'I would see Tiger win on the PGA Tour' - Tom Kim cites Woods as example to follow after breakthrough win

Tom Kim has set his sights on emulating Tiger Woods and being a serial winner on the PGA Tour. The 20-year-old has had a stellar year, rising through the Korn Ferry Tour ranks to win his maiden PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship to secure his playing rights. Ad Kim’s season came to an end at the BMW Championship, as he faded on the back of a seven-week run of events.

BMW Championship'There’s an alpha in there, and it’s not me' — McIlroy praises Tiger Woods after meeting18/08/2022 AT 15:32 He is already turning his attention to the new season and cites 15-time major winner Woods as his example to follow. “It has always been a dream of mine to play the PGA Tour,” Kim told the Philippine Star. “At the start of July, I was planning on trying to get my card through the Korn Ferry Finals and now one month later, I’m a PGA Tour winner, so it’s pretty crazy.

“When I was younger, I would see Tiger win on the PGA Tour, not somewhere else, so for me that was always the goal. Hopefully I’ll be here for a very long time.” 'It's going to be odd' — Fitzpatrick unhappy with LIV players at BMW PGA Championship 'It was a way to get out of my own head' — Stallings credits body transformation for upturn in form Kim’s birth name is Joohyung Kim, but he forced a change to Tom on account of his love of Thomas the Tank Engine. Taking up the story, Kim said: “It’s just me being stubborn.

Like, you’re supposed to let your parents name you and I was like nope, I’m going to name myself Thomas. I loved the show as a kid. Apparently, I really loved the train.

“I was like, you know what, I’m going to name myself Thomas. And as the years went on, people started calling me Tom. It was shorter, so I kind of went with Tom after that.” While