New Delhi, July 13 -- NORTH BERWICK - The birdie on the par-4 16th hole at The Renaissance Club arrived on Sunday afternoon and closed a chapter that had run for 1,001 days. Tom Kim, 24, watched the putt drop, and when Min Woo Lee finished his round two strokes back, there was nothing left to wait for. The Genesis Scottish Open belonged to Kim, ending a drought that had started in the fall of 2023 and outlasted most predictions of when it might end.

Kim had opened with a 65 on Thursday, followed by a 66 on Friday to share the halfway lead with Rory McIlroy and Jordan Smith. A third-round 68 dropped him one behind Matt Fitzpatrick entering Sunday. On the final day, he made birdies on three of his first seven holes and did not trail from t...