Kim got off to a red-hot start at the DP World Tour Championship.
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Michael Kim roared to the top of the leaderboard on Day 1 of the DP World Tour Championship, outplaying everyone from Rory McIlroy to Tommy Fleetwood. And after, the 32-year-old wasn’t even sure if he had ever been in this position.
Which is exactly why he’s No. 1 in the hearts of many on Golf Twitter.
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Kim opened with an eight-under-par 64 in Dubai on Thursday to grab the early lead at Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth Course. And that caused him to pose the following question after:
“Idon’trememberthelasttimeIhadthesolofirstroundlead…honestlymightbemyfirstasapro?”Actually,Michael,you’vedoneittwicebefore,bothontheKornFerryTourin2022.Funny,becausethatseemslikethesortofthingyou’dremember!(KimwasalsoT-1afteroneroundatthe2022PuertoRicoOpenonthePGATour,sogamblerscouldhavecleanedupbettingonhimtobeafirst-roundleaderin2022!)
Ofcourse,it’scertainlynotthefirsttimetheGolfTwitterdarlinghasfinishedat
