From being outside the ropes as a fan,
Dreams are often made in Tinseltown, or maybe it’s where they come true.
For South Korea, 2020 was historic in epic proportions as the movie Parasite won the best picture award at the Oscars and became the first non-English language film to sweep the illustrious prize in Hollywood.
As South Korea gushed and celebrated its filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho, who was also named best director, in the days after the Academy Awards ceremony, a Korean teenaged golfer was amongst thousands of golf fans at the Riviera Country Club, some 20 miles away from La La Land, and likely day-dreaming of his own happy story.
Tom Kim, who was 17 back then, had tickets to attend the Genesis Invitational and like many, he wanted to catch a glimpse of the game’s biggest names including his idol, Tiger Woods.
Fast forward to 2023,…
