Anthony Kim receives message from Tiger Woods' ex-coach as LIV Golf star faces uncertain future

Anthony Kim's aboriginal connected the LIV Golf League remains up successful the aerial aft his instrumentality to nonrecreational play earlier this year, with the erstwhile PGA Tour prima yet to denote his plans for 2025

Tiger Woods' ex-coach Hank Haney has sent a heartfelt connection to Anthony Kim, the erstwhile PGA Tour prima who is astatine a imaginable turning constituent aft his instrumentality to nonrecreational golf. After a 12-year hiatus, Kim made a astonishing comeback earlier this year, joining LIV Golf arsenic 1 of the league's wildcards alongside Hudson Swafford.

As expected, Kim's crippled showed signs of rustiness, falling abbreviated of the signifier that marked him retired arsenic 1 of golf's astir promising talents 15 years ago. In 2024, Kim participated successful 10 events connected the breakaway league, with his champion show astatine LIV Greenbrier successful August, wherever the 39 twelvemonth aged finished the week successful 36th place, the lone clip helium managed to decorativeness wrong the apical 40 of an event.

Since the extremity of the LIV circuit successful September, Kim's aboriginal has been shrouded successful uncertainty, with it unclear whether the erstwhile PGA Tour prima volition instrumentality to the Saudi-funded bid for 2025. As the Californian is not tied to a team, helium would request to beryllium picked up by 1 of the 13 franchises oregon offered different wildcard spot.

Eager to support his crippled crisp for immoderate lies ahead, Kim posted respective plaything videos connected his X relationship earlier this week, some connected the driving scope and connected the putting green. The clips were past shared by well-known coach, Haney, who had immoderate encouraging words for the LIV star.

"This is simply a large play swing, support it up @AnthonyKim_Golf," tweeted Haney, arsenic ex-PGA Tour pro Anthony Kim gears up for a instrumentality to competitory enactment aboriginal this period successful Qatar. The International Series lawsuit connected the Asian Tour has attracted respective LIV players.

Lining up alongside Kim volition beryllium large winners similar Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, LIV names Patrick Reed, and Order of Merit hopefuls John Catlin and Ben Campbell who could seal a determination to the arguable league with a bully performance.

Earlier this year, Kim had a spell astatine the Macao Open connected the aforesaid circuit but didn't marque it past the cut. Despite this setback, the 39 twelvemonth aged remains transparent astir his reasons for getting backmost into the game, insisting his main absorption is looking aft his household and not needfully lifting trophies again.

"I cognize that whether I marque a 15 oregon whether I marque a three, my girl is inactive going to privation to devour strawberry crystal pick and I'm going to bash that with her," Kim revealed backmost successful Miami. "That's astir amusive portion of my day. Golf, you know, done these experiences with my family, each acquisition I get to have, I admit that more, and it makes play a batch much simple."