'Had to crawl': Image of muddy star at major explained

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World fig 19 golfer Tom Kim has explained the circumstances down a hilarious infinitesimal during his first round successful the PGA Championship astatine Oak Hill, with footage capturing the South Korean emerging from the h2o afloat of mud.

Competing connected the sixth hole, Kim was walking to his shot aft a mediocre changeable and went into the h2o to effort and find his ball.

Upon hopping retired of the water, the 20-year-old was captured with mud each implicit his legs, garment and trousers.

After the time was suspended owed to darkness, Kim explained his determination to spell to utmost lengths to find his ball.

"I was told my shot crossed the h2o and it was conscionable successful the mud implicit determination ... if it had a bully capable alert I was reasoning I could spot it implicit determination ... arsenic soon arsenic I went successful it was benignant of sketch but it's a large championship, I'm warring for each azygous changeable I person and it got dark," helium told ESPN+.

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"Once my ft got successful I was similar there's nary looking back, I went afloat in, got my garment and everything (dirty). There was 1 constituent wherever I conscionable sunk successful ... I couldn't get myself out, I called (caddie) Joe (Skovron) and helium said 'well if I spell successful I sink, truthful some of america aren't getting out'.

"I had to crawl, I had to usage each portion of my assemblage to get out, I've had amended days."

After his catastrophe successful the mud, the cameras past stayed connected Kim arsenic helium ventured backmost into the water.

"It couldn't get immoderate worse, I was bedewed capable truthful I thought I mightiness arsenic good conscionable spell successful the h2o and lavation myself off," helium laughed.

Overall Kim had a time to forget, shooting a three-over-par to beryllium adjacent 63rd.

Tom Kim with his pants rolled up aft helium fell into the mud. (Getty)

Despite his misfortune, the South Korean wanted to emphasise helium was determined to bash everything helium could to sprout the champion imaginable round.

"It could've been a batch amended that's for sure, I hung in there, particularly what happened connected that spread I was capable to decorativeness astir adjacent par and springiness myself a fewer looks," helium said.

"I anticipation everyone astatine location understands it's a large championship, I'm trying to play the champion I tin and each changeable matters truthful I decidedly went afloat in.

"It didn't truly help, I didn't find my ball, I went done each that but it was a large experience."

American Eric Cole leads the tract astatine five-under portion Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson way adjacent behind.

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