Category: Golf

• Former world No 6 returned to golf after 12-year hiatus
• Kim, 38, discussed ‘dark demons’ in LIV Golf Plus interview

Anthony Kim, once the sixth-ranked golfer in the world, said he battled “very dark demons”, including addiction and a litany of injuries, during more than a decade away from the sport before returning to LIV Golf last month.

Once touted as one of America’s hottest young stars, Kim disappeared from the game before he turned 30, beset by injuries and a lost game. In an interview with David Feherty that was published on LIV Golf Plus on Tuesday, the 38-year-old Californian revealed details of his long road back after nearly 12 years away.

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World No 1 and Masters favourite may lack the aura of Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson but will be the man to beat at Augusta

Before the 2006 Masters the British golf media reacted with incredulity as, buried in the report of a car being shot at in Augusta, sat the identity of the driver. Tom Lehman, the US Ryder Cup captain and former Open champion, was unharmed despite Troy Smith unleashing a bullet at his Cadillac. Smith was later jailed for five years. Lehman missed the cut – no wonder – in his final Masters appearance. He was presumably in no rush to return to that particular corner of Georgia.

It is hardly underplaying the seriousness of this incident to point out that, finally, there was something stimulating about Tom Lehman. He had reached the summit of golf – including the world rankings – without creating ripples. This was the era of peak Tiger Woods; most others in golf, major winners included, were simply extras. A bullet hole in a car door somehow gave Lehman fresh eminence.

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