{"id":437383,"date":"2025-11-11T04:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=437383"},"modified":"2025-11-11T04:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:56:45","slug":"anthony-kim-is-not-ready-to-back-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/anthony-kim-is-not-ready-to-back-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Kim Is Not Ready To Back Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2024, Anthony Kim made his great return to golf after a twelve-year hiatus from the sport.\u00a0 He made his return on LIV Golf and would continue his time with the league until this year, when he was relegated<\/a>.\u00a0 Now with his LIV Golf membership behind him, Anthony Kim is looking forward to trying to make another comeback in the sport.\u00a0 Starting in the 2026 season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthony Kim Not Slowing Down<\/span><\/h2>\n

Although Kim lost his LIV Golf membership, he is still playing in other leagues<\/a>.\u00a0 Primarily, the Asian Tour\u2019s International Series.\u00a0 He has been playing the series on the side throughout 2025, but he has yet to crack the top 25.\u00a0 When Anthony Kim was asked about his plans with his career, he revealed that he is just not ready to pack it in yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I do not know how long I want to play golf for, but this is something I am committed to. I am motivated to play as good as I can.\u00a0 Work as hard as I can, and the results will speak for themselves. I am going to play some events.\u00a0 On the International Series and Asian Tour, but it is a long way over here. So, as much as I want to compete, you know, part of my comeback to golf is being with my family. And it is a lot of trouble for the family, so we will pick some events to play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As far as other paths forward, there are a few limitations for Kim.\u00a0 He, of course, won\u2019t be able to return to the PGA Tour until at least 2027, at the time of writing.\u00a0 As for the league he is currently in, Kim will need to continue improving his game.\u00a0 There is another path for Kim, though, and it involves returning to LIV Golf.<\/span><\/p>\n

Return To LIV Golf?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Despite being relegated by the league, Anthony Kim can make a comeback to the league.\u00a0 The\u00a0 International series is backed by LIV Golf in a similar way that the Korn Ferry is backed by the PGA.\u00a0 Two competitors can earn membership with LIV Golf.\u00a0 It involves the two extra LIV membership cards that were announced with the format change to the league.<\/a>\u00a0 There is also a second option to return to LIV Golf.\u00a0 In December, LIV Golf is holding the LIV Golf Promotions event.\u00a0 It\u2019s not uncommon for golfers who lost their memberships to immediately try out for it again.\u00a0 That is part of Kim\u2019s plan.\u00a0 Try out for another LIV Golf membership in December and do what he can during the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthony Kim, In 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n

Kim has some big plans before the year ends.\u00a0 If he is dead set on returning to LIV Golf, he has some hoops to jump through.\u00a0 It is a tricky maneuver to do in December, but if he manages it, he will be back on LIV Golf.\u00a0 If Kim doesn\u2019t manage to do it, he will need to stick to a smaller league until he can officially begin his comeback.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Photo Credit:\u00a0 \u00a9 Bob Donnan-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2024, Anthony Kim made his great return to golf after a twelve-year hiatus from the sport.\u00a0 He made his return on LIV Golf and would continue his time with the league until this year, when he was relegated.\u00a0 Now with his LIV Golf membership behind him, Anthony Kim is looking forward to trying to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5429,"featured_media":437384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,246,200],"tags":[8177],"class_list":["post-437383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-golf-news","category-liv-golf","tag-anthony-kim"],"modified_by":"Taylor Craig","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437385,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437383\/revisions\/437385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}