South Korea’s Tom Kim accused his American opponents of poor sportsmanship and swearing at him as tensions flared as soon as once more on the Presidents Cup in Montreal.
The US gained each of Saturday’s fourballs and foursomes periods 3-1 to maneuver 11-7 in entrance of the Worldwide crew with Sunday’s 12 singles matches to come back.
It was Tom Kim and Kim Si-woo’s match in opposition to Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele within the alternate shot foursomes that acquired heated.
The South Korean pair had already crushed Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark 4&3 within the fourballs earlier than taking up Cantlay and Schauffele.
Two down on the seventh, Tom Kim was offended {that a} three-foot par putt to halve the opening was not conceded by the Individuals.
After holing the putt, the 22-year-old laid down his putter subsequent to the pin for instance simply how shut he was.
Utilizing their anger as motivation, Tom Kim holed a 37-footer on the ninth earlier than they levelled the match on the tenth.
Having fallen behind once more by the sixteenth, Kim Si-woo produced a powerful chip from the tough to degree the match heading into the ultimate two holes. He celebrated wildly by imitating Steph Curry’s ‘goodnight’ celebration on the inexperienced.
“My favourite NBA participant is Steph Curry, so that is what I did,” mentioned Kim.
“It did not end nicely, however yeah, I used to be excited,” he added after the Individuals had the final, with Cantlay holing a birdie putt on the 18th to win the match.
The drama didn’t end there although. Tom Kim, who was involved in a spat with world number one Scottie Scheffler on day one, accused his opponents – with out specifying who – of swearing at him.
“Because it acquired in the direction of the top, it acquired a bit feisty on the market,” he mentioned.
“I may hear some gamers cursing at us. I do not assume there was good sportsmanship there. But it surely’s all a part of the enjoyable. I perceive it.
“The US crew undoubtedly motivated us to go on the market.”
The accusation was denied by Kim’s opponents.
“I felt like Pat and I, we handled the Kims with the utmost respect. We’re attempting to quieten the crowds down once they had been hitting,” mentioned Schauffele.
“I’ve no clue if anybody was doing any of that. I do not imagine any of our guys would do one thing like that. So I am undecided what he was listening to.”
Cantlay mentioned he “did not even know what the goodnight gesture was” and was not affected by his opponents’ actions.