Tom Kim wanted to make a change, and it paid dividends at the 2025 Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
The 22-year-old switched to the Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 this week. He debuted the putter during his TGL match on Monday, where his Jupiter Links GC team defeated Boston Common Golf. Kim poured in putts from everywhere on the artificial turf and kept the flat stick hot at Pebble Beach.
Kim gained 3.30 shots on the greens during Friday’s round of 65, per Data Golf, and he followed that up by picking up 0.48 shots on the green in the third round to put himself in contention entering Sunday.
“Just back to a blade, something that I’ve putted well with,” Kim said of his putter change on Friday. “You know, I think mallet, blade, they both have their positives and they both have their negatives. I just felt like I needed something a little bit more consistent and something that I’ve won with.
“It’s not exactly the same blade that I’ve been using, it’s a little different. But I think transitioning from the mallet — some of my lines, I started to really like a different type of line than I used to. Just kind of little adjustments. And obviously the new face that they came out with is really nice, so it’s been working well so far.”
Kim started the day two shots back of leader Sepp Straka but hoped that his red-hot putter would carry him to a Signature Event win and the $3.6 million check that comes with it. However, Rory McIlroy played a near-flawless round of golf to win his 27th career PGA Tour event.
With that, here’s the complete breakdown for this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The total purse is $20 million.
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am money: Total purse, payout breakdown
(Final payouts will be updated upon conclusion of the final round)
1. Rory McIlroy $3,600,000
2. Shane Lowry $2,160,000
T3. Lucas Glover $1,160,000 Justin Rose $1,160,000
T5. Russell Henley $755,000 Cam Davis $755,000
T7. Tom Kim $640,000 Sepp Straka $640,000
T9. Scottie Scheffler $535,000 Billy Horschel $535,000 Tayor Pendrith $535,000
12. Si Woo Kim $455,000
T13. Jason Day $368,500 Tony Finau $368,500 Andrew Novak $368,500 Austin Eckroat $368,500
T17: Tom Hoge $272,000 Collin Morikawa $272,000 Seamus Power $272,000 Min Woo Lee $272,000 Sam Stevens $272,000
T22: Gary Woodland $146,909 Akshay Bhatia $146,909 Taylor Moore $146,909 Patrick Rodgers $146,909 Eric Cole $146,909 Byeong Hun An $146,909 Tommy Fleetwood $146,909 Viktor Hovland $146,909 Adam Scott $146,909 Sam Burns $146,909 Rasmus Hojgaard $146,909
T33. Keith Mitchell $99,000 Sungjae Im $99,000 Nick Taylor $99,000 Patrick Cantlay $99,000 Lee Hodges $99,000 Jake Knapp $99,000 J.J. Spaun $99,000
T40. Robert MacIntyre $66,375 Aaron Rai $66,375 Jhonattan Vegas $66,375 Maverick McNealy $66,375 Erik Van Rooyen $66,375 Christiaan Bezuidenhout $66,375 Stephan Jaeger $66,375 Mackenzie Hughes $66,375
T48.: Justin Thomas $48,600 Hideki Matsuyama $48,600 Thomas Detry $48,600 Matt Fitzpatrick $48,600 Will Zalatoris $48,600
T53. Sahith Theegala $43,000 Rickie Fowler $43,000 Brian Harman $43,000 Max Homa $43,000 J.T. Poston $43,000
T58. Davis Thompson $39,250 Denny McCarthy $39,250 Nick Dunlap $39,250 Harry Hall $39,250
T62. Chris Kirk $37,750 Justin Lower
64: Kevin Yu $37,000
T65: Adam Hadwin $36,000 Corey Conners $36,000 Keegan Bradley $36,000
68: Doug Ghim $35,000
T69: Jordan Spieth $34,500 Ben Griffin $34,500 Beau Hossler $34,500
72. Cameron Young $34,000
T73. Harris English $33,375 Mark Hubbard #33,375 Wyndham Clark $33,375 Matthieu Pavon $33,375
Josh Schrock is a writer and reporter for Golf. com. Before joining GOLF, Josh was the Chicago Bears insider for NBC Sports Chicago. He previously covered the 49ers and Warriors for NBC Sports Bay Area. A native Oregonian and UO alum, Josh spends his free time hiking with his wife and dog, thinking of how the Ducks will break his heart again, and trying to become semi-proficient at chipping. A true romantic for golf, Josh will never stop trying to break 90 and never lose faith that Rory McIlroy’s major drought will end. Josh can be reached at josh.schrock@golf.com.