Sungjae Im’s adorable request to partner with Keith Mitchell in next week’s Zurich Classic has golf fans on their knees

World No. 50 Keith Mitchell and World No. 17 Sungjae Im are set to come together next week for the 2023 Zurich Classic.

The Twitter handle of the competition shared the news and wrote,

"World no. 18 Sungjae Im will be teaming up with @UGAAthletics Bulldog, @K_m_Mitchell for the 2023 Zurich Classic! Sungjae had one of the more creative ways of paring up! #teamgolf"

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Fans react to Sungjae Im asking Keith Mitchell to partner up for the 2023 Zurich Classic

Interestingly, the way Sungjae Im asked Keith Mitchell for pairing up at the 2023 Zurich Classic is the most adorable thing anyone could find on the internet. Mitchell shared the video on his Instagram and wrote,

"Did we just become best friends?! @zurich_classic isn’t ready for this twosome next week…"

Sungjae Im wrote a letter to Keith Mitchell and asked him if he would play together at the 2023 Zurich Classic with him. In the comments section, Im wrote,

"Let’s goooo"

Screengrab from Mitchell's Instagram comments section

Fans could not believe the incredible pairing and rallied to the comment section with several wishes and appreciation for the pair. Here are some top comments,

"If this doesn’t get you excited, don’t know what does."

"KeithJae Im"

"Two of my favorites on tour, let’s get them mic’d up for this"

"Lol well done boys"

Screengrab from Mitchell's comments section

Fans were eager to see Sungjae Im and Keith Mitchell together at the 2023 Zurich Classic and wrote,

"Sungjae and cashmere Keith? Christ.. bet the house on these guys!"

"Can’t wait to have y’all down here!"

"So are you wearing the flat bill or is Sungjae wearing the Ture visor all week"

"(Pulls up betting app)"

Screengrab from Mitchell's comments section

Another set of comments from fans,

"Not gonna be a lot of missed fairways in that group"

"Since when does sunjae read and write English?? @k_m_mitchell lol"

"Keep your anger in check. You’re representing my alma mater.C"

"All of this makes me very very happy."

Screengrab from Mitchell's comments section

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2023 Zurich Classic: Full field

Here are the players set to take field at the Zurich Classic:

• Tyson Alexander
• Paresh Amin
• Byeong Hun An
• Ryan Armour
• Aaron Baddeley
• Sangmoon Bae
• Ricky Barnes
• Akshay Bhatia
• Zac Blair
• Jonas Blixt
• Joseph Bramlett
• Ryan Brehm
• Scott Brown
• Wesley Bryan
• Hayden Buckley
• Sam Burns
• Jonathan Byrd
• Patrick Cantlay
• Greg Chalmers
• Kevin Chappell
• Wyndham Clark
• Eric Cole
• Chad Collins
• Trevor Cone
• Austin Cook
• MJ Daffue
• Joel Dahmen
• John Daly
• Thomas Detry
• Luke Donald
• Zecheng Dou
• Jason Dufner
• Tyler Duncan
• David Duval
• Austin Eckroat
• Harrison Endycott
• Harris English
• Derek Ernst
• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Alex Fitzpatrick
• Dylan Frittelli
• Brice Garnett
• Robert Garrigus
• Ryan Gerard
• Doug Ghim
• Michael Gligic
• Fabián Gómez
• Will Gordon
• Tano Goya
• Brent Grant
• Cody Gribble
• Ben Griffin
• Bill Haas
• Chesson Hadley
• Adam Hadwin
• Paul Haley II
• Harry Hall
• Nick Hardy
• Scott Harrington
• Jim Herman
• Kramer Hickok
• Harry Higgs
• Lee Hodges
• Charley Hoffman
• Tom Hoge
• Nicolai Hojgaard
• Max Homa
• Billy Horschel
• Beau Hossler
• Mark Hubbard
• Sungjae Im
• Zach Johnson
• Sung Kang
• Si Woo Kim
• Michael Kim
• Tom Kim
• S.H. Kim
• Kurt Kitayama
• Patton Kizzire
• Russell Knox
• Kelly Kraft
• Andrew Landry
• Hank Lebioda
• David Lingmerth
• David Lipsky
• Luke List
• Justin Lower
• Ben Martin
• Brandon Matthews
• Denny McCarthy
• William McGirt
• Max McGreevy
• Troy Merritt
• Keith Mitchell
• Edoardo Molinari
• Taylor Montgomery
• Taylor Moore
• Collin Morikawa
• Trey Mullinax
• Grayson Murray
• Matthew NeSmith
• S.Y. Noh
• Henrik Norlander
• Vincent Norrman
• Andrew Novak
• Augusto Núñez
• Sean O'Hair
• Geoff Ogilvy
• Thorbjørn Olesen
• Ryan Palmer
• Taylor Pendrith
• Cameron Percy
• Victor Perez
• Scott Piercy
• D.A. Points
• Aaron Rai
• Chad Ramey
• Doc Redman
• Davis Riley
• Kevin Roy
• Sam Ryder
• Sam Saunders
• Xander Schauffele
• Matti Schmid
• Matthias Schwab
• Robby Shelton
• Callum Shinkwin
• Greyson Sigg
• Austin Smotherman
• J.J. Spaun
• Kevin Stadler
• Scott Stallings
• Kyle Stanley
• Sam Stevens
• Robert Streb
• Steve Stricker
• Chris Stroud
• Brian Stuard
• Justin Suh
• Callum Tarren
• Nick Taylor
• Ben Taylor
• Sahith Theegala
• Michael Thompson
• Davis Thompson
• Brendon Todd
• D.J. Trahan
• Martin Trainer
• Kevin Tway
• Erik van Rooyen
• Jimmy Walker
• Matt Wallace
• Nick Watney
• Trevor Werbylo
• Richy Werenski
• Kyle Westmoreland
• Brandon Wu
• Dylan Wu
• Carson Young
• Carl Yuan

Only a handful of pairings for the tournament have been announced so far. Matt Fitzpatrick is pairing up with his brother, Patrick Cantlay is set to pair up with Xander Schauffele, and Sungjae Im is pairing up with Keith Mitchell.