Kim sank further – “right up to my belt” – and after standing there for a while wondering what on earth he could do, he was forced to crawl out of the mud. Kim was covered and knew he had to take immediate action. So he ventured into the creek itself and basically had a bath before grabbing a towel from his caddie and then changing his shirt in the middle of the fairway. “I’ve had better experiences,” Kim said.
He fared commendably to limit the damage to a bogey on that par four, and somehow, while still soaking, Kim was able to play his last three holes in par to post a three-over 73 to stand seven off Bryson DeChambeau’s 66.
When he arrived at the recorder’s hut and saw all the journalists waiting, he realised the footage had gone viral.
“Oh, no,” he said, holding his head in his hands. “I hoped I’d got away with it, but the whole world has obviously seen it. I’ve just turned on my phone and I have millions of messages. I might never live this down.”
