2023 Tournament of Champions: Tom Kim says he spent Christmas babysitting Jordan Spieth’s son

Tom Kim and Jordan Spieth shared a tee time on Thursday on the Plantation Course at Kapalua for the primary spherical of the 2023 Tournament of Champions. Signing for rounds of 8-under 65 and 6-under 67, respectively, the 2 additionally shared Christmas dinner the earlier week — with Kim additionally appearing as babysitter for Spieth’s 14-month-old son, Sammy. 

“The more time I spent with Jordan [Spieth], we kind of became closer friends. I think we shared a plane back from the Hero back to Dallas, so I took the Jordan air,” stated Kim, who was nonetheless discovering his bearings within the U.S. “He was really nice enough to invite me for Christmas. My family wasn’t home and I was kind of by myself. So I got to spend some time with the Spieths and kind of babysit Sammy, which was really cool. It’s been amazing to kind of build a friendship and it was really cool to play with him today.”

After successful twice in a four-tournament stretch on the PGA Tour and starring for the International Team within the 2022 Presidents Cup, Kim spent his brief offseason in South Korea to reconnect with household. Overseas for 4 weeks, he returned to his new base camp within the Dallas-Fort Worth space.

Kim, who remains to be solely 20 years of age, is the latest addition to the crop of PGA Tour stars who name the Dallas-Fort Worth space house. Joining not solely Spieth, however Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris and a quantity of his fellow South Koreans within the Lone Star State, Kim has surrounded himself with some of the perfect gamers on this planet each on and off the golf course. 

“Tom, actually during the Christmas break, he joined Jordan and his family for Christmas dinner,” stated Smylie Kaufman, NBC’s on-course analyst and Spieth’s good pal. “So, these two have really shaped a relationship over the past couple of months, they usually’re having a blast out right here right this moment.

“Tom is a noted guy who likes to eat some food,” Kaufman continued. “I was told he went back for, not only thirds, but fourths at Christmas dinner.”