Last year the Liv Golf recovered Anthony Kim for professional practice. In his day, the Angelino, who is 39 today, starred in a rapid rise in the world of golf that he endorsed with three victories in the PGA Tour before he turned 25. It was also one of the struts of the American team that won the 2008 Ryder Cup in Valhalla. However, AK never reached the potential that was presupposed to him and today we know why, and it is not only due to injuries.
When he was at his best time (he became No. 6 of the world ranking and stood out in the Majors), numerous physical problems began to emerge that lined their performance, and it was a tear in the Achilles tendon during the 2012 Fargo Wells Fargo , which was later operated, which led him to a sudden withdrawal. There was something else behind all this and it is something that dragged from his stage prior to professionalism. In any case, after that Achilles injury he decided to retire and began to collect a policy of 10 million dollars from his insurance.
Kim, who played at the PGA Tour between 2007 and 2011, told a documentary that he had mental health and addiction problems. Today the player has told enough details through his social networks. AK even shares a photo of the many pills he had to take daily to stop consuming narcotics safely. He confessed to having contemplated the suicide “every day for almost two decades, even while playing at the PGA Tour,” he reveals, as well as that he consumed drugs to “numb the pain.”
Image shared by Kim of the pills he took daily to detoxify.
Kim also details: “I became so good hiding that I lost my identity. It is very difficult to play majors and make stops to go to the bathroom every few holes,” he says. The golfer also expresses his gratitude to his loved ones for his support. “In rehabilitation I found faith, self -love, respect and a purpose. I am not proud of who it was, but I am today. One of the many things I realized is what we all have to be for What we have now and spend time with true friends, because tomorrow is not guaranteed, ”he explains.