Team USA enjoyed a comfortable victory over the Internationals at last month’s Presidents Cup, but there were some feisty moments along the way.
One came when US star Scottie Scheffler fired back at close friend Tom Kim during their four ball matchup on the Thursday morning.
Then, on Saturday, things got even spicier. After Si Woo and Tom Kim beat Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark in their Saturday morning four ball, the two South Koreans teamed up again for the afternoon foursomes, this time against Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele.
On the 16th, and needing something special to tie the match, Si Woo produced an amazing chip-in from a brutal uphill green side lie and mimicked NBA star Steph Curry’s famous “night night celebration.”
Si Woo Kim’s celebrations didn’t go down well with Clark
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That didn’t go down well with their opponents, who eventually won the match after Cantlay’s decisive putt on the 18th, which led to Clark mocking Kim’s celebration.
Afterwards, Tom Kim claimed that he heard someone from the US squad “cursing at us” during that Saturday session at Royal Montreal – a claim that was refuted by the Americans.
Now the dust has settled on the flashpoints, Clark has given his side of events on Golf Digest’s The Loop podcast, where he defended his team’s behavior.
He told host Chris Powers that there had first been frustration in his and Keegan Bradley’s defeat to Tom and Si Woo in their Saturday morning four ball match. He said: “We witnessed them making tons of putts on us and playing unbelievable and then obviously witnessed all of the celebrations that they were doing.
“And then just some of the other antics that maybe people weren’t seeing on TV, that obviously just kind of gets you to where you’re a little frustrated because some of it was extreme, in my opinion.”
We’ve heard from both Tom Kim and his caddie Paul Tesori on CussGate at the Presidents Cup. This week, we got to ask Wyndham Clark, who many believed was at the forefront of it all, what his perspective was on the whole situation.Here’s his (lengthy) answer: pic.twitter.com/5beeNtQHKsOctober 9, 2024
Clark was rested for the afternoon session, so he took in the match involving Si Woo and Tom Kim, Schauffele and Cantlay. However, he stressed…
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