Anthony Kim captures stunning LIV Golf Adelaide crown - ESPN

ADELAIDE, Australia — A dozen years after quitting golf, one-time alcoholic Anthony Kim has chased down Spanish great Jon Rahm for an emotional LIV victory in Adelaide.

Kim, who stopped playing in 2014 amid alcohol and drug addiction, triumphed by three shots in a final-round duel with Rahm at the Grange.

The 40-year-old Kim, who has been sober for three years, fired a flawless nine-under 63 on Sunday to finish 23 under and overtake Rahm (20 under).

Rahm's forecast fight for the title with Bryson DeChambeau fizzled with the American drawcard flailing four bogeys in his first six holes.

Rahm and DeChambeau were 19 under co-leaders overnight but it was left to Kim, who started Sunday five shots adrift, to challenge.

Rahm could only shoot one under as Kim's redemption round featured a tournament-winning stretch of five birdies in six holes from the 12th.

The Californian — who holds the record for most birdies in a round at the US Masters (11); is a three-time US PGA Tour winner; and a Ryder Cup champion before his hiatus — fired nine birdies all up to collect the $US4 million ($A5.7 million) winner's cheque.

Kim, after a decade out, returned to golf in 2024 as a reserve on the LIV circuit, but lost his card at the end of last season.

He scraped back as a reserve via an international play-off and, this week, joined a LIV team for the first time — Dustin Johnson's 4Aces.

Kim admitted he was feeling blessed just to be alive, let alone contending in golf tournaments.

«It has been overwhelming,» the father-of-one said.

«But I'm never not going to fight for my family.

»God gave me a talent. I was able to produce some good golf today, I knew it was coming.

«Nobody else has to believe in me but me. And for anybody that's