Tom Kim Falls Short In Playoff Against Friend Scottie Scheffler

Tom Kim spoke to the media after a playoff runner-up finish behind Scottie Scheffler, and he was asked:

– Give us your thoughts on the day
– What was it like playing with your friend Scottie?
– Take us through your 18th hole in regulation
– Do you feel extra pressure playing with world #1?

yeah I fought hard um you know it just it takes really just small things to win out here and you know my two Bogies to three came from came from two three putts and you know that last hole in the playoff where you know regulation I had the same kind of shot where I just needed to smash a wedge when the wind was up and the difference between regulation and the playoff was as soon as I hit it the wind died and you know was a slight mishit and um unfortunately U you know plug ball and when that happens just you can’t do anything about it and um but other than you know I’m going to definitely look at this week as a positive um it’s my best finish of the Year despite you know almost coming through you know having the lead last night you know I just against the best person in the world you know I fought really hard and um going to next week that’s my ninth week is uh you know um make sure to pick up my feet you know I just I had so much fun out there you know it felt like a practice f with him you know I play a lot of golf with him at home and even out here we play a lot of practice rounds and um you know we were just I told him as soon as we hit the t-shot in the playoff it’s just you know it feels like the two you know the rare it’s it’s very rare for us just the two of us to go out and play but at the same time it’s just like you know it’s just it’s almost like hey we’re just at home but we just have 100 thousands of people on you know on the golf course but it’s been big you know he’s he’s a really good friend um you know I’ve got I’ve learned a lot from him obviously not just by watching by asking him a lot of things and he’s been so he’s been so kind just to be able to share some stuff and um you know I’m really happy for him I know it’s a sixth win of the season and it hasn’t happened since tiger um as much as I as much as I love him I would have loved to you know take that away from him but you know I’m happy for him and you know as soon as after I tapped out after he Tapped Out uh you know he he said some really nice words and it meant a lot to me I knew I need to make birdie but 18 is a really it’s a really interesting hole because you got if you miss the Fairway the hole just becomes really hard and that right bunker that they placed by the green it’s just it’s very penalizing as you seen in the playoff like my ball being plugged and I was with the wind being so up I wanted to hit three-wood and you know me and Paul were talking I have to make birdie I have to give myself a chance and I hit I hit a really good t- shot and with all that going on it almost kind of for me I didn’t it kind of it didn’t I didn’t mind it at all like obviously it is is a disruption and don’t want it to happen but for me it was just I kind of kind of slowed things down and I just took my time and I I felt really confident in myself you know just to give myself that putt to force the playoff um it’s all I it’s what I practice for and um you know I’m glad I made it yeah it was I mean it was it was a lot to go with I mean you know who prepares for someone for four people to run with I don’t know what they had but um you know they they left a lot of marks on the greens which is you know not right for us players especially when two guys are trying to win a golf tournament um but you know I’m very grateful for the tour and the tour security for handing that really well and um making us players feel you know a lot safer you know there’s with him and I for me I just he’s I’ve gotten to like Scotty more as a person than a golfer so I think that’s really big when when because there’s a lot of friends out here that you kind of just meet for golf not really outside and he’s one of the few people that you know that we’re at home you know we still hang out and still play a lot of golf together and I think it’s way it made it a lot more fun for me to be honest like more enjoyable to come down you know obviously he’s an a phenomenal player uh well number one all all the all these titles and um but at the same time for me for me it’s just you know he he’s just he’s just Scotty Sheffer you know he’s just a good friend and to come down with with someone that you know I played a lot of golf with who beats me a lot at home and unfortunately he beat me in the playoff too but um it it definitely made it a lot more enjoyable out there