Of all the deals that Greg Norman’s LIV Golf has made over the past two years upending the men’s professional game, none has as much intrigue as Kim’s return to the sport this week in Saudi Arabia.The former world no. . 6 has not only been out of the scene for a while, he hasn’t played a high-level tournament since 2012. He then withdrew due to injury, had Achilles surgery…and never returned.Tournament organizers tried to build momentum for their events to lure Kim back into the spotlight . There were murmurs, observations here and there about his imminent return.But he never had and reportedly did not want to take the $15 million insurance premium for a career-ending injury.t Kim is not blessed. talented: He was the first American under 25 to win twice on the PGA Tour in a season since Woods, when he did it in 2008 and then finished third at the 2010 Masters.Stories aside his crazy ways. were also legendary.Australia’s Robert Allenby once accused Kim of partying at four o’clock before a singles match at the 2009 Presidents Cup. Allenby said his friends saw Kim “come in sideways.” Kim crushed Allenby 5 and 3 later in the day.
