'If Tom Kim can't take it, then don't dish it out...' | Presidents Cup reaction

Tom Kim deserves all the criticism coming his way after a shocking display at the Presidents Cup, writes GolfMagic Editor Andy Roberts in his latest 'Roberts Rants' feature.

Not only were his actions and comments a joke, but Kim failed to deliver for the Internationals by going 1-2-1 in Canada.

A fitting record given a one-to-one is exactly what the 22-year-old needs right now. 

It all started on Thursday as Kim cupped his ears to the crowd on the 1st tee and encouraged fans to cheer loudly while he thrashed away at his tee shot.

A confident, power-play move to try and get under the skin of Team USA early doors. 

Or at least if he could have found the fairway, and not the trees down the right flank. 

Tom Kim joined up with South Korean compatriot Sungjae Im for the fourballs.

They faced his apparent good friend Scottie Scheffler and captain's pick Russell Henley. 

The International duo instantly lost the 1st hole and soon found themselves 2 down thru six.

Then it all kicked off on the 7th. 

Kim binned a 30-footer and then bounced around the green giving it the biggun. 

Fair play to Kim, a great putt, but Scheffler still had a putt on a similar line to tie the hole. 

Scheffler drained the putt and then turned to Kim, shouting out: 'What's that?!'

Kim was left red-faced as he trudged off the green, somewhat embarrassed he had just been giving it large only to walk off with a half. 

The South Korean then dropped another birdie bomb at the 8th.

His celebration was nowhere near as vocal but he still gave a strong 'come on!' 

Scheffler once again still had a putt to the tie the hole from eight feet.

But this time while the World No.1 was lining up his putt, Kim and Im thought better of the situation and walked over to the 9th tee. 

The move irked everyone on social media, except Kim's most ardent fans who said: 'Oh but Camilo Villegas told him to do that.' 

Oh please, do me a favour. 

Kim is 22 and old enough to make his own decisions. The same applies to Im, 26. 

And don't even start me on Camilo Villegas, 42, a five-time PGA Tour winner whose better days are well behind him at 245th in the world.

It was a controversial move, and one that added even more fuel to the American fire. 

You simply do not walk off a green when someone else is putting out. 

Presidents Cup or even an 18-hole match against your father-in-law. 

You just don't do it. It's called golf etiquette. 

Let's not forget Kim left a huge dent in the green out of frustration last month.

He later issued an apology, but bizarrely summarised he 'wasn't aware' of the damage. 

That did not sit well with PGA Tour fans. 

Anyway, I digress...

Tom Kim heavily criticised over his Presidents Cup behaviour

USA assistant captain Kevin Kisner was disgusted with what he saw play out on the 8th hole, and he rightly let Villegas know about it straight away.

Golf Channel commentator Paul McGinley put the Internationals on full blast too, labelling their move to walk ahead onto the 9th tee as 'disrespectful' and 'bad behaviour'.

As Kisner later pointed out in his commentary of the incident, 'you do not want to p*** off the World No.1 as it won't end well.'

He was bang on the money as Scheffler and Henley birdied four of the next seven holes to comfortably defeat Kim and Im 3&2. 

After the match, Kim sulked in the media centre and hit out at the home fans for not being loud enough in their support as the Internationals slumped to a 5-0 loss on day one. 

Perhaps you could have given them something to cheer about, Tom?!

Kim was then benched for the Friday foursomes, but the Internationals incredibly turned the tables with a 5-0 scoreline of their own to level up the match 5-5 heading into the weekend at Royal Montreal Golf Club. 

Nobody knows exactly why Kim was dropped for the Friday foursomes given, on paper at least, he was one of the Internationals' strongest players. 

Kim was left disappointed by the decision, claiming his game was 'feeling good'. 

Maybe it was planned, or maybe International captain Mike Weir wasn't best pleased with Kim's opening day performance. 

Either way it worked as the Internationals hauled themselves right back into contention for their first Cup since 1998. 

To Kim's credit, he bounced back to form in the Saturday morning foursomes and teamed up with fellow South Korean Si Woo Kim to see off Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark 4&3.

But it was the Internationals' sole point of the session and Team USA surged into an 8-6 lead. 

The defending champions then strengthened their lead to 11-7 in the afternoon foursomes. 

Kim remained in the same pairing but was defeated 1 down by Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele.

The tense match wasn't without further drama though, and Kim's actions once again showed immaturity. 

Once again on the par-3 7th, and once again with Kim 2 down. 

Cantlay and Schauffele wanted to see Kim hole out a par putt from just under three feet to tie the hole. 

Kim looked dumfounded as he bent down to mark the International ball. 

He duly knocked the ball home before laying his putter down on the ground gesturing the putt was 'inside the leather'. 

Not once but twice. 

Attention-seeking much?

So what if it was 'inside the leather'? 

Cantlay and Schauffele had every right to ask Kim to putt out for par. 

The Internationals, to their credit, eventually brought the game back to a tie when Si Woo Kim holed an outrageous chip shot from the greenside rough at 16.

It was arguably the shot of the week. 

Si Woo went wild, running around the green performing Steph Curry's famous 'night night' celebration. 

Tom was loving it, too. 

Only their 'night night' celebration would come back to haunt them as Cantlay drained a clutch 20-footer for birdie on 18 to seal a 1up win. 

'Nighty night, boys, nighty night,' Wyndham Clark called out in Team USA's victory celebration at the side of the green. 

Kim then headed back to the media centre for another good ol' moan. 

Unconfirmed reports claim there was a violin playing in the background. 

"I could hear some players cursing at us," said Kim.

"That part wasn't really... I don't think there was good sportsmanship there.

"But it's all part of the fun. I understand it."

So hang on Tom, let's get this straight. 

You say you 'understand it', but want to make a big thing about it? 

If you can't take it, then don't dish it out...

Kim would later apologise to Schauffele and US captain Furyk for his comments about 'bad sportsmanship'. 

Schauffele said he had no idea what Kim was talking about, explaining he and Cantlay treated their opponents with utmost respect.

According to Golf Channel, Kim was pulled away from Schauffele and Furyk by International captain Weir.

"It was just about my comments yesterday," Kim explained of their exchange.

"I just told him like, hey, I didn't mean it to go in such a negative way. If it did, I just said I'm sorry.

"It was just I felt like what I heard yesterday, some comments that I've heard was at that time, just coming off the green, it came to me so personally and just I felt like it was right to share."

Kim said he didn't think his comments were going to be viewed so negatively.

He added: "I really didn't mean to — because when I played with Patrick and Xander, obviously we've battled a few times and they've always been such great competitors.

"They've never — I've always felt like there's such a good sportsmanship between us.

"It was just outside the ropes, and I felt like that was a little misunderstanding on my part, which I should have explained better.

"So I went to him and I said, I didn't mean it that way. I apologise if it came out wrongly. It was just this and this happened, but if it affected you guys so negatively, I really do apologize. I didn't mean to do it in that way."

Kim then went on to tie his singles match with Sam Burns on Sunday. 

Weir sent Kim out in the second match in a bid to get some early gold on the board. 

Kim had a putt from around 12 feet on 18 to win the match, but he squandered the chance. 

Half hour later, the Presidents Cup was over as Keegan Bradley sealed the winning point courtesy of a 1up victory over Si Woo Kim. 

Bradley then leaked USA's Ryder Cup plan. 

USA ran out commanding 18.5-11.5 victors as they etched their name on the Cup for a 10th consecutive time and 13th in 15 renewals.

It was another disappointing week for the Internationals, and especially for Kim, who took his Presidents Cup record to a rather uninspiring 3-5-1. 

Not to mention he lost a number of fans too. 

I must admit, I could not help but stifle a laugh when seeing one golf reporter tweet: 'Tom Kim has officially entered Ian Poulter territory.'

Okay, perhaps in terms of energy and passion. 

But a prime Poulter could ultimately take it, dish it and most importantly deliver. 

Kim is a master at one, but sadly needs to work on the other two. 

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