Tom Kim has already had one wardrobe malfunction and he wasn’t going to let it happen again in the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Back in May, in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill, the Korean fell over in a creek before emerging covered in mud from his thighs down. He would have to dispense with his shirt and play the last few holes with his trousers rolled up.
And he was at it again at TPC Southwind during a brilliant opening 64 which put him in second spot behind Jordan Spieth. The course was hit with storms and rain on Wednesday and Thursday and this led to the 21-year-old making a fashion statement that brought social media to its knees (pun intended) with Kim hitching his trousers up to show a bit of ankle in a fairly bizarre, if common sense, look.
“I think a lot of people are actually having fun out of it, way more than I thought. It was just, I didn’t want to get myself dirty. Just don’t like it. I’ve had a really bad week once this year, so just trying to stay away from it really,” explained Kim.
“It was just kind of how I did it back in the old days. I didn’t have unlimited pants so I had to make sure I was able to use those pants for a really long time, so I had to make sure they stayed really clean. A lot of people seemed to have a lot of laughs on it, but I just thought it was pretty convenient. I like to just keep it simple really, like I didn’t bring 10 pairs of pants. I’m traveling for a few weeks, so I try to make my travel pretty light.
“Definitely not white tomorrow, that’s for sure. I chose the wrong colour, obviously, for the day, but my caddie Joe actually said he doesn’t really care what I do as long as I make birdies and eagles, so it kind of worked.”
In total there were seven birdies before he signed off at the 9th and, before his post-round media duties would begin, Kim would make another change of outfit.
“Even though I folded it up, they were still so wet that it still got really dirty. The first thing on my mind after 9, I was ready to leave and change. That was the first thing on my mind. As soon as I went in, I had media requests, I said, can I change, and I feel kind of clean.”
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