PGA Tour star Tom Kim apologizes over 'breaking locker door' after Genesis Championship loss in Korea

PGA Tour prima Tom Kim has been forced to apologize aft allowing his frustrations to boil complete astatine nan weekend. 

The 22-year-old suffered heartbreak Sunday erstwhile he narrowly mislaid the DP World Tour's Genesis Championship successful a playoff to fellow South Korean Byeong Hun An. 

It marked nan 2nd playoff conclusion of nan twelvemonth for Kim, who seemingly took his anger retired connected nan locker room astatine Jack Nicklaus Golf Club successful Incheon, South Korea. 

The rising play prima reportedly collapsed a locker room doorway successful vexation pinch a photograph showing nan beforehand of nan clubhouse cubby wholly disconnected its hinges.

The South Korean subordinate took to his Instagram relationship to rumor an apology for his locker room behavior.

Saying he wanted nan accusation astir nan incident to travel straight from him, Kim shared that he had already addressed nan rumor pinch nan KPGA and nan DP World Tour, apologizing to some and offering to salary for nan damages.

'After nan nonaccomplishment I was frustrated, yes, absolutely,' Kim said successful nan statement. '[B]ut I tin guarantee you pinch absolute truth that I had nary intent of damaging immoderate portion of nan locker, not a azygous bit.

'I addressed it pinch nan [DP World Tour] and nan KPGA correct aft nan incident saying that nan doorway came off. We had to afloat propulsion it retired owed to information reasons. I besides fto them cognize that I was consenting to salary each expenses for nan damage.'

'I americium grateful to everyone that's reached retired pinch messages of support, but to them and everyone other that I whitethorn person fto down, I apologize pinch each my heart,' Kim added. 

There had been reports that Kim could look disciplinary action from nan Korea Professional Golfers' Association complete nan incident. However, he said that aft his apology and mentation 'the matter was considered closed.' He seemingly did not judge he would beryllium sanctioned. 

Kim's manager, Ben Harrison, insisted to Golf.com that neither he nor his customer had been informed of immoderate imaginable discipline.  

'He's been portrayed arsenic personification that smashed up a locker and fundamentally stormed retired for illustration a baby,' Harrison told nan outlet. 

'That's not what he did. He collapsed nan locker because he opened it excessively — he didn't return a nine and smash it up. He virtually held nan grip of nan locker, opened it super-aggressively and it collapsed a hinge.' 

Kim mislaid successful a playoff Sunday wherever connected nan par-5 18th he deed his 3rd changeable into a grandstand and made bogey. An followed that up by making different birdie for nan win.

It marked nan 2nd clip successful nan abstraction of a period that Kim has had to rumor a nationalist apology.  

Last period astatine nan Presidents Cup successful Montreal, Kim apologized to US skipper Jim Furyk and Xander Schauffele aft Kim told reporters that unidentified members of nan US squad were 'cursing astatine us' during their foursomes lucifer successful which he joined partner Si Woo Kim against Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.