Anthony Kim has spoken about falling sufferer to “scam artists” and “snakes” as he prepares to compete within the United States for the primary time since 2012.
Kim, 38, withdrew after the primary spherical of what’s now referred to as the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2012 and didn’t play in one other skilled occasion till final month’s LIV Golf occasion in Jeddah.
Kim completed final by 11 pictures in Saudi Arabia and fiftieth within the 54-man discipline in Hong Kong, earlier than lacking the lower in an International Series occasion in Macau.
Ahead of this week’s LIV Golf occasion in Miami, the previous Ryder Cup participant spoke of some “very dark moments” after coping with habit and quite a few surgical procedures.
“I’m not going to lie, I was around some bad people,” Kim mentioned in an interview with LIV broadcaster David Feherty.
“People that took advantage of me. Scam artists. And when you’re 24 or 25, even 30 years old, you don’t realise the snakes that are living under your roof.”
Kim mentioned he has eliminated “98 per cent” of the individuals who have been round him at the moment from his life and revealed that when he was enjoying he “had no self-worth”.
“Until I became a father, I really didn’t feel that. Now I have a duty,” he mentioned.
“I have a responsibility of taking care of my family and being the best role model I can be. That gives me a purpose every morning and I just didn’t have that before.
“I’ve an fascinating relationship with golf. I do not suppose I ever cherished it. What’s very bizarre to me proper now could be that I’m falling in love with the sport.
“That’s such a weird spot for me because golf was filled with pressure and lots of different emotions for me because my family had to go through a lot to give me this opportunity to play golf.
“With that added strain I used to be prepared to danger much more. That was my nature. I used to be aggressive on the course and I used to be aggressive off the golf course. And that led to my demise.”
As for the eight-figure insurance policy which he was often reported to have cashed in when he unofficially retired, Kim said he was “not at liberty” to debate it.
“I do know public notion is that I took this cash and ran and determined I used to be simply going to hang around,” he said. “That wasn’t the case in any respect.
“I had multiple, multiple surgeries in a few years. And my body is still not what it used to be.”
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