Anthony Kim - Gawd I miss this guy (THREADS MERGED)

[Hawkeye77]

81?

[dcmidnight]

If LIV had brought back say...Ben Curtis and he was putting up 81s like this - the same exactly people defending AK right now would be *screaming* about how this shouldnt be job welfare and how he was wasting everyones time etc. 

 

22 shots off the lead after 2 rounds. This is his 4th event, I honestly at this point have a hard time saying if this is getting better or worse.

 

AKs stats on LIV are not...ideal.

 

54th - Fairways Hit

55th - Birdies

53rd - Scrambling

55th - GIR

52nd - Driving Distance

 

The only category hes doing well in is Putting (4th).

Edited April 6, 2024 by dcmidnight

[Hawkeye77]

Norman’s using him sure isn’t paying off other than for Kim in some way - really a bit unseemly now. 

[mosesgolf]

3 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

81?

Ouch.  Yeah I had a feeling Doral would expose where AK is truly at.  Hong Kong 6500 yards.  Doral 7500 yards.

[Hawkeye77]

58 minutes ago, mosesgolf said:

Ouch.  Yeah I had a feeling Doral would expose where AK is truly at.  Hong Kong 6500 yards.  Doral 7500 yards.

Guessing it’s longer but are they playing the real tournament length?

[scores]

I am surprised this is his first round in the 80's. I watch his first tournament back and his proximity from the hole compare to the leaders was out site.

 

Now if anyone thought he was going to have immediate success they never played tournament golf at any high level. This is a long process. He should be playing in every qualifier even local events (state opens). There is no easy way. If you think golf is Easy why did Rory not play the weekend at the Masters? Guys on the senior tour did!

 

Tournament golf is very hard and requires a lot of work!!

[PedronNiall]

3 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Norman’s using him sure isn’t paying off other than for Kim in some way - really a bit unseemly now. 

 

Isn't that pretty much the case for every player they've bought? Less than half a million views for entire events and having to give away tickets will continue to mean no sponsors so AK is simply riding the bandwagon. Can't blame someone for taking free money to hang out on the course with no need to perform. 

[shankz]

Taking 12 years off is too long it seems. Talented but everyone else took no time off and its still tough get to the winners circle. Maybe the insurance clause payoff is a drop in the bucket for a little publicity and they both benefit and AK can enter back into golf even if it’s just for a season of Liv. I’m guessing Liv owns his upcoming documentary as well. 

[idrive]

On 4/5/2024 at 7:25 PM, oo1oo said:

I doubt his bank account was hurting at all. He even said in the interview he was financially fine.  You probably didn’t notice the stacked up Cartier bracelets his wife wears. A pretty good sign he isn’t hurting for cash, if you even know what those love bracelets are worth.  

 

Potentially as fake as half of the Rolex watches are.

 

At this point after shooting 81 today he's only humiliating himself.  The only reason you do that is because you need the money.

 

This has been about nothing more than money from the very beginning.

 

 

[Hawkeye77]

9 hours ago, PedronNiall said:

 

Isn't that pretty much the case for every player they've bought? Less than half a million views for entire events and having to give away tickets will continue to mean no sponsors so AK is simply riding the bandwagon. Can't blame someone for taking free money to hang out on the course with no need to perform. 

Didn’t say I’m blaming him at all. But Kim is a quite different situation than the rest and highlights the real undercurrent. 

[Timanator]

Cant wait for the story and the hat!

[mosesgolf]

12 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Guessing it’s longer but are they playing the real tournament length?

Ahh good point most of us know that LIV set ups are MUCH  easier than an actual PGA Tour setup. 😁

[subrew]

Playing at 7,700

 

 

[mosesgolf]

1 hour ago, subrew said:

Playing at 7,700

 

 

Nice scorecard but it doesn't necesarily show where they actually tee off from.  It could be from the tips tee markers yes but tees could also be moved up too.  But based on the overall scoring the course is definitely not playing easy.

[dcmidnight]

1 hour ago, mosesgolf said:

Nice scorecard but it doesn't necesarily show where they actually tee off from.  It could be from the tips tee markers yes but tees could also be moved up too.  But based on the overall scoring the course is definitely not playing easy.

 

Isnt "easy" or not relative to the rest of the field? He's 26 strokes out of the lead at the beginning of the third round and 16 strokes out of 30th place which is E. I wouldn't say there is anything good to take from that.

Edited April 7, 2024 by dcmidnight

[GregNormans1Iron]

Another +8 today. 

 

[Hawkeye77]

80?

[Hawkeye77]

161 in two rounds of “professional” golf? With zero pressure? Halfway decent course caught him out. 
 

Not just 4 caps - Rick Shiels can beat him. 

[Shilgy]

7 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

161 in two rounds of “professional” golf? With zero pressure? Halfway decent course caught him out. 
 

Not just 4 caps - Rick Shiels can beat him. 

No….course rating is 77+ from the back tees.  4 is unlikely to shoot 80.

[Hawkeye77]

42 minutes ago, Shilgy said:

No….course rating is 77+ from the back tees.  4 is unlikely to shoot 80.

I’ve read those threads - 4 cap always wins. 

[billyspan]

2 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

80?

LOL. Easy, Hawk... 😉

[Frankensteins Monster]

22 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Guessing it’s longer but are they playing the real tournament length?

They aren’t playing a real tournament, so…

[PedronNiall]

1 hour ago, Frankensteins Monster said:

They aren’t playing a real tournament, so…

 

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[lopey986]

The Feherty interview is probably the only good thing to come out of this weird marriage between AK and LIV.

 

Also, who else completely forgot that LIV hired Feherty? What an utter waste of a great career being buried on broadcasts nobody is watching.

[dcmidnight]

2 minutes ago, lopey986 said:

The Feherty interview is probably the only good thing to come out of this weird marriage between AK and LIV.

 

Also, who else completely forgot that LIV hired Feherty? What an utter waste of a great career being buried on broadcasts nobody is watching.

 

The most disappointing thing for me in watching in the 20-30 minute stretches that I do is how bad he and Foltz are now. Two guys I used to really enjoy that are just reading straight off the talking points now. Really disappointing. Foltz saying "these guys are just out here to win, they dont care about the money" is an all timer.

[nvr3putt]

13 hours ago, Frankensteins Monster said:

They aren’t playing a real tournament, so…

LIV could make it real if they made the players pay to play each event. A $100,000 buy-in would definitely make it real for me. 

[TheMoneyShot]

AK with another bad finish.  I hope he can put things together this year and start finishing higher.  

Edited April 9, 2024 by TheMoneyShot

[Dicka]

Any intel on exactly how much he was paid by LIV to show up?

[dcmidnight]

12 hours ago, TheMoneyShot said:

AK with another bad finish.  I hope he can put things this year and start finishing higher.  M

 

I really do hope for his sake mentally he does not keep putting up 80s out there. I dont care who you are, that isnt great for your psyche.

 

Clearly he had some stuff going on and needed the money so - I'm glad he got it. Whether Norman had to talk him into playing or not, I really dont care. I'll rely on people here to give me the bullet points when the documentary comes out. But after 4 events, I think we've seen what we're going to see.

 

Honest question - what does success *realistically* look like at this point? He's DFL by 6 strokes this week. IMO he cant go anywhere else because he has zero hope of making a cut. Is he just going to play out the string this year, bank the money and move on with life? LIV cant have him out there like this for another year after this one. Maybe his insurance was paid off so he plays out this year and gets back to grinding it out next year? 

 

I honestly have no idea what realistic success looks like for him.

Edited April 9, 2024 by dcmidnight