This PGA Tour Pro Fired His Caddie for Attempting to Distract Playing Partner

Golf truly is a gentleman’s sport. Though many of golf’s rules and etiquettes are meant to maintain the course and the pace of play, some of its unwritten rules are purely about honor and sportsmanship.

PGA Tour Pro Michael Kim took to Twitter recently to tell a story about this and issue an apology to his playing partners, Justin Thomas and Bobby Wyatt.

Random story: At a prestigious amateur tournament, playing with @JustinThomas34 and @Bobby_Wyatt my caddy tried to sabotage my playing partners by making noise during their backswings… Still sorry to them to this day 😓

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) May 10, 2022

Kim declined to indicate which tournament it was. Golf Channel writer Brentley Romine guessed it could be the “2011 Western Am at North Shore?” Kim would only confirm that it was not that particular tournament.

The story caught the attention of Thomas, who responded on Twitter by saying, “Wtf!!!! I never knew this G,” with a laughing emoji.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kim won his first and only PGA Tour event at the 2018 John Deere Classic by eight shots, setting the Tournament scoring record. He had previously qualified for the U.S. Open as an amateur and held 10th place after three days. He ultimately finished in 17th with the low amateur score for the Major that year.

He would answer one more follow-up question asking about his reactions when he found out and what ultimately happened to the caddie.

Kim said:

“Disbelief, thought it was an accident at first but happened more than once…he was making noise with the peanut butter cracker wrappers, made him throw it all out, fired him after the round, my host caddied for me for the remainder.”

In other sports, you might find a struggling golfer like Kim utilizing any fair or unfair advantage they can think of to win, but golf is a gentleman’s game, and with this interaction, Kim has proven himself a gentleman.

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