Overview
- Si Woo Kim followed GPS to a Daebak restaurant that was actually in Windsor, paid a $9 toll, and only realized he had crossed into Canada after entering the tunnel.
- Canadian border agents stopped and questioned him and inspected his courtesy car even though he did not have a passport, then allowed him to re-enter the U.S. with no enforcement and about a 90-minute delay to his plans.
- The Windsor‑Detroit Tunnel posted “FREE TOLL FOR SI WOO KIM” on its sign and social media, and CEO Tal Czudner personally visited the Rocket Classic to invite Kim to return on the condition he bring a passport; Kim said he would.
- Michael Kim’s social-posted account and a Golf on CBS interview with Si Woo turned the episode into a lighthearted tournament anecdote, including a joking exchange with an agent about winning the event.
- The episode underscores how duplicate place names and one-way international crossings can lead to accidental border entries, why travelers should carry passports, and how a routine security stop can be reframed by operators and social media.