Overview
- Kim followed GPS to a Daebak Korean BBQ that shared a name with a Windsor restaurant and entered the one‑way Detroit–Windsor Tunnel, paying a $9 toll before realizing he was in Canada.
- Canadian officers met Kim on the far side, questioned him and inspected his courtesy car with as many as eight agents involved, then allowed him to return without enforcement action.
- The Windsor‑Detroit Tunnel posted “FREE TOLL FOR SI WOO KIM,” asked that he bring his passport on a return trip, and CEO Tal Czudner personally visited the Rocket Classic site to extend an invite.
- Michael Kim recounted the episode on social media and Si Woo Kim told CBS Golf he joked with an officer about winning the tournament if he was let through, then played on and moved into contention.
- The episode highlights how mapping errors and one‑way international approaches can cause inadvertent border crossings and shows how local agencies and social media can quickly turn a travel mishap into a public relations moment.