Si Woo Kim has spent much of his career playing golf with an edge. At the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah, the International Team may need every bit of it.
Kim arrives in Chicago as the highest-ranked player on Geoff Ogilvy’s roster, sitting No. 13 in the Official World Golf Ranking and entering his fourth Presidents Cup.
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His career record in the event stands at 6-5-0, making him one of the few International players with both extensive experience and a winning record.
More importantly, he’s playing some of the best golf of his career.
Kim recorded 11 top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2026, including a tie for sixth at The Open Championship, a runner-up finish at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and a tie for 10th at the Memorial Tournament.
He also finished the regular season among the Tour’s most consistent ball-strikers.
That consistency now meets a format seemingly built for Kim’s personality.
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His most memorable Presidents Cup moment came at Royal Montreal in 2024. Playing alongside Tom Kim against Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, Si Woo faced a nearly impossible recovery beside the 16th green.
He opened the face, launched a towering flop shot and watched it disappear into the cup.
The celebration became nearly as famous as the shot. Kim immediately broke into Stephen Curry’s “Night, Night” gesture, sending the International crowd into chaos.
The Americans eventually won the match on No. 18, but Kim had provided exactly the kind of energy the International side has struggled to sustain against the United States.
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That fearlessness remains central to Kim’s identity.
“He’s a glue guy with players and caddies and wives and partners,” International assistant captain Trevor Immelman said. “He brings everybody together.”
Kim’s aggressive style can occasionally produce spectacular mistakes, but restraint has never been his calling card. Tom Kim summed it up simply after watching his partner attempt another improbable shot: “That’s him.”
The challenge facing the Internationals remains enormous. The United States owns a 13-1-1 all-time Presidents Cup record, with the International Team’s only victory coming in 1998.
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But Kim enters Medinah with something he didn’t always possess early in his career: complete belief.
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After years of competing regularly with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler at Royal Oaks in Dallas, Kim has sharpened his game and developed into the International Team’s highest-ranked player.
If the Internationals are finally going to change Presidents Cup history, Si Woo Kim looks ready to be at the center of it.
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