South Korean Tom Kim was pictured fighting back tears after finishing eighth in a thrilling men's golf final. Paris Olympics tonight.
In a tense final, Scotty Scheffler emerged victorious and won the gold medal. United State After recording a shot path equal to nine under 62.
Tommy Fleetwood, who tied with Scheffler for 17th, won the Team GB gold medal and JapanHideki Matsuyama, of Brazil, won the bronze medal after completing the National Golf Championship at the age of 17.
Here we saw Kim avoid compulsory military service in his native South Korea – and work without interruption. PGA Tour Career – The 22-year-old ended the day in Oitafu, after a disastrous double bogey and not the last buraku.
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Scheffler has no chance to console Kim, one of his close friends is uninterested, then triumphs and the South Korean's discomfort is clearly visible at the club headquarters.
“I didn’t feel very excited after the shot,” Kim said after the final shot.
“I say these feelings are over the top, but all the hard work I've put in this year to put myself in this position, these things are starting to show.
“Just the things Scotty told me after the trip seemed really consistent and he was just trying to control me.”
Korean men must be drafted before they turn 28, meaning Kim still has a chance to avoid mandatory military service at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan and the 2028 Summer Olympics in the United States.
“I'm not worried at all,” Kim said before the final shot when asked about the possibility of being drafted.
“This is the way our country works and our golf takes care of everything.”
Kim's compatriot, Bae Sang-moon, was forced into a 21-month military service in 2015, despite winning several PGA events.
“Just because it happens to him doesn’t mean it happens to other people. You can’t say it’s the case or influenced in any way,” Kim added.
“There could be different things that could happen. I don't really think about anything. I don't even think, I just try to concentrate while playing.
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min was called up for full-time employment in 2018, but managed to avoid two full years of training after leading Korea do Sol to success at the 2018 Asian Games.
“It was a good experience,” Son told Tottenham's official website after completing his three-week military service.
“I couldn't say everything or what happened, but I enjoyed it a lot.
“The expensive weeks are legal, the three weeks are hard, but try to make the most of the three weeks. I don’t know how people will feel, but for me three weeks is a very long time. But it was a good experience and I enjoyed it.
“Obviously on the first day we didn't know each other, so it was a bit weird.
“But people knew, I was scared to spend all the days together, in a room, 10 people, we were very close, working together, helping each other for years,” he added.
It was a great time. “It wasn’t the first day that our other faces couldn’t talk to me, but later on they started jumping in with me, and eventually we nailed everyone together.”
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