Greg Norman proud to play part in Anthony Kim | Golf News

Greg Norman described feeling like a “proud dad” after witnessing Anthony Kim surge to a gorgeous victory at LIV Golf Adelaide on Sunday.

Kim achieved one of the most extraordinary comeback tales in the game by claiming his first win in 16 years, a stretch during which he disappeared from skilled golf and battled dependancy and mental health challenges.

The 40-year-old has maintained his sobriety for almost three years, and obtained a second likelihood in golf from Norman two years in the past. The former LIV chief supplied Kim a two-year deal with LIV and an alternative to display he retained the talents that made him a rising star on the PGA Tour almost twenty years earlier.

The likelihood appeared to slip away when he was relegated last 12 months after failing to rating a single level throughout his two seasons with the breakaway league.

Just months later, Kim has astonishingly turn into a LIV champion. He entered Sunday’s last spherical in Australia trailing joint leaders Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau by 5 strokes.

However, he caught them in spectacular fashion, carding a nine-under-par 63 while displaying the boldness that characterised him as a prodigious expertise during his early PGA Tour days.

Rahm and DeChambeau could not match his excellence. Rahm, whose 16-month drought for a victory continues, managed only a one-under-par 71, while DeChambeau struggled and shot two-over, ending effectively behind Kim’s profitable whole of 23-under-par for the event.

The triumph triggered emotional scenes before a huge crowd at The Grange, and Norman could not have been more delighted for the person he took a likelihood on while commissioner of LIV two years in the past. He described it as the best comeback in the game’s historical past after Kim overcame 12 years in the wilderness following his last PGA Tour look in 2012.

“I am like a proud dad who always knew if you could shine light on a path of belief through trust and confidence, his god-given ability and the drive and desire within would spring to life,” Norman told Bunkered

“He had so much talent but it was buried by poor decisions and directions. He was lost and admitted it. But he owned it and wanted to change with the force for good. And golf could give him the opportunity needed to make that change.

“Then there’s Emily, his spouse. She is his rock. There for him at all occasions wrapping him with love and foundational help. His saviour. And [daughter] Bella, his inspiration. Driving him on each day to show her the father or mother, idol and patriarch he really is. It’s the best golf comeback in historical past and I’m proud to be a small part of it.”

Three-time PGA Tour victor Kim managed to regain his type in the weeks following his LIV demotion confirmed in August. He made 4 out of 5 cuts on the Asian Tour’s International Series in the autumn, including a T5 end at the Saudi International in November.

It was in January that he earned his method back to LIV, ending third in the promotions event to secure taking part in rights for 2026. He is a fully remodeled participant from the one who had been ridiculed after ending at the underside of the standings in 2024 and 2025.