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‘Free toll for Si Woo’: Windsor-Detroit Tunnel invites Si Woo Kim back through to Canada

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Good news, Si Woo Kim. The Windsor tunnel wants to be friends, and make amends.

Kim made hilarious headlines earlier this week when he made a wrong turn and ended up in Canada prior to the start of the 2026 Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club.

Kim was planning to meet fellow Tour pro Michael Kim for a Korean barbecue dinner. But as it turns out, the name of the restaurant was a common one. It was called Daebak. There was one in the Detroit suburb of Southfield (right) and one in Windsor, Ontario (wrong).

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Si Woo Kim was staying in downtown Detroit, so he typed the restaurant name into his GPS. The closest Daebak location was in Windsor, and without thinking, he started driving. He didn’t realize something was wrong until he reached a toll gate. It was $9.

“Why is it so expensive?” Si Woo Kim said in an interview with Golf on CBS this week. “Oh, this is Canada.”

Si Woo Kim tried to turn around but it was one way, and the border-patrol agent told him he had to go through to the other side first. Then, on the Canadian side of the tunnel, and without his passport, he eventually was met by eight agents, some of whom inspected his courtesy car. He was “freaking out.” Eventually, he was allowed back through.

And eventually, he made it to dinner, albeit 90 minutes late.

Michael Kim told the story on social media this week: “Never a dull moment with Si Woo.”

The Canadian border patrol agent asked Si Woo Kim if he was going to win the Rocket.

“If you let me go through,” Si Woo Kim said with a laugh, to CBS Golf.

The Windsor-Detroit Tunnel is having some fun with the story, and this week even posted on its entrance sign: “FREE TOLL FOR SI WOO KIM.” It wrote on Facebook, “We’d love to have you take a ride through the Tunnel again.”

Even the tunnel’s CEO, Tal Czudner, delivered a personal invitation, from the grounds of Detroit Golf Club this week.

“But please bring your passport,” Czudner said. “Bring this tournament home.”

Kim was doing his best. He started Saturday’s third round at 5 under, five shots off the lead. Michael Kim, who shared the Si Woo story, started Saturday’s round at 8 under, two shots back.

This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: ‘Free toll for Si Woo’: Windsor-Detroit Tunnel invites Si Woo Kim back through to Canada

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