TGD Newswire – This Week In Golf – Tom Kim Finds His Game Again Right Where It Started (July 12, 2026)
Tom Kim closed with a bogey-free 6-under 64 to win the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, finishing at 17-under to beat Min Woo Lee and Robert MacIntyre by two shots. It’s a comeback story with a specific, personal setting — Kim called North Berwick the place “where it all started” for him.
The Round and the Context
Kim arrived at the Renaissance Club sitting 58th in the FedEx Cup standings, an uncomfortable spot for a player with three career PGA Tour wins already to his name. He’d shown signs of returning form with a solo third at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills the week before — a finish where he beat World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler head-to-head — and carried that momentum straight into Scotland, a course where he already had a track record: third, T6, T15, and T17 finishes there since 2022.
What the Win Changes
The victory jumps Kim from 58th to 32nd in the FedEx Cup and pushes him into the top 35 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since he fell outside that range around the 2025 Masters. His membership exemption as a Tour winner now runs through 2028 — real long-term security attached to a single week of golf.
The Chasing Pack
Min Woo Lee needed to eagle the closing 480-yard par-4 to force a playoff and couldn’t quite pull off the miracle shot, finishing runner-up by two. Robert MacIntyre — the tournament’s 2025 champion — shared third at 13-under alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and a group that included former world No. 1 amateur Keita Nakajima, giving the week a strong leaderboard even with Kim pulling away late.
Why It Matters
This wasn’t just a win — it was a player finding real form again in the same place his career first took shape, a week after out-dueling the best player alive at a major. Kim heads into The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale the following week with genuine momentum instead of just an invitation, and a results trend (U.S. Open podium, Scottish Open title) that’s exactly the kind of form teams look for when Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup roster conversations start.
Sources: PGA TOUR, Golf News Net, Genesis Newsroom
