ADELAIDE, Australia — Anthony Kim capped off a outstanding profession comeback on Sunday together with his first win at LIV Golf Adelaide in practically 16 years, ending with a 9-under 63 and a three-shot lead.
The 40-year-old American struggled with drug and alcohol use and had been away from aggressive golf for 12 years. He wanted to play in a qualifying match final month to qualify for an additional season on the LIV Tour.
“It is fairly insane for that to really occur,” Kim mentioned. “I wish to thank everybody who has supported me.”
Taking part in in shorts on a sunny day in entrance of a big crowd at The Grange Golf Membership, Kim sank putts of 17, 11, 14 and 17 ft for 4 consecutive birdies on Nos. 12 by way of 15.
He hit a 15-footer on the par-4 seventeenth gap to take a three-stroke lead into the ultimate gap, and ran up the 18th fairway to the cheers of a big crowd.
He missed a 6-foot birdie that was one stroke wanting the course file and made par for his first win for the reason that 2010 Houston Open.
Kim completed with 23 underneath par. Jon Rahm, who tied for first place within the third spherical with Bryson DeChambeau, shot a 71 to take second place.
“I performed some good golf immediately and I knew it was coming,” mentioned Kim, a three-time PGA Tour winner whose earlier LIV end was tied for twenty fifth. “Nobody must consider in me however me. And for individuals who are struggling, you will get by way of something.”
Kim reached No. 6 on this planet in 2008, a yr he performed for the U.S. Ryder Cup profitable crew. He performed six video games on the Asian Tour final yr, making 4 appearances and ending tied for fifth on the Saudi Worldwide.
DeChambeau shot a 74 to tie for third place at 17 underneath with Tyrrell Hatton (67) and Peter Uihlein (68).
The all-Australian Ripper crew of Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Marc Leishman and Elvis Smiley, who gained in Riyadh final week on his tour debut, additionally gained for the second time in a row and for the second time in Adelaide.
Rahm’s Area XIII crew took second place, and Kim led 4Aces to 3rd place.
