Anthony Kim expected to play LIV event after 11 years away - ESPN

Anthony Kim, who last played in a professional golf tournament nearly a dozen years ago, will apparently return to competition at this week's LIV Golf League event in Saudi Arabia.

Kim, 38, is expected to play in the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah tournament, scheduled to start Friday at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City. Kim is expected to play as a wild card, meaning he will compete in the individual competition, but his scores won't count in the team event.

LIV Golf League CEO and commissioner Greg Norman teased Kim's comeback in a post to X on Monday, in which he shared a video from LIV Golf's account that appeared to feature Kim walking down a fairway.

He oozes incredible talent. The world has seen it in the past and now it is an honour as Commissioner of LIV Golf to give the opportunity for this star to be reborn. Welcome back and to the LIV Golf family mate. The golf world has missed you. pic.twitter.com/HNzsXPgFUp

A LIV Golf League spokesperson declined to comment on Kim's status with the league when reached by ESPN.

Kim also had discussions about returning to the PGA Tour in recent months.

LIV Golf isn't done courting PGA Tour players as well. In an interview with Australian Golf Digest, Norman confirmed that his league had been targeting Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion. Matsuyama won the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles earlier this month to break the record for the most PGA Tour victories by an Asian-born player.

«We've been trying to get Hideki Matsuyama,» Norman said. «I don't mind admitting that. When Hideki won in L.A., what's the first thing I did? I said, 'Congratulations, Hideki. I'm proud of you, mate.'»

Kim made his last