Social media sensation Michael Kim took a playful jab at LIV Golf’s Jon Rahm, bashing the Official World Golf Ranking system in the process.
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LIVGolf’sJonRahmwaswrappedinanewcontroversyinvolvingaPGATourplayer.Butthistime,itwasinhisfavor.Surprising,right?
TheincidenthappenedwhenMichaelKim,whorecentlystolethespotlightwithhisimpressiveperformanceattheArnoldPalmerInvitational,finished3strokesbehindthewinner,RussellHenley.
DUBAI,UNITEDARABEMIRATES–NOVEMBER18:JonRahmofSpaingestureswithhishandtohismouthoncourseduringDayThreeoftheDPWorldTourChampionshipontheEarthCourseatJumeirah…
DUBAI,UNITEDARABEMIRATES–NOVEMBER18:JonRahmofSpaingestureswithhishandtohismouthoncourseduringDayThreeoftheDPWorldTourChampionshipontheEarthCourseatJumeirahGolfEstatesonNovember18,2023inDubai,UnitedArabEmirates.(PhotobyAndrewRedington/GettyImages)
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ThatperformanceultimatelymovedhisOfficialWorldGolfRankingto52nd.ButwhenKimlearnedaboutit,hecelebratedtheachievementinhisownuniquestyle