Anthony Kim walks down the green in the course of the first spherical of LIV Golf Jeddah on March 1, 2024, in Saudi Arabia.
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On Feb. 28., two days earlier than Anthony Kim teed off in his first aggressive golf spherical in 12 years, LIV Golf revealed a 102-second walk-and-talk with the mysterious star on its social-media channels.
“Right now I’m focused on playing good this week,” Kim said, as he walked off a tee at LIV Golf Jeddah sporting a ‘GIRL DAD’ T-shirt. “I’ve got a few weeks of competitive golf in front of me, so I’ll tell my story when it’s the right time. But right now I’m focused on golf.”
As for the right time for that story? Apparently, it’s Tuesday.
LIV Golf tweeted on Monday that “The Journey Back,” an unique Kim interview with David Feherty, will go stay on LIV Golf+ at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday. The video launched Monday was only a 56-second teaser, however in it, Feherty requested if Kim had the identical pals he did 12 years. in the past. Kim stated he’s shed about “98 percent” of the folks he was round.
“I’m not going to lie, I was around some bad people,” Kim stated. “People that took advantage of me, scam artists. And when you’re 24 or 25, even 30 years old, you don’t realize the snakes that are living under your roof.”
Kim stated that he was blackmailed and brought benefit of. While it’s unclear whom Kim was referring to, in his enjoying days he was well-known to journey with a small entourage on and off the course. His group was even featured in a few of Kim’s photograph shoots. Although in his return, Kim’s “entourage” has seemingly disappeared. Now, his journey mates seem largely to be simply his spouse and their younger daughter.
“But through the grace of God, I’m here,” Kim continued in the interview clip. “I’m able to tell my story, hopefully inspire other people and, again, my daughter’s going to be proud of me no matter how I play and that’s the most important thing to me.”
Kim, 38, makes his U.S. LIV debut this week, when LIV Golf tees off at Trump National Doral in Miami. His first two LIV begins had been in Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. He completed final in his debut and fiftieth out of 54 in Hong Kong; he did shoot a final-round five-under 65, which was solely bested by 4 gamers. In mid-March, Kim additionally performed an Asia Tour occasion in China the place he shot 74-70 to overlook the reduce by eight. The lengthy, hazard-laden design at Trump National Doral is prone to be a stiffer check than what Kim confronted in his first three begins.
LIV Golf has been slow-playing Kims’s return to professional golf, both by design or maybe on account of Kim’s personal requests. His first two begins had been the world over, enjoying largely when America was sleeping. He didn’t have an introductory press convention, or one in Hong Kong, though he did communicate to the media throughout post-round scrums.
Now, with Kim is again on his residence turf. With a greater broadcast window and presumably with extra followers conversant in his backstory wanting to see the one-time wunderkind in particular person, it seems no less than a part of that story is able to be advised in the lead as much as Kim’s subsequent begin. Perhaps some, if not all, of golf followers’ questions will quickly be answered.
