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 classes 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 towards Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele within the alternate shot foursomes that received heated.
The South Korean pair had already overwhelmed 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 outlet was not conceded by the Individuals.
After holing the putt, the 22-year-old laid down his putter subsequent to the pin for example 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 an impressive chip from the tough to stage 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 properly, 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 concerned in a spat with world primary Scottie Scheffler on day one, accused his opponents – with out specifying who – of swearing at him.
“Because it received in the direction of the tip, it received a bit of feisty on the market,” he mentioned.
“I may hear some gamers cursing at us. I do not assume there was good sportsmanship there. However it’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 have been hitting,” mentioned Schauffele.
“I’ve no clue if anybody was doing any of that. I do not consider 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.
The Individuals led the competition 5-0 after sweeping Thursday’s opening matches however the Worldwide crew worn out that deficit throughout Friday’s alternate shot foursomes.
Tom Kim and Kim Si-woo’s victory over American Ryder Cup captain Bradley and Clark was their solely success in Saturday’s fourballs.
Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele have been by no means behind as they beat Canadian pair Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes, whereas Scheffler holed two successive birdies as he and Collin Morikawa beat Adam Scott and Taylor Pendrith 2&1. Cantlay and Sam Burns noticed off Hideki Matsuyama and Im Sung-jae.
Worldwide captain Mike Weir stored the identical pairings for the afternoon foursomes, however they once more registered just one level.
Sheffler and Russell Henley stretched the US lead with a 3&2 win over Matsuyama and Im however the different three matches all went to the ultimate gap.
Pendrith and Scott gained the final to defeat Brian Harman and Max Homa, however Morikawa and Burns edged out Conners and Hughes by a single gap.
The ultimate match arrived on the final tee all sq. with the Kims needing to win the outlet to chop the general deficit to 2 factors, however a birdie from Cantlay and Schauffele in close to darkness claimed the purpose and stretched the benefit to 4.
Play resumes at 17:00 BST with the US needing 4 factors from Sunday’s 12 singles matches to retain the trophy.
Presidents Cup scores and format
Thursday fourballs (US lead 5-0)
Schauffele/Finau beat Day/An 1UP
Morika/Theegala beat Scott/Lee 1UP
Scheffler/Henley beat Im/Kim 3&2
Clark/Bradley beat Pendrith/Bexuidenhout 1UP
Cantlay/Burns beat Matsuyama/Conners 2&1
Friday foursomes (US 5-5 Worldwide)
Matsuyama/Im beat Cantlay/Schauffele 7&6
Scott/Pendrith beat Theegala/Morikawa 5&4
Bezuidenhout/Day beat Homa/Harman 1UP
Conners/ Hughes beat Clark/Finau 6&5
Kim/An beat Scheffler/Henley 1UP
Saturday (US lead 11-7)
Fourballs
Scheffler/Morikawa beat Scott/Pendrith 2&1
Finau/Xander Schauffele beat Conners/Hughes 3&2
Kim/Kim beat Bradley/Clark 4&3
Cantlay/Burns beat Matsuyama/Im 2&1
Foursomes
Pendrith/Scott beat Homa/Harman 2 up
Morikawa/Sam Burns beat Conners/Hughes 1 up
Cantlay/Schauffele beat Kim/Kim 1up
Scheffler/Henley beat Matsuyama/Im 3&2
Sunday
Twelve singles matches from 17:00 BST (US gamers listed first)
Schauffele v Day
Burns v Tom Kim
Scheffler v Matsuyama
Henley v Im
Cantlay v Pendrith
Bradley v Kim Si-woo
Finau v Conners
Clark v Lee
Theegala v An
Morikawa v Scott
Harman v Bezuidenhout
Homa v Hughes
