Anthony Kim - Gawd I miss this guy (THREADS MERGED)

[PedronNiall]

With all the equipment, fitness, etc., companies out there and tangentials like energy drinks & supplements, plus sports betting going in on known faces I can't imagine his agent couldn't put together enough money to cover the insurance policy without him going to LIV. AK is about the crowd love & the fanfare, which is sitting just north of zero on the team tour so I can't see that route popping off. The info about them not being interested at first probably isn't going to help their case. 

 

That said, people change, and even playing exhibition matches he'd make more money than just living off of that insurance payout. I hope he still has the nerve and drive to want more and returns to the PGA. Would be fun to see him getting it done again. 

[TheMoneyShot]

LFG!!!!

[mizuno player]

I know he wasn't dominate. He was fun to watch. That's what I miss. I do think he would have learned to win as he got close to 30. We will never know. Hope it's not LIV. Bit I'd bet money not is. That paycheck will have some zzzeeee rowsss

Edited January 25, 2024 by mizuno player

[grm24]

25 minutes ago, mizuno player said:

I know he was dominate. 

He was? When and where? He was exciting to be sure but saying he was dominant is quite a stretch. Especially for a player that only won 3 times on tour.

Edited January 25, 2024 by grm24

[jdl]

*dominant

[SMGolfer]

@grm24 Totally agree, AK was fun to watch! Loved it when he beat Sergio and mopped up was it Robert Allenby at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park?

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, TheMoneyShot said:

LFG!!!!

https://golf.com/news/anthony-kim-plotting-return-pro-golf/?fbclid=IwAR2-TrMchnJo-iBAPQD_RtSoFtRh4_nMLyVXk9Blxo5DQKvEsrXB_Wp7xdA_aem_AZwrqX_SvLG7HizSyJXJqVoN2N2vaNP9Plf-_JAVNQudvGGbM9ZFolyhimxhW4HSC10&amp=1

[Shilgy]

On 1/26/2023 at 12:14 PM, wheelergj2003 said:

Followed AK at Vahalla in the Ryder Cup - guy moves the needle and was electric.  Miss him and would pay to watch him play again!!!

Moved…not moves.  Past tense.  Hasn’t played for 12 years.

[DFS PFD]

He'd be perfect for LIV, washed up and over paid for mediocre golf. Would be a great way to kill the legendary status he somehow clings onto, no fault of his own, just his cult following. 

Edited January 25, 2024 by DFS PFD

[bscinstnct]

He gonna snag 💰 go out there and stink 

 

then head back to Vegas and do nothing again 🤣

 

#AKLegend

[mizuno player]

21 minutes ago, grm24 said:

He was? When and where? He was exciting to be sure but saying he was dominant is quite a stretch. Especially for a player that only won 3 times on tour.

Fixed it... Proof reading really is a lost at on me!!! 😁

[Dutch1008]

3 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

He gonna snag 💰 go out there and stink 

 

then head back to Vegas and do nothing again 🤣

 

#AKLegend

 

The ultimate AK move would be to take $10M up front from LIV, grab endorsements from Bad Birdie and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, and finish DFL in 14 LIV event. Coffers filled, back in hibernation for 12 years before a miraculous reappearance on the Champions Tour.  

[bscinstnct]

2 minutes ago, Dutch1008 said:

 

The ultimate AK move would be to take $10M up front from LIV, grab endorsements from Bad Birdie and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, and finish DFL in 14 LIV event. Coffers filled, back in hibernation for 12 years before a miraculous reappearance on the Champions Tour.  

 

Don’t forget he lay down some fresh new rhymes yo!

 

 

[Ghost of Snead]

1 hour ago, pingbling23 said:

We may get to see him tee it up for LIV.  We have no idea what his game is like these days but could make for a great story.  

 

Maybe for a round or two when he posts 83-85

[Hawkeye77]

34 minutes ago, jdl said:

*dominant

He didn’t loose. 

[Dutch1008]

17 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Don’t forget he lay down some fresh new rhymes yo!

 

 

 

I eagerly await part two...

 

"Nuthin' but a Cleeks Thang"

 

One, two, three and to the fo'
Anthony Kim and Richie Bland is at the do'
Ready to make an entrance, so back on up
'Cause you know we're 'bout to rip, shiz up

Put me on the tee sheet first, so I can blast one like Bubba
AK and Kaymer together, now you know you in trouble
Ain't nuttin' but a Cleeks thang, baby, two LIV'ed up golfaz so we're crazy

 

MBS is the Crown Prince that pays me
Driver unfadeable, so please don't try to fade this

Edited January 25, 2024 by Dutch1008

[grm24]

29 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

He gonna snag 💰 go out there and stink 

Can't fault anybody for taking the money. If he goes to that other tour I'm sure he will say it's simply to grow the game.🤣🤣🤣

[idrive]

What I read is if the deal doesn't go down with Hatton and liv then he's next.

 

My guess is he's spent all the insurance money already.

[bscinstnct]

7 minutes ago, Dutch1008 said:

 

I eagerly await part two...

 

"Nuthin' but a Cleeks Thang"

 

One, two, three and to the fo'
Anthony Kim and Richie Bland is at the do'
Ready to make an entrance, so back on up
'Cause you know we're 'bout to rip, shiz up

Put me on the tee sheet first, so I can blast one like Bubba
AK and Kaymer together, now you know you in trouble
Ain't nuttin' but a Cleeks thang, baby, two LIV'ed up golfaz so we're crazy

 

MBS is the Crown Prince that pays me
Driver unfadeable, so please don't try to fade this

 

[Hawkeye77]

Someone wants to pay him, sounds like he now needs the money and I’m sure LIV wants the hype. Doubt the PGA Tour is subsidizing or bending any rules for him.
 

He was entertaining and sorry to see him struggle with injury but he had himself covered and made a choice.  
 

 

[BabyCarrot]

My guess, he joins LIV and plays for the Iron Heads

[dcmidnight]

Dont get the never ending hype lately - never have.

 

I dont name drop ever because...I dont know anyone ROFL. But this story seems relevant. 

 

I had dinner with Hank Haney once in Dallas. He said he gets asked all...the...time about AK and where he was at and when he was coming back. HH said look, you have no idea what time away from the PGAT grind does for these guys. You have no idea how much work goes in every single day of the week, the grind, the Monday/Tuesday prep work - to say nothing of the time between the ropes. Striping the ball on the range and crushing your boys in cash games means nothing compared to being in between the ropes on a Sunday. He went on for 15 minutes about how hard it was and how much he just respected all of the work that guys put in on Tour - and that AK had just been away for too long.

 

AK had been away for too long.

 

That dinner....was in 2014. AK had been away from the PGAT for *only* two years at that point.

He can get all the exemptions he wants, I'll be stunned if he makes a cut.

[mbb86]

AK cracking the top 50 would be ****ing crazy. Like seriously, it's so hard to come back and play good tournament golf when you've been away from it for a long time. It's not a question of whether he can still physically hit most of the shots he needs; likely he can. It's doing it in a tournament when the pressure is on the line against the best 100 players in the world, and doing it better than all of them. 

 

But at the same time if you'd asked me a year ago whether Camilo would win a PGA tour tournament in 2023, I would have told you you were out of your ****ing mind. 

 

So I'm saying there's a chance. 

[Frankensteins Monster]

Said it before. The only way I would watch Liv, one round and one round only, is to watch AK play. I pray he doesn't go there, but I don't see him being able to compete in a real golf tournament. Hope he gives the PGA Tour a shot. If the rumors of him having received an insurance policy payout, and having to pay it back, Liv is the only option at this point.

[pingbling23]

4 hours ago, MaineMariner said:

 

Signing a guy that hasn't played professional golf in TWELVE years would be... quite the publicity stunt, I've gotta say. 

 

Doesn't do much for the idea that LIV is a serious golf league, but definitely makes headlines. We'll see what LIV finds more important.

If he’s still got the game then we will see.  Everyone on here has been talking about story lines driving interest.  He makes a  return and is still very good it will be a fun story.

[Zitlow]

1 hour ago, dcmidnight said:

Dont get the never ending hype lately - never have.

 

I dont name drop ever because...I dont know anyone ROFL. But this story seems relevant. 

 

I had dinner with Hank Haney once in Dallas. He said he gets asked all...the...time about AK and where he was at and when he was coming back. HH said look, you have no idea what time away from the PGAT grind does for these guys. You have no idea how much work goes in every single day of the week, the grind, the Monday/Tuesday prep work - to say nothing of the time between the ropes. Striping the ball on the range and crushing your boys in cash games means nothing compared to being in between the ropes on a Sunday. He went on for 15 minutes about how hard it was and how much he just respected all of the work that guys put in on Tour - and that AK had just been away for too long.

 

AK had been away for too long.

 

That dinner....was in 2014. AK had been away from the PGAT for *only* two years at that point.

He can get all the exemptions he wants, I'll be stunned if he makes a cut.

 

Hank Haney sounds like a dream crusher. 

[JetSpeed79]

4 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

He gonna snag 💰 go out there and stink 

 

then head back to Vegas and do nothing again 🤣

 

#AKLegend

 

4 hours ago, Dutch1008 said:

 

The ultimate AK move would be to take $10M up front from LIV, grab endorsements from Bad Birdie and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, and finish DFL in 14 LIV event. Coffers filled, back in hibernation for 12 years before a miraculous reappearance on the Champions Tour.  

He will do all this and then cap it off by announcing his engagement to Ashley Perez. 
 

New LIV bad boy. 

[bscinstnct]

6 minutes ago, JetSpeed79 said:

 

He will do all this and then cap it off by announcing his engagement to Ashley Perez. 
 

New LIV bad boy. 

 

🤣

 

 

 

 

 

[Valtiel]

4 hours ago, Dutch1008 said:

 

The ultimate AK move would be to take $10M up front from LIV, grab endorsements from Bad Birdie and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, and finish DFL in 14 LIV event. Coffers filled, back in hibernation for 12 years before a miraculous reappearance on the Champions Tour.  

 

14 minutes ago, JetSpeed79 said:

 

He will do all this and then cap it off by announcing his engagement to Ashley Perez. 
 

New LIV bad boy. 

This is the timeline I want. Nothing could encapsulate both AK and LIV as perfectly as this series of events. 😆

[woahnelly]

Can't he just displace Michael Block on the PGA? Win-win for all