Tom Kim's PGA Championship Mud Bath Had Announcers From Around the World Cracking Up

Tom Kim shot a 3-over 73 in the first round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill. He also took time out of his round to take a mud bath. Kim took his shoes and socks off and rolled up his pant legs to and strolled into the infamous Rochester wetlands to find a ball on the 6th hole and emerged absolutely covered in mud. Much to the delight of golf broadcasters around the world.
Scott Van Pelt and the ESPN crew were in stitches.
Sometimes you just need to get cleaned up mid-round 😅 pic.twitter.com/cyoAbZtiBT
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 19, 2023
The Sky Sports crew was laughing even harder as they hoped there would be more pictures.
Out of context golf 🤣 pic.twitter.com/HbBP6XzcoN
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) May 18, 2023
Kim tried to play it cool by going for a quick dip in a nearby stream to clean up. Unfortunately, the whole thing was caught on camera and the world had seen him as a muddy mess. And the best part was when he finished his round and got to his phone and found out that he had been shown on television.
The moment Tom Kim found out everyone knew about the swamp. pic.twitter.com/Q4mPaAhioF
— GOLF.com (@GOLF_com) May 19, 2023
Tom Kim, after being told the video of him getting muddy is all over the place.
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) May 19, 2023
“Everyone knows? Who got it?”
You were on ESPN.
“Oh my God…” pic.twitter.com/DHdG9HRDrz
Kim, a 20-year old from South Korea, is coming off a T-16 finish at his first Masters. And now he's etched himself in the memories of PGA Championship fans forever. What a start to a career.
UPDATE: Here's Kim recounting his adventure. He did not find the ball, but he did have a pretty good sense of humor about it.
"It couldn't get any worse" - Tom Kim, heart of a champion pic.twitter.com/rQYLhDUuxu
— Meltdown Tracker (@WithTheSticks) May 19, 2023
"I just didn't think I'd sink in that deep...well there's no turning back now"
— SiriusXM PGA Championship Radio (@SiriusXMPGATOUR) May 19, 2023
Tom Kim spoke with Jason Sobel about literally getting stuck in mud on the 6th hole.@joohyungkim0621 I @JasonSobelTAN I @PGAChampionship pic.twitter.com/49qCo22vU9