PGA Tour's best social media follow pokes fun at his OWGR ranking compared to Jon Rahm
PGA Tour's best social media follow pokes fun at his OWGR ranking compared to Jon Rahm
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Michael Kim has become a popular figure on social media for his humorous and engaging posts about golf.
Kim pointed out he was ranked higher than Jon Rahm in OWGR, poking fun at the rankings.
Despite his joke, Kim has been playing excellent golf, with his worst finish being T-13 in his past five starts.
Michael Kim has taken over the reigns as the PGA Tour's best follow on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, in recent months.
Kim shares a wide variety of information, giving a glimpse into his own game, life on the road and much, much more. One of the reasons he is the best is because he interacts with fans and continues to post regardless of how well he plays.
In recent weeks, Kim, the former 2013 Haskins Award winner, has been on a tear. He missed two of his first three cuts to begin the year, and in five starts since, he has three top-six finishes and a worst finish of T-13. His stellar run of play started with a runner-up at the WM Phoenix Open, and since then he has been one of the Tour's most consistent players, constantly putting himself in contention for his second PGA Tour win (his first came at the 2018 John Deere Classic).
On Monday morning, the Official World Golf Ranking updated after his solo fourth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and Kim moved up to 52nd, a career high spot for the former California standout. In typical Kim fashion, he took to social media to point out a notable name he had risen past in the rankings: LIV Golf's Jon Rahm.
"I'm currently a better golfer than Jon Rahm," Kim posted on X. "OFFICIAL world golf rankings."
As if there needed to be a disclaimer, the comment was meant completely as sarcasm. Rahm, a two-time major champion, hasn't finished worse than T-10 in his 15 starts with the league over the last year and change. This year, Rahm's worst finish is T-6, which happened Sunday at LIV Golf Hong Kong.
A reminder: LIV Golf events do not receive OWGR points, so players competing in the Saudi-backed league can only get ranking points playing in majors or events on recognized tours, like the Asian Tour or DP World Tour.
Data Golf, which has long ranked LIV Golf players alongside those on the PGA Tour, has Rahm as the fifth-best golfer in the world right now. For Kim, he's 24th in the Data Golf rankings.
While Kim was poking fun at the obvious shortcomings with OWGR, it's also appropriate to realize he has been one of the best golfers in the world in recent months. Before his T-5 at the Shriners Children's Open in the fall, Kim was 180th in the world. Now, he's on the verge of the top 50, which would open up numerous playing opportunities in majors, signature events and more.
And Rahm a lot more work to do to catch up to Kim's social media prowess than Kim has to do to compete on the golf course alongside the Spaniard.
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