Michael Kim’s favorite pastime might be the Q&A he hosts on X, and rightfully so. He candidly interacts with fans there, answering all sorts of questions, personal or professional. Surprisingly, the PGA Tour roasted his recent session, making it even more fun.

When heavy rain suspended play at Riviera Country Club at 10:13 a.m., Michael Kim hosted a “Weather Delay Q&A?” Over the next three hours, he fielded questions about candy preferences, Cal football loyalties, and Tour locker room dynamics. Notably, the play at Genesis resumed at 1:09 p.m. local time, but Kim was actively tweeting at 1:26 p.m. and 1:38 p.m. Hours later, the Tour took notice of the time stamp and posted three screenshots from Kim’s thread, noting sarcastically that play resumed at 1 pm.

This fun session was different, as Kim flagged that Collin Morikawa, Kurt Kitayama, and JJ Spain were sitting beside him and offered to relay fan questions to all three. When asked how Spaun earned his Tour card, Kim’s answer was two words: “Sponsor exemptions.”

The delay was significant. PGA Tour Rules Official Orlando Pope summed it up: “It’s not a dangerous situation, but it is just too much water on the greens. We’re losing greens left and right.” Maintenance crews tried to keep the surfaces playable, but the decision to stop was inevitable. Akshay Bhatia led at 3-under through six holes when play was halted. More than three inches of rain had already fallen in Riviera before Thursday, with another half inch and strong winds in the morning.

As of Kim’s round 1, he finished 1 over par after carding 4 birdies and 5 bogeys. The

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2026 Genesis Invitational carries a 36-hole cut, which means Kim still needs his scorecard to hold up through the weekend. His social media wit won’t be enough to help him make the cut.

Michael Kim’s PGA Tour Q&A sessions are becoming a habit

Thursday’s session at Riviera was not Kim’s first. It was not even his second. Kim has turned downtime into content at multiple tour stops, building what has become one of golf’s most consistent formats for fan engagement. During a weather delay at the Wyndham Championship, he opened X and did exactly the same thing — questions in, answers out, fans engaged while play stood still.

The pattern extended beyond American soil. In October 2025, visa issues delayed Kim’s travel from Japan to India ahead of the DP World Tour India Championship. Stranded mid-transit, he posted on X: “Technically, this was another delay, so why not fire up a Q&A from the plane!” He had not seen the Delhi Golf Club before his first competitive round. He asked followers to help him analyze the course. He opened with a 68 regardless, sitting four shots off Tommy Fleetwood’s lead heading into the weekend.

Golfmagic has called Kim the unofficial king of golf X, noting he typically conducts Q&As while on the move, giving fans unfiltered access to what happens inside and outside the ropes. The PGA Tour amplifying Thursday’s session with a deadpan caption is institutional recognition of what Kim’s audience already knows: the delay Q&A is not a spontaneous reaction. It is a format. And it travels.

For the coming rounds, the Genesis Invitational now moves into clear conditions. The weekend forecast shows no rain, soft greens from over three inches of pre-tournament saturation, and scoring conditions that should push the leaderboard down considerably.