Tom Kim nearly was late for his tee time Sunday at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.
Kim, 21, was scheduled to tee off in the eighth tee time of the day alongside Rickie Fowler at 8 a.m. local time.
But Kim was in danger of a two-stroke penalty for being late or potentially being disqualified if he arrived more than five minutes late. PGA Tour Live showed Kim rushing to the first tee ahead of his final-round tee time. “Kim is hustling, I mean, high-tailing it to the first tee because his tee time is just moments away,” an announcer said.
Kim made it in time but he may have been flustered as he made par for the first time at No. 1 all week after three straight birdies at the downhill, short par-5.
Emergency bathroom trip? Waiting on a breakfast sandwich to go that took too long? Read his tee time wrong like Lucas Glover did last week in Phoenix? We’ve all been there, done that, in one form or another. While we don’t know for sure what delayed Kim, we sure are happy he made it in time.
“You almost here? We’re about to tee off!”
Me: pic.twitter.com/gj2bcoo0Lj
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 18, 2024
