Retired from the PGA Tour since 2012 after an Achilles tendon injury in his left leg, Anthony Kim, now 36 years old and winner of the 2008 Ryder Cup in Valhalla (Kentucky) with the United States, could reconnect with high-level golf . The pharaonic Saudi-led Golf Super League project would certainly make it look soft. Information or intoxication?
And if it was the great return of the one who was considered the worthy successor of tiger forest ? American of Korean origin born in Los Angeles (California) on June 19, 1985, anthony kim He had completely disappeared from the radar since June 2012 after an operation on the Achilles tendon in his left leg.
A premature “retirement” (at only 27 years old) but apparently comfortable since the golfer had taken out an insurance policy that guaranteed him to receive between 15 and 20 million dollars in the event of a premature end to his career.
The end of your comfortable insurance policy?
But the rumor that circulates indicates that the American winner three times in the PGA Tour (between 2008 and 2010) and hero of the 2008 Ryder Cup despite his rookie status (2.5 points in 4 games), he could come out of his golden retirement.
The golf super league could in effect lure you into their nets, offering you a fat envelope of greenbacks, enough to put an end to this insurance policy which, in fact, would become null and void should you resume playing golf as a professional player.
Several great American stars like Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Michaelson Where Dustin Johnson but also english Ian Chicken Y Lee Westwood were approached by this new League that could see the light before the end of the year, or even in early 2023. What if Anthony Kim followed in his footsteps?
Asked by a fan in April 2019 about his level of play, the interested party then explained that his golf was… “non-existent”, despite some charity games, especially on the side of Dallas (Texas) where he now resides…
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