{"id":481499,"date":"2026-02-15T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/481499\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:30:08","slug":"liv-golf-adelaide-anthony-kim-overwhelmed-as-he-wins-for-first-time-since-12-year-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/481499\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf Adelaide: Anthony Kim &#8216;overwhelmed&#8217; as he wins for first time since 12-year absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">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 class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was the youngest member of the United States&#8217; victorious 2008 Ryder Cup side, taking two-and-a-half points from four matches at the age of 23 during Europe&#8217;s defeat at Valhalla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Adelaide, he started the final round five shots behind overnight leaders Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">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 class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">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 class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">DeChambeau carded two birdies and four bogeys, with the American&#8217;s final-round 74 leaving him on 17 under, along with compatriot Peter Uihlein (68) and England&#8217;s Tyrell Hatton (67).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been overwhelming,&#8221; said Kim. &#8220;But I&#8217;m never not going to fight for my family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;God gave me a talent. I was able to produce some good golf today, I knew it was coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Nobody else has to believe in me, but me. And for anybody that&#8217;s struggling, you can get through anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2008, Kim became the first American under the age of 25 since Tiger Woods to win two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-481499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}