Xander Schauffele comments on Tom Kim spoke volumes after Presidents Cup spat

Xander Schauffele has reflected connected his Presidents Cup enactment with Tom Kim, admitting that the Korean 'brought the heat' during their last time singles showdown

Xander Schauffele has praised Tom Kim for 'bringing the heat' astatine the Presidents Cup, pursuing a clash during the tournament. The USA squad managed to clasp onto the trophy, but not without a combat from the International Team, starring to immoderate heated moments connected the course.

Kim accused Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay of unsportsmanlike behaviour and utilizing foul connection during a peculiarly tense moment. This followed an incidental wherever helium was refused a gimme by the American brace and responded by sarcastically placing his nine adjacent to the spread to item the shortness of the putt.

However, Schauffele later refuted swearing astatine Kim, maintaining that helium and Cantlay treated their opponents with 'utmost respect' throughout. Reflecting connected these incidents, helium commended Kim and his teammate Si Woo Kim for 'bringing the heat' with their fiery behaviour.

Schauffele shared his thoughts connected the people and his competitors with a interaction of admiration: "This people mightiness be, I don't know, 7,000 yards, but those boys screen astir 9,000 yards successful a circular of golf, astatine slightest the ones that I played against them," helium said. "They deed unbelievable shots. PC [Patrick Cantlay] and I saw it.

"They were precise hard. PC and I had to bring retired immoderate of our champion worldly to bushed them past night. They came retired to the past hole. It's truly bully for golf. As a competitor, I respect it.

"It's not however I spell astir my business, but I respect it due to the fact that that's however they play. If I was moving astir and getting fired up, I mightiness marque bogey connected the adjacent hole, but those boys are moving astir and birdieing each frickin' spread connected us.

"I person a batch of respect for everyone connected that team, but the Koreans decidedly bring the heat, nary doubt."

Kim extended an olive subdivision to Schauffele during the last time of the Presidents Cup, offering a handshake connected the greenish and expressing regret for immoderate contention sparked by his earlier remarks. He admitted to being swept up successful the infinitesimal and clarified that helium had nary volition of stirring up trouble.

"I conscionable didn't deliberation it would beryllium truthful negative," Kim confessed. "When I played with Patrick and Xander, evidently we've battled a fewer times and they've ever been specified large competitors. I've ever felt similar there's specified bully sportsmanship betwixt us.

"I felt similar that was a small misunderstanding connected my portion which I should person explained better, truthful I went to him and I said: 'I didn't mean it that way. I apologise if it came retired wrongly. It was conscionable this and this happened, but if it affected you guys truthful negatively, I truly bash apologise'.

"This lawsuit is each astir doing things you would ne'er bash and creating vigor and doing each these things. I bash definite things connected the greens erstwhile I marque putts and I expect them to bash the aforesaid thing. It's each portion of the game. It was conscionable astir that."