‘I was around some bad people’: After mysterious disappearance from golf, Anthony Kim opens up about 12-year hiatus

Anthony Kim had forged himself a burgeoning golf career by the time he was 26.

Anthony Kim had forged himself a burgeoning golf career by the time he was 26. He had won multiple times on the PGA Tour, had risen to No. 6 in the world and had featured on a victorious Team USA at the 2008 Ryder Cup and 2009 Presidents Cup. But then he disappeared. A succession of serious injuries left his body in pieces and public sightings became few and far between. That was until earlier this year when, after 12 years away from golf, Kim made a surprise return to competitive action, featuring on the LIV Golf tour as he made his comeback to the sport he was on the brink of cracking over a decade ago. For the first time since his return, Kim has opened up about his sudden disappearance from golf, explaining that some of the people he surrounded himself with took their toll on his career. “I’m not going to lie, I was around some bad people,” Kim said in an interview with David Feherty for LIV.