Ben An apologised for taking a social media swipe at Wyndham Clark Saturday evening at the Presidents Cup.
The PGA Tour posted a video of the American team celebrating Patrick Cantlay’s winning putt against Tom and Si Woo Kim, a match that featured numerous theatrical performances from both International players – highlighted by Si Woo running around the 16th green replicating Steph Curry’s “night night” celebration. The video showed Clark, after Si Woo missed a potential-tying putt, mirroring the “night night” celebration in the Internationals direction.
What a Saturday Night Night. https://t.co/homiTyTOlO pic.twitter.com/U75RKqFXuE
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 29, 2024
An, 33, took to Twitter/X to reply about the video, remarking, “You always have a guy in your group, who doesn’t do **** but talk **** all day.”
An’s remark followed Tim Kim’s accusation that American players were cussing in his direction during his match.
“I think the start of the round was definitely a little harder, but as it got towards the end, it got a little feisty out there. I could hear some players cursing at us,” Kim said. “That part wasn’t really … I don’t think there was good sportsmanship there. But it’s all part of the fun. I understand it. So the US team definitely motivated us to go out there.”
Later in the interview, Kim doubled-down on his assertion: “You see me out there throwing fist pumps and jumping on the green. It’s all part of it, I get it. I just don’t think there’s a need to look at someone and curse at them. I just don’t think there’s a need for it.”
However, An ultimately erased his social media post and offered up an apology.
“I’m deleting my tweet,” An said. “My apologies. I want to be a better person than that.”
An, who was making his second Presidents Cup appearance, sat out both sessions on Saturday. He tied with Sahith Theegala in Sunday singles.
