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Anthony Kim’s Mystique Was Built on Memories. Now His Best Highlight Is a Win
Anthony Kim credits sobriety, family, and faith for his comeback and secured victory with a final-round 63 at LIV Golf Adelaide, marking a major return after 12 years away.
- Anthony Kim, 4Aces GC, closed with a final-round 63 to win LIV Golf Adelaide at Grange Golf Club on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
- An added qualifying spot and 72-hole schedule gave Anthony Kim a pathway; he credits sobriety, family, and faith for his return to competition this year.
- Starting five shots back, Kim closed the gap with a flawless run and credited his mantra to get 1% better each day for steady improvement.
- Kim is now just outside the top 200 in the world, and the PGA Championship and the two Opens could be reachable through LIV Golf's points list, though it's too soon to speculate about majors.
- After more than a decade away, Anthony Kim's comeback reawakens his legacy despite past struggles with drug and alcohol addiction, drawing comparisons to Tiger Woods' comeback lore.
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Anthony Kim’s mystique was built on memories. Now his best highlight is a win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Kim shared this much with Tiger Woods: The longer they stayed away, the more the legend grew. The difference was the amount of…
The Killeen Daily Herald
Anthony Kim's mystique was built on memories. Now his best highlight is a win
What Anthony Kim and Tiger Woods once had in common was that the longer they were away from golf, the more their legend grew. For Woods, it was endless highlight reels of his majors. For Kim, it was more memories…
Tiger Woods on Anthony Kim's LIV Win: ‘You Have To Wrap Your Heart Around It'
Anthony Kim walked out of a PGA Tour scoring trailer at Quail Hollow and straight to the parking lot on May 4, 2012. He put his clubs in the trunk and drove away, vanishing from golf and from public view for 12 years. Kim was all the way back Sunday in Australia, full of swagger and energy, as he capped off a stunning rally — not just in the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide, but in life. Five shots behind Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, he close…
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