Anthony Kim - Gawd I miss this guy (THREADS MERGED)

[idrive]

If AK is the best liv can do, they're that desperate, then the end is certainly in sight.

[stryper]

11 minutes ago, MtlJeff said:

 

Yeah but a guy on WRX recently said he wasn't sure Kim would've kept playing at that level forever, and compared him to guys like Camilo Villegas

 

Pretty sure the WRXer wasn’t a tour player.  The guys on Sirius (either the Paulsons or Colt Knost…don’t remember which show it was on) were, so there is that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Valtiel]

7 hours ago, third-times-a-charm said:

I never understood the infatuation with this kid.

He had that fearless idiot savant thing going on. Watch the footage from his last win, dude was ALL over the place while still managing to somehow keep it together. Hit virtually zero fairways off the tee and still pulled driver off the deck into a Par 5. He was in every bunker, taking out spectators off the tee, wild one-legged finishes on swings....

If there was ever an "effectively wild" golfer like MLB pitchers can be, he was it. Plus as mentioned, he left everyone with a cliffhanger that never resolved. 

[wobgon]

I would guess he is more of a legend because he quit than he would have become had he not quit.

[tbowles411]

7 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

Legend 

 

 

This was the best thing I saw today!

[mizuno player]

The longer he's away the greater he was. I very much enjoyed watching him play. Wish he was still playing. However, if he comes back I still won't watch that tour. 

 

Not sure how competitive he would be. But .. if the numbers are true hea not coming back to be competitive. Chaaaaa ching.

[Dutch1008]

15 minutes ago, wobgon said:

I would guess he is more of a legend because he quit than he would have become had he not quit.

Probably. But he was ridiculously talented. Had the Mickelson like mindset and ability to attempt insane shots and pull them off more often then he should. Who knows how successful he would have ended up being. Rory was just getting started, DJ coming into his own. Jordan, JT, and Brooks weren't far away. Maybe he doesn't set the world on fire but he absolutely would have been fun to watch. 

 

At the end of the day, Calvin Johnson may have aged like Julio Jones, Barry Sanders may have blown his knee at 31, and Andrew Luck may have plateaued. They were all fun to watch and we'll never get to know what could have been. That is such a rare way for careers to end that there will always be a little mystique surrounding those people.  

[Aviador Naval]

1 hour ago, MtlJeff said:

He had 3 wins , Camilo Villegas had the same in a short time frame. I'm not sure why there's this idea that he was the next Phil Mickelson or something

From a certain point of view, he was the next Phil Mickelson

 

Vegas - 1

AK - 0…

[Dicka]

If he was to be invited to join LIV, it'd just be another in the long list of reasons why they don't deserve OWGR points.

 

As the NLU guys have said, they're not far away from inviting Logan Paul to be a member.

[IndyArcher]

4 hours ago, caniac6 said:

Who knows if he’s even good enough to play anymore.

 

It would be fun to find out. 

[IndyArcher]

37 minutes ago, tbowles411 said:

This was the best thing I saw today!

 

Crazy. For a short career to be up there with those players and have your picture with a former POTUS standing right behind you smiling! What a life. His life seems to be so much ‘in the moment’ that I’m not sure he would want back in as much as some people would like to see him. 

[FifeRiviera]

Parody account wins again. 

[iBanesto]

8 hours ago, wobgon said:

I would guess he is more of a legend because he quit than he would have become had he not quit.

 

[MtlJeff]

12 hours ago, stryper said:

Pretty sure the WRXer wasn’t a tour player.  The guys on Sirius (either the Paulsons or Colt Knost…don’t remember which show it was on) were, so there is that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

Hey you just said a couple of guys on PGA tour radio! For all i knew they were a couple of hobos off the street! And in that case my opinion is at least 75% as valuable as a hobo

[aus10KC]

 

 

 

[NetBogey]

2 hours ago, aus10KC said:

 

 

 

Oh really Ben? If he’s not planning on playing golf, I’m surprised he has talked to his coach as of three months ago! When he started saying that I was expecting him to say like 5+ years…. Not three months. 

[getair23]

AK is golf's version of Vinny Chase.  

 

Does that make Ben Baller Turtle?

[aus10KC]

41 minutes ago, getair23 said:

AK is golf's version of Vinny Chase.  

 

Does that make Ben Baller Turtle?

 

He is more like the Turtle to Dr Dre than AK. 

[TiScape]

3 hours ago, aus10KC said:

 

 

 

Phew! Thank goodness Ben was able to take the time and clear that all up. I will now have to find another 37yo that hasn’t played a competitive round in like 12 years to not care about playing on that tour. 

[TiScape]

57 minutes ago, getair23 said:

AK is golf's version of Vinny Chase.  

 

Does that make Ben Baller Turtle?

Hmmm IDK, I’m kinda feelin early days Rickie as golf’s version of Vinny. But definitely givin’ you the Ben as Turtle.  

Edited January 27, 2023 by TiScape

[getair23]

2 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Hmmm, I’m saying early days Rickie is definitely closer to golf’s version of Vinny. But definitely givin’ you the Ben as Turtle.  

Not completely disagreeing, but......

 

 

Even the timelines overlap.  

[TiScape]

14 minutes ago, getair23 said:

Not completely disagreeing, but......

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Even the timelines overlap.  

Now if we put the actor that played Turtle in the V Chase role... That’s gold for AK! But now Entourage is ruined…Haha

Edited January 27, 2023 by TiScape

[Ferguson]

The OP doesn't miss Anthony Kim.  The last time he mentioned Anthony Kim was 2017, and yet today late January of 2023, he's overcome with a longing for Anthony.   

 

Anthony Kim is irrelevant.

 

 

 

 

 

[bscinstnct]

15 hours ago, mizuno player said:

The longer he's away the greater he was. I very much enjoyed watching him play. Wish he was still playing. However, if he comes back I still won't watch that tour. 

 

Not sure how competitive he would be. But .. if the numbers are true hea not coming back to be competitive. Chaaaaa ching.

 

Yes, the legend grows, the yarns of their exploits become more fantastic. 
 

Like this running back we had in Uncle Rico football.

 

30+ years later, when we talk about him, it’s like,

 

Remember the time he drank a case of beer, slept in a tree, showed up still drunk at halftime, then hauled off a 99 yard run, while his back was parallel to the ground the whole time?!!

 

Who can remember what really happened? lol

[Dutch1008]

8 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

Yes, the legend grows, the yarns of their exploits become more fantastic. 
 

Like this running back we had in Uncle Rico football.

 

30+ years later, when we talk about him, it’s like,

 

Remember the time he drank a case of beer, slept in a tree, showed up still drunk at halftime, then hauled off a 99 yard run, while his back was parallel to the ground the whole time?!!

 

Who can remember what really happened? lol

[TiScape]

7 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Yes, the legend grows, the yarns of their exploits become more fantastic. 
 

Like this running back we had in Uncle Rico football.

 

30+ years later, when we talk about him, it’s like,

 

Remember the time he drank a case of beer, slept in a tree, showed up still drunk at halftime, then hauled off a 99 yard run, while his back was parallel to the ground the whole time?!!

 

Who can remember what really happened? lol

With all due respect to Anthony… Time to change up that avatar b??? Maybe best to just pretend that Eagles game didn’t happen. Lol

[bscinstnct]

21 minutes ago, TiScape said:

With all due respect to Anthony… Time to change up that avatar b??? Maybe best to just pretend that Eagles game didn’t happen. Lol

 

Ya, you right! Lol

 

But still….
 

 

 

 

[Zitlow]

1 hour ago, getair23 said:

Not completely disagreeing, but......

 

 

Even the timelines overlap.  

 

[TiScape]

3 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Ya, you right! Lol

 

But still….
 

 

 

 

 

[getair23]

7 minutes ago, Zitlow said:

 

The F-ing Blinders are way too tough for Ak or Vinny. 

 

They are more like the Pistons in the late 80's.  Kicked a lot of butt until a guy from Chicago Al/Mike got things going.