Michael Kim has quietly become one of the best stories in golf. Mirroring the rise of Max Homa in some ways, the Seoul-born journeyman has become a PGA Tour cult favorite by way of a popular Golf X account and vastly improved play. On Sunday, he had a chance to claim his second-ever PGA Tour title at the Valero Texas Open before sending his approach on the 18th hole long, landing in the bunker just beyond the green. Kim needed to hole-out to tie J.J. Spaun’s clubhouse lead and force a playoff, and came oh-so-close to doing just that.

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It wasn’t all bad news for Kim though, who shortly after boarded his flight to Augusta with nearly $750,000 crisp dollars in his pocket. While on his flight, Kim decided to host one of his now Internet-famous X Q&As, where he was asked what was going through his mind as his approach on 18 sailed over the back of the green. His answer, while very NSFW, was great.

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It’s good to know that, regardless of God-given ability or hard-earned talent, golf does it to us all from time to time. In the Q&A, Kim also explained that the wind on 18 was tricky because of the grandstands and that he had just watched Tommy Fleetwood hit pitching wedge in, only for his own PW to soar over. Go figure.

On the bright side, Kim has risen to 56th in the world, is currently inside the top-50 in the FedEx Cup standings and will tee it up at Masters next week. Golf makes us all curse like a sailor from time to time, but as far as consolation prizes go, it’s hard to complain about that.