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
77. Nico Echavarria $32,750
78. Brendon Todd $32,500
