The 40-year-old was exempt into round two of the four-round event and was able to put himself in a great position after a third-round 66. He followed things up with a final round of 69 and ultimately earned the third and final spot up for grabs. Sweden’s Bjorn Hellgren finished runner-up while Canada’s Richard T. Lee ran away with the title at 11-under.<\/p>\n
READ: Anthony Kim Finally Sheds Light On Insurance Policy Rumors, Reveals Alarming Number Of Surgeries He’s Had<\/a><\/p>\n After not earning a point in his baker’s dozen starts following his return, Kim earned his fair share of haters. He’s active across social media as well and notices the many folks who chirp him in his mentions, and he did not forget to mention them during his celebratory post-round interview.<\/p>\n “This is just the first step, but I\u2019m glad I earned my spot so everybody could quit talking sh-t, and I\u2019ll be back soon, and I\u2019ll be winning golf tournaments soon,” Kim said.<\/p>\n “There are so many negative people out there. Unfortunately, I love hearing all the negativity. But I\u2019m glad I get to throw this in their face.<\/p>\n Anthony Kim is back, and this time fully earned it. Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n “This is a surreal moment for me because other people, obviously outside of my inner circle, doubted me, but I would be lying to say that I didn\u2019t know if I would ever earn my way back. To all the people that don\u2019t feel I belong, they can suck it now.”<\/p>\n Given those comments, it’s no secret that Kim uses any criticism that comes his way as motivation. Many, if not most in the golf world have been in his corner since his return, and many more will jump on board after he went out and earned another opportunity with LIV Golf<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n Before stepping away from the game for over a decade, Kim earned three wins on the PGA Tour and helped lead the U.S. to wins in both the 2008 Ryder Cup and 2009 Presidents Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim hears his critics loud and clear. PublishedJanuary 12, 2026 8:10 AM EST\u2022UpdatedJanuary 12, 2026 8:10 AM EST…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-404638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Anthony](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/anthony-kim-liv-golf.jpg\")
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