Tom Kim opened the 2023 Open championship with a 3-over 74. He was going to need something great Friday to make the weekend at Royal Liverpool.
And that’s exactly what he got.
Thanks to four birdies on his front nine, Kim fired a second-round 3-under 68 and is now even par for the tournament. And he did it playing through an injury.
Kim told the media after his round that he suffered a grade-1 tear in his right ankle last night when he stepped off a patio wrong, a fluke of an injury.
Despite hobbling around, Kim is in position to make a weekend run, although he is 10 strokes behind leader Brian Harman.
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Tom Kim shot 68 today with a grade-1 tear in his right ankle. Fluke injury Thursday night after stepping wrong off his patio. His team told him to suck it up and play — and now he’s hobbling and in the hunt at The Open. pic.twitter.com/mUmd42lncy
— Ryan Lavner (@RyanLavnerGC) July 21, 2023
Kim tied for 6th at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open and finished T-47 at St. Andrews last season in his Open debut.
