A. Kim scores first win since 2010 in LIV stunner

ADELAIDE, Australia — Anthony Kim received LIV Golf Adelaide on Sunday for his first victory in practically 16 years, capping a exceptional profession comeback with a closing 9-under 63 for a three-shot margin.

The 40-year-old American stepped away from aggressive golf for 12 years when he struggled with drug and alcohol use. He wanted to play a qualifying match final month simply to get one other season on the LIV Tour.

“For it to really occur is fairly insane,” Kim mentioned. “I simply wish to thank all of the folks that have supported me.”

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Taking part in in shorts in entrance of a giant crowd on a sunny day at The Grange Golf Membership, Kim made 4 straight birdies on Nos. 12 by means of 15, holing putts of 17, 11, 14 and 17 toes.

He ran in a 15-footer on the par-4 seventeenth to take the three-stroke result in the final gap and loved the assist of the massive crowds as he strolled up the 18th fairway.

He missed a 20-foot birdie try and fall a stroke wanting the course file, tapping in for par to finish his first victory for the reason that 2010 Houston Open.

Kim completed at 23 beneath. Jon Rahm, tied for the third-round lead with Bryson DeChambeau, was second after a 71.

“I used to be capable of produce some good golf at present, and I knew it was coming,” mentioned Kim, a three-time PGA Tour winner whose greatest earlier LIV end was a tie for twenty fifth. “No one else has to consider in me however me. And for anyone that is struggling, you may get by means of something.”

Kim reached as excessive as No. 6 on the earth in 2008 — the yr he performed on a successful U.S. Ryder Cup group. He performed six instances on the Asian Tour final yr and made 4 cuts, ending with a tie for fifth within the Saudi Worldwide.

DeChambeau had a 74 to tie for third with Tyrrell Hatton (67) and Peter Uihlein (68) at 17 beneath.

The all-Australian Ripper group of Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Marc Leishman and Elvis Smylie — the Riyadh winner final week in his tour debut — received for the second straight week and the second time at Adelaide.

Rahm’s Legion XIII squad was second, and Kim led the 4Aces to a third-place end.