Tom Kim had the wild beginning of his third round during 2025 AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-AM.
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Going to Saturday’s third round in 2025 at & t pebble beach pro-amTom Kim looked at the lead. But the embarrassing an opening arrow almost derailed his hopes. Almost.
. Popular Pro He started a round of 3 four shots behind the 36-hole leader SEPP Strak. Starting from Pebble’s Par-4 1. HoleKim knew that a quick bird could gain momentum through the rest of the round.
He got his bird in order. But he did it in one of the more unlikely ways, at least for a professional golfer.
With the first 382 yards with the right dog, Kim allowed the drivers to rest and instead pulled out water wood. Now the wind was bad on Saturday, and many players played arrows. Kim could even hit a shot from the knocking down to 1. But he definitely did not intend to fly his ball so low (or short) as it was.
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As a video from Shot shows, Kim gained a big swing with his Fairway wood, but gained poor contact, and the ball hit the highest part of the club. The ball of Kim flew off the face and torn water water at an extremely low height, never more than a few feet above the ground. You can call it a top, skull or duff. But as you call it, it was a shocking shot from the best professional club.
The immediate reaction of Golf Channel TV Anaaylts told the whole story.
“It came out low, right?”
“Certainly yes. Not what he imagined. “
“I thought my eyes would cheat on me. Can you say that it was a shot on board? “
“Ehhh, it wasn’t planned, no. They laugh at it now. “
Given his trajectory, Kim swept far down the water track, eventually settling 215 yards from the shirt, According to pgatour.com.
Despite the unfortunate shot of the shirt, Kim still had only about 165 yards for greenery. But when his approach from the green left and sat in a rough bird, the bird looked almost impossible. At this point, the goal was to save par.
But nobody told Kim. He took a high -fixed wedge and made a shot of the semi -sailing, sending the ball high and observing how only a few feet falls on the laying surface, and then following the hole directly and fall into the cup.
You can check both shots below.
An unexpected birdie moved Kim to 11 during the day, winning the hot start he was looking for. Finally, he finished the day at 14 below and will start the last round of two shots for the 54-bold leader Straka.
