Jon Rahm was locked in an unlikely battle with five-time winner this year, Joaquin Niemann, for LIV Golf’s season-long individual title during its Indianapolis finale that concluded Sunday (Monday AEST).
There was drama until the very end, but one of LIV Golf’s foundation players, Henrik Stenson, was relegated from the league at LIV Golf Indianapolis along with Anthony Kim.
Anthony Kim posted a lengthy, revealing message to his Instagram page on Thursday. In it, he celebrated two years of sobriety and went into detail about his past drug use.
Kim posted a venom-fuelled diatribe on X/Twitter about NBC Sports commentator Brandel Chamblee, who has been one of the most outspoken critics about LIV and its financial backers from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Anthony Kim didn’t touch a club for seven years during his publicised absence from golf. He didn’t touch social media, either. In fact, he wasn’t on it until recently. He had no idea that online, his whereabouts had morphed from curiosity to bigfoot levels.
At his first official US press conference in more than 12 years, Kim peeled back a few more layers as the picture of his lengthy absence continues to crystallise.
[PHOTO: Francois Nel] Apparently, Anthony Kim’s ragged first round in LIV Golf Jeddah was an indication of more rough play to come. For the second straight day, the 38-year-old coming off a 12-year absence from the professional game shot a six-over-par 76 and sits last among those heading into the final round in Saudi Arabia. Read more…
Anthony Kim’s comeback doesn’t officially start until Friday’s first round of the LIV Golf Jeddah event, but he hit his first shot with the cameras rolling on Thursday. And, well, it didn’t go as well as he’d like.