{"id":8244,"date":"2026-02-15T15:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/overwhelmed-kim-takes-first-win-after-12-years-away\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:20:05","slug":"overwhelmed-kim-takes-first-win-after-12-years-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/overwhelmed-kim-takes-first-win-after-12-years-away\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Overwhelmed&#8217; Kim takes first win after 12 years away"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Published57 minutes ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LIV Golf Adelaide &#8211; final leaderboard<\/p>\n<p>-23 A Kim (US); -20 J Rahm (Spa); -17 B DeChambeau (US), T Hatton (Eng), P Uihlein (US)<\/p>\n<p>Selected others: -15 C Smith (Aus); -13 G McDowell (NI); -12 D Johnson (US); -11 R Bland (Eng)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sport\/golf\/liv-golf\/leaderboard\">Full leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An &quot;overwhelmed&quot; Anthony Kim completed a remarkable return to golf with victory at the LIV event in Adelaide &#8211; his first tournament win after a 12-year absence during which he battled drug and alcohol addiction.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old disappeared from professional golf in 2012 after a string of injuries <a href=\"\/sport\/golf\/68718597\">and said he suffered &quot;very dark moments&quot;<\/a> as he fell victim to &quot;scam artists&quot; and &quot;snakes&quot; during his absence from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The American revealed last year that he had battled drug and alcohol addition, and had thought about ending his life. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sport\/golf\/68400951\">Kim initially joined LIV Golf<\/a> as a wildcard in 2024 and recently became part of Dustin Johnson&#x27;s 4Aces team following compatriot Patrick Reed leaving the breakaway league.<\/p>\n<p>The win in Adelaide is his first title since the 2010 Houston Open on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I always believed that this day would come,&quot; said Kim. &quot;With the support of my wife, my daughter and my mum, I knew anything was possible but for it to actually happen is incredible.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I just wanted to take it all in. In my twenties, I wasn&#x27;t able to enjoy the moment but having my daughter and my wife here has made it the best situation I could possibly ask for.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I just want to thank all the people that have supported me when I was not playing well and I was struggling on the verge of never coming back.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/golf\/68737743\">\n<p>&#x27;I&#x27;ve had experiences I wouldn&#x27;t wish on anybody&#x27;<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published5 April 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/golf\/68400951\">\n<p>American Kim joins LIV Golf after 12 years away<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published26 February 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>&#x27;For anybody that&#x27;s struggling, you can get through anything&#x27;<\/h2>\n<p>In 2008, Kim became the first American under the age of 25 since Tiger Woods to win two PGA Tour events in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>He was the youngest member of the United States&#x27; victorious 2008 Ryder Cup side, taking two-and-a-half points from four matches at the age of 23 during Europe&#x27;s defeat at Valhalla.<\/p>\n<p>In Adelaide, he started the final round five shots behind overnight leaders Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kim sank nine birdies in a round of 63 to finish top of the leaderboard on 23 under at Grange Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm ended the event with a 71, which included two birdies and a bogey, with the Spaniard three shots back on 20 under. <\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau carded two birdies and four bogeys, with the American&#x27;s final-round 74 leaving him on 17 under, along with compatriot Peter Uihlein (68) and England&#x27;s Tyrell Hatton (67).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s been overwhelming,&quot; said Kim. &quot;But I&#x27;m never not going to fight for my family.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;God gave me a talent. I was able to produce some good golf today, I knew it was coming.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nobody else has to believe in me, but me. And for anybody that&#x27;s struggling, you can get through anything.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/golf\">Golf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x27;Overwhelmed&#x27; Kim takes first win after 12 years awayImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kim beat overnight leaders Rahm and DeChambeau to win in AdelaidePublished57 minutes agoLIV Golf&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}