"Ball got tired waiting to be hit": Fans blame Tom Kim's slow play for underwhelming shot at the WM Phoenix Open

Tom Kim struck a subpar shot at the ongoing WM Phoenix Open on Saturday. Hitting from a grassy region, Kim topped the ball and it barely landed a few meters away.

The South Korean golfer had taken a while to prepare for the shot and some fans believe that slow play was the reason it didn't go as planned. The PGA Tour shared the clip from Golf Channel of the "rough" hit on X and fans poured in with their opinions in the comments section.

"Ball got tired waiting to be hit," wrote one user.

"He only took 30 minutes to set up that shot that’s why he duffed it," one fan said.

"All that slow play for that," chimed in another.

"Took him ten minutes to go five feet," one fan commented.

However, some fans found Tom Kim's failed hit to be relatable as they flooded the comment section with 'One of us!" memes and other comments.

"one of us one of us one of us," one fan chanted.

"Been there," another stated.

"Good to see it happens to even the best," a user wrote.

The phrase 'one of us!' refers to a dialogue from the 1932 film 'Freaks' where the phrase is used to signify someone being a part of the group. In this case, fans probably related to Tom Kim's unexpectedly bad hit.

Kim is currently placed T18 in the ongoing Round 3 of WM Phoenix Open with a total score of eight-under (at the time of writing).

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Who was Tom Kim paired with in Round 3 of the WM Phoenix Open?

Tom Kim at 2025 WM Phoenix Open (Source: Getty)

Tom Kim was paired with Jordan Spieth and Christian Bezuidenhout in Round 3 of the WM Phoenix Open. The trio was a part of Tee No. 1 and teed off at 1:01 pm.

Here's a look at the full Round 3 tee times and pairings:

Tee No. 1

• 11 a.m. – Cameron Young, C.T. Pan, Trey Mullinax
• 11:11 a.m. – Andrew Putnam, Beau Hossler, Ryan Fox
• 11:22 a.m. – Vincent Norman, Gary Woodland, Nicolai, Hojgaard
• 11:33 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Robert MacIntyre, Ryan Palmer
• 11:44 a.m. – Luke List, Davis Thompson, J.T. Poston
• 11:55 a.m. – Mathieu Pavon, Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes
• 12:06 p.m. – Min Woo Lee, Camilo Villegas, Akshay Bhatia
• 12:17 p.m. – Rasmus Hojgaard, Will Chandler, Denny McCarthy
• 12:28 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Adam Svensson, Brian Harman
• 12:39 p.m. – Keith Mitchell, Justin Thomas, Adam Schenk
• 12:50 p.m. – Taylor Moore, Adam Hadwin, Daniel Berger
• 1:01 p.m. – Tom Kim, Jordan Spieth, Christian Bezuidenhout
• 1:12 p.m. – Thomas Detry, Alex Smalley, Michael Kim

Tee No. 10

• 11 a.m. – David Skinns, Bud Cauley, Greyson Sigg
• 11:11 a.m. – Seamus Power, Kevin Yu, Sepp Straka
• 11:22 a.m. – Sungjae Im, Byeong Hun An, Jake Knapp
• 11:33 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Corey Conners, Kris Ventura
• 11:44 a.m. – Doug Ghim, Lee Hodges, Brice Garnett
• 11:55 a.m. Ben Silverman, Sam. Burns, Peter Malnati
• 12:06 p.m. – Chandler Phillips, Kurt Kitayama, Ben Griffin
• 12:17 p.m. – Max Greyserman, Sam Ryder, Taylor Montgomery
• 12:28 p.m. – Matt Wallace, Sahith Theegala, Si Woo Kim
• 12:39 p.m. – Kevin Streelman, Michael Thorbjornsen, Sam Stevens,
• 12:50 p.m. – K.H. Lee, Will Gordon, Carson Young
• 1:01 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Emiliano Grillo, Hideki Matsuyama