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Anthony Kim<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
American Ryder Cup player Anthony Kim says he fell victim to \u201cscam artists\u201d and \u201csnakes\u201d during a 12-year absence from professional golf.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old American, a one-time PGA Tour breakthrough star, recently joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf.<\/p>\n
Kim disappeared from the sport after a string of injuries from 2010-2012, and says he suffered \u201cvery dark moments\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, I was around some bad people,\u201d Kim added in a revealing interview with LIV.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople that took advantage of me. Scam artists. And when you\u2019re 24 or 25, even 30 years old, you don\u2019t realise the snakes that are living under your roof.\u201d<\/p>\n
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
Kim was the youngest member of the United States\u2019 victorious 2008 Ryder Cup side, taking two-and-a-half points from four matches at the age of 23 during Europe\u2019s defeat at Valhalla.<\/p>\n
In the years that followed, the former world number six had multiple injuries, leading to a spinal fusion, shoulder surgeries and a hand operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cGolf is important to me and not important to me at the same time,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had some very dark moments. I\u2019ve had some very low moments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve felt very alone, even when there\u2019s a million people around. I needed to get my mind straight and figure out what my purpose was on this planet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kim\u2019s return to professional golf ended in a 16-over finish at the LIV event in Jeddah last month.<\/p>\n
He improved to finish three-over at the next event in Hong Kong and will play in the US for the first time in his comeback when the breakaway tour goes to Miami this week.<\/p>\n
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Anthony Kim \u00a0 American Ryder Cup player Anthony Kim says he fell victim to \u201cscam artists\u201d and \u201csnakes\u201d during a 12-year absence from professional golf. The 38-year-old American, a one-time PGA Tour breakthrough star, recently joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Kim disappeared from the sport after a string of injuries from 2010-2012, and says he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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