Tom Kim Joins Wyndham Championship Broadcast, Provides Ankle Injury Update

After withdrawing from his title defense, the 21-year-old called in to the CBS broadcast to update fans on his injury.

Tom Kim didn’t tee it up at the Wyndham Championship to defend the title of his first PGA Tour victory, but he managed to make an appearance on CBS’s TV broadcast of the tournament anyway.

Kim, who suffered a sprained ankle at the British Open, withdrew from the Greensboro, N.C. event to treat his injury ahead of next week’s FedEx Cup playoffs. The two-time PGA Tour winner still put together a spectacular finish at Hoylake, finishing in a four-way tie for second place while injured. 

Despite being at home in Dallas on Saturday, the 21-year-old defending champion kindly called into the broadcast to chat with CBS’s Jim Nantz and Trevor Immelman. 

“It’s hard sitting at home, not being able to be where my first win was,” Kim said. 

2022 @WyndhamChamp Champion @JoohyungKim0621 joins us live from Dallas 🙌 pic.twitter.com/yLTcPcpv4S

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“I’m hoping to be able to be there next week,” Tom continued, speaking of next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship. 

“The ankle has gotten a lot better. Obviously it’s just not going to heal right away. I got a thumbs up from my trainers and my doctors, so hopefully I’ll be ready to tee it up on Thursday.”

After sharing the positive update on his injured ankle, Kim also spoke about what he’s learned over the course of his first year on the PGA Tour. 

“For me I think I’ve learned a lot about what helps me play my best golf. I think that comes with playing a lot of practice rounds with a lot of my good friends. Scottie, Jordan, JT, all these guys where they have so much experience. Just being able to pick their brains on a lot of stuff.

“It’s so easy to come out here, especially when it’s your first full season—when you see guys like Rory hit unbelievable drives and you feel like you need to do that. I really got into that mindset of taking care of what I can do, and making sure that I can get my best score out of each round. Not getting caught up in chasing a lot of distance and need to do special things,” he said.

At last year’s Wyndham Championship, Kim shot a final round 61 and became the second-youngest winner on the PGA Tour since 1932, behind Jordan Spieth.