the-napkin math, plus more than a pinch of fanciful thinking, it appears that, oh, around 44 guys can win the Memorial Tournament on Sunday.
Kim’s irons are Callaway’s X-Forged CB, a cavity-back players iron, which he used to rank first in the field in strokes gained/approach-the-green, picking up more than eight shots on the field.
There are comfortable pairings and then there’s what happened in round one at the Shriners Children’s Open. Si-Woo Kim and Tom Kim, fresh off their spirited play as Presidents Cup partners, teed it up together at TPC Summerlin.
In terms of production, Kevin Kisner was a bit of a no-show at this week’s Presidents Cup, where he mustered up 0.5 points in three matches played, going 0-2-1. When it comes to vibes, though, Kiz went 5-0-0.
Whereas most DeChambeau drives are the things usually reserved for NASA launches and make one question everything we know about science and physics and existence in general, this was a drive most of us see every weekend at the local public course.
Australian Golf Digest
