Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler were firmly in the headlines yesterday at the Presidents Cup as they went back and forth on the front nine in more ways than one.
Kim and Scheffler were pumped up as they battled it out, with Scheffler and Russell Henley eventually winning out 3&2.
However, the result was almost irrelevant come the end and many were keen to get the lowdown from both Kim and Scheffler on their behaviour.
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Scheffler played the rift with Kim down in the immediate aftermath, while US vice-captain Kevin Kisner was overheard getting involved in the matter as well.
As we know, it was on the greens where things really threatened to boil over. And things looked to be taking a turn for the worse on the eighth when Kim and Sungjae Im walked off to the next tee before Scheffler could putt out.
That sort of behaviour is not common in team golf and speaking about the incident, Wayne ‘Radar’ Riley slammed Kim and Im for what they did.
Tom Kim and Sungjae Im criticised for behaviour at the Presidents Cup
Speaking on Sky Sports at the time, Riley had his say on the behaviour of Kim.
And it’s safe to say he wasn’t overly impressed with the Korean.
“I don’t mind seeing it. None of us mind seeing it. But when you walk off to the next tee and give it the fist pump behind his back, I don’t think that is very good,” Riley said.
“It’s not in our game, it’s in other games. I don’t mind tennis but golf is a little different. I like to see them getting going but your go, Tom.
“Why would you mess with the world number one?
Riley had already criticised Kim for his antics on the opening tee box and it seems that the young Korean has rubbed a few people up the wrong way already this week.
Furthermore, Kim has also been dropped for today’s foursomes in a surprise move by Mike Weir.
Whether or not that is linked to his behaviour and is a message of sorts, is open to debate.
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