Tom Kim defended his Shriners Kids’s Open title, turning into the youngest participant to defend a title since 1912. However his celebration plans had been extra of a middle-aged participant, not that of somebody who simply turned of age.
This victory in Las Vegas earned the 21-year-old his third PGA Tour victory. Most would anticipate him to let free and celebration a bit, however that is not Kim’s fashion.
He informed the media about his celebration plans in his post-round press convention.
“I will end a bit of chocolate that I needed to complete, so I am going to do this,” Kim mentioned as he smiled. “Then I will order room service, and I will go to mattress, then I will get up at 3:00 and take my 6:30 a.m. flight. I can not wait to complete that chocolate. I’ve needed to complete it so unhealthy.”
In fact, what sort of chocolate was requested, and Kim clearly had one thing fancy.
“I introduced it from a visit from Europe,” he mentioned. “It is a Ferrero Rocher white chocolate. It is nice. Like I’ve saved it, and it may style so good tonight.”
The teen would not care. He simply desires his room service, chocolate and to sleep.
“I am not an enormous, fancy, loud kind of man, so once I come to Vegas, I do not like going to the strip,” Kim mentioned. “I keep 5 minutes from the course the place it is actually quiet, and it is good. Again-to-back is nice, so Summerlin and I are bonded very effectively. Hopefully, it is good to me once more subsequent 12 months, as effectively.”
Kim is the primary PGA Tour participant since Jim Furyk to defend his title on the Shriners Kids’s Open. Furyk did it in 1998 and 1999.
The three-time PGA Tour winner is as humble as they arrive and unapologetically himself. He could also be younger, nevertheless it’s all about golf and profitable. Kim is the youngest participant since Tiger Woods to win three PGA Tour occasions. He joins some elite firm with this victory and now has lots of people taking a look at him to see what he’ll do subsequent.
If this celebration tells the world something, it’s that Kim’s centered and a rising star.
