Tom Kim reveals why he babysat Jordan Spieth's son over Christmas

New Nike signing Tom Kim has revealed he spent Christmas day with Jordan Spieth after the American found out he was alone over the holidays.

Ben Smith

06 Jan 2023

Tom Kim reveals why he babysat Jordan Spieth's son over Christmas

New Nike signing Tom Kim has revealed he spent Christmas day with Jordan Spieth, wife Annie and their son Sammy.

Kim - who asked this fantastic question after a slam-dunk eagle at the Sentry Tournament of Champions - has rented a property in Texas, near Spieth.

It will serve as his U.S. base and the 20-year-old is also working alongside Cameron McCormick, who has coached Spieth his entire career.

Turns out that when Spieth learnt Kim was spending the holiday alone he invited the young PGA Tour superstar over to his home.

Kim even managed to catch a flight home with Spieth after they both participated in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, hosted by Tiger Woods.

"I took the Jordan air," joked Kim after firing an opening round of 8-under 65 on Thursday in Kapalua, one-stroke behind leader Jon Rahm.

Said Kim of his holiday season:

"My family wasn't home and I was kind of by myself. So I got to spend some time with the Spieths and kind of babysit Sammy, which was really cool. But, yeah, it's been amazing to kind of build a friendship and it was really cool to play with him today."

Asked about Spieth's son Sammy, Kim added:

"Oh, my God, Sammy's amazing. He's the most wonderful little boy I think I've ever met. He's just absolutely amazing. So definitely I've seen a lot of kids, but he's, he definitely makes it a lot easier."

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