In his first five rounds playing on the LIV Golf tour, Anthony Kim had posted rounds of 76, 76, 74, 76, and 72.
Yet, on Sunday at LIV Golf Hong Kong – just his sixth competitive round of golf after a 12-year sabbatical, the 38-year-old American shot a low-round 65.
Unreal. -5 for Anthony Kim today. The third best round of the day and in the rain. Mad respect and can't wait to see where this goes! #LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/H0cPqMCJ2V
— LIV'r & Onions! (@LIVRandONIONS) March 10, 2024
The key to Kim’s round was apparently putting, as the 3-time PGA Tour winner lapped the field in putting.
“The first two days I didn’t feel like I made a lot of putts, but today I putted really well. Saw the line well and just trusted my reads,” said Kim.
Anthony Kim led the field in putting #LIVGolf Hong Kong and holed approximately 150 feet of putts in the final round.
"The first two days I didn't feel like I made a lot of putts, but today I putted really well. Saw the line well and just trusted my reads." pic.twitter.com/is9JN4TFqd
— Mike McAllister (@thegolfeditor) March 10, 2024
Afterwards, Kim said, “I’m working on the right things and enjoying the time with my family. The LIV Golf experience has been amazing and I’m just thankful.”
????⛳️???? Anthony Kim fired a round of 5-under-par 65 to finish in 50th place ($60,000) at LIV Hong Kong: “I’m working on the right things and enjoying the time with my family. The LIV Golf experience has been amazing and I’m just thankful.” pic.twitter.com/RGuMJccwI5
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) March 10, 2024
Kim was trending on X, formerly Twitter, for the feel-good performance.
It won’t happen of course but perhaps Anthony Kim should receive a few nods of apology on X after carding a 65 in his SIXTH competitive round, following 12 years out. It defies belief! #LIVGolf
— Arlo White (@arlowhite) March 10, 2024
Waking up to Anthony Kim beating Jon Rahm was not on my bingo card, but I'm not mad about it
— MYGOLFSPY (@MyGolfSpy) March 10, 2024
It’s hard to not feel incredibly happy for Anthony Kim. Shooting a final round 65 in only his 6th professional round after a 12 year layoff is crazy impressive.
He said when he joined LIV that he was here to try to compete and this round is a huge step in the right direction. pic.twitter.com/IrWijcw2Sm
— Tour Pro ????️♂️ (@OfficialTourPro) March 10, 2024
Anthony Kim shoots 65 in just his 6th professional round in 12 years ???? pic.twitter.com/AxV0yQ4KLO
— Matt Vincenzi (@MattVincenziPGA) March 10, 2024
In 2009, Anthony Kim was one of the most exciting players in golf, and shot 65 in the Masters with a record 11 birdies!
Today he shot 65 in just his 6th round back to pro golf.
Welcome back AK! pic.twitter.com/XrNLUkOXxc
— Brock ???? (@Golfingbrock) March 10, 2024
We were rudely awoken this morning to the sound of PGA Tour shills everywhere smashing delete on their Anthony Kim takes ✏️#LIVGolf is where the best players in the world play. This is not up for debate ????✌️ pic.twitter.com/X5eyUR1u8L
— 54 Golf (@_54Golf) March 10, 2024
This is bananas. He also didn't know how to use TrackMan and that you had to drop from knee height, not shoulder height.
It's legitimately admirable how off the grid Anthony Kim has been. https://t.co/CzkfOsy9uM
— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) March 10, 2024
