Scottie Scheffler shows true colours after screaming at Tom Kim

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler claimed what unfolded on the opening day of the 2024 Presidents Glass was ‘just a bit of fun’.

Scheffler was included in two striking exchanges with Tom Kim within the to begin with fourball session at Illustrious Montreal Golf Club in Quebec, Canada.

Kim sent the domestic swarm into a craze on Thursday morning when he depleted a long-range birdie putt at the par-4 7th gap.

Scheffler reacted with a birdie of his possess to tie the gap and promptly turned around and shouted at Kim.

Hot mics picked up the ruling Experts winner howling:
“What was that? HUH?!”

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At the exceptionally another gap, Kim overseen to gap another supernatural long-range birdie putt.

But he cleared out a few golf fans radiant with seethe after he walked off to the another tee box with his playing accomplice Sungjae Im some time recently Scheffler putted out.

Previous European Ryder Glass captain Paul McGinley said their conduct was ‘disrespectful’.

Scheffler in the long run missed and, some time recently the another tee shots were struck, U.S. partner Kevin Kisner made his sentiments known to his Worldwide partner Camilo Villegas.

According to on-course commentator John Wood, the words used weren’t pleasant.

Scheffler and Russell Henley eventually closed out their match 3&2 on a dominant first session for Jim Furyk’s dozen.

For his part, he told Golf Channel’s Damon Hack that what occurred was just a bit of fun.

He said he would have reacted similarly had Kim behaved the same way in a private, friendly game of ‘Wolf’.

“So it’s all in good fun,” he added. “We enjoy competing against each other.

“That’s what it’s like out here. It’s fun to compete and fun to represent our country, and at the end of the match you take your hat off and shake hands.

“We’re friends after, we’re not friends during, I guess.”

Scheffler said he didn’t see Kim walk to the next tee box.

Henley said he did and that he wasn’t happy with the two golfers.

“To be fair to them walking off, I did like scream at them on the hole,” Scheffler said.

“I’m not going to say it was their fault, you know what I mean?”

Kim and Scheffler are known to be extremely close friends on the PGA Tour.

Scheffler got the better of Kim earlier in the season, defeating the South Korean in a thrilling playoff at the Travelers Championship.

That playoff was disrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters.