Worldwide staff member Tom Kim of Korea tees off on the first gap throughout their fifth spherical singles match on the Presidents Cup golf event at Royal Montreal Golf Membership, Sept. 29. AP-Yonhap
Korean PGA Tour participant Tom Kim took to social media Tuesday to apologize over damaging his locker following a playoff loss at a event on house soil over the weekend.
Kim took flak after a photograph taken contained in the clubhouse at Jack Nicklaus Golf Membership Korea in Incheon, simply west of Seoul, confirmed Monday that the door to his locker had come off the hinges. Kim had apparently taken out his frustration on it after shedding to countryman An Byeong-hun in a playoff Sunday on the Genesis Championship, co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour (previously European Tour) and the KPGA Tour.
Kim wrote on his Instagram that he wished to set the document straight.
“After the loss, I used to be annoyed, sure, completely,” he wrote. “However I can guarantee you with absolute reality that I had no intent of damaging any a part of the locker, not a single bit.
“I addressed it with the DP World Tour and the KPGA proper after the incident, saying that the door got here off,” Kim continued. “We needed to absolutely pull it out attributable to security causes. I additionally allow them to know that I used to be keen to pay all bills for the injury.”
The KPGA Tour stated Monday it will look additional into the matter earlier than deciding whether or not to open disciplinary proceedings towards Kim, and in addition stated the golf membership wouldn’t ask Kim to pay for the restore as a result of the injury had been minimal.
On doable disciplinary motion, Kim wrote: “I spoke to the tour instantly after the incident. After my apology and provide to pay for the injury, the matter was thought of closed.”
He closed the message with an apology.
“I’m grateful to everybody that is reached out with messages of assist, however to them and everybody else that I could have let down, I apologize with all my coronary heart.” (Yonhap)
