‘Like he won the tournament -Scottie Scheffler reopens Presidents Cup rivalry with Tom Kim

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Scottie Scheffler has opened up on his Presidents Cup exchange with Tom Kim two years ago.The world No. 1 and Kim are neighbors in Dallas, but put their friendship to one side in the fiery international competition.Scheffler isn’t easy to rile upGettyTeam USA talisman Scheffler was paired with Russell Henley against his pal and fellow Korean SungJae Im.On the seventh hole Kim drained a birdie from around 30 feet, yelled, pumped his fist, and spun a 360 on the green before going to get his ball.Scheffler coolly slotted home from a similar distance to halve the hole before turning to Kim and asking: ‘What was that?’The American spoke about the showdown in the buildup to the current edition on home soil.View Tweet: https://t.co/cQSdfz10Dp“That was actually funny because Tom and I, we’re really good buddies and I was excited to get out there and play with him and we were gonna have a lot of fun,” he said. “It was the same thing I’d have done at home if we were playing a wolf match or something.”Scheffler was laughing as he spoke but managed to get a not so subtle dig dig ahead of this week’s renewal of the matches at Medinah.“He holed like a 20-25 footer,” he continued. “I think it might have been his first birdie putt of the day.“He was celebrating like he’d just won the tournament.“You knock one in on him and you’re like, ‘Alright, let’s chill out a little bit.'”Kim will once again be looking to fire up the International team in 2026 — akin to Ian Poulter‘s Ryder Cup role for Team Europe.Scheffler has struggled in Ryder CupsGettyKim moved to Dallas when he joined the PGA TourGetty“Going to be a little bit different than the last one obviously playing on U.S. soil,” Kim he said Tuesday at Medinah. “Sure we’re going to hear a lot of boos.”Scheffler has never failed to be on the winning team at the Presidents Cup despite losing two of three Ryder Cup appearances.The US have won all but two editions since 1994 and his run looks set to continue unless Kim can thrive in the joker role.US team golf crying out for innovationBrandt Snedeker will lead his country, but Rocco Mediate thinks changes need to be made.“We keep having the same captains, same ones. Find someone else, do something else, change it up. But they’re not gonna,” the six-time PGA Tour winner told golf.com last weekend.“Love Jim Furyk, love the guys, love them – but change something up. Same assistant captain. Same everything.”