From The Golf ChannelSOUTHPORT, England -- Anthony Kim stopped off on his way to the clubhouse, whipped out his pen to sign a few autographs, then looked back impatiently at his caddie, still loitering on the ninth green.“Let’s go, E!” he barked toward Eric Larsen. “You know how cranky I get when I’m hungry.”Kim was just kidding around, but it wouldn’t be out of line to say those words carried meaning.This guy isn’t waiting around

From The LA TimesBy Chuck Culpepper, Special to The TimesJuly 16, 2008SOUTHPORT, England -- Twenty-three things about 23-year-old Anthony Kim, the surging golfer and amusing gabber playing his first British Open with two PGA Tour wins already:* In a biographical turn seldom seen on the planet, Kim''s parents, Korean immigrants, moved their only child from Studio City to La Quinta at age 16, trusting him to reside alone and attend La Quinta High amid ample

Fresh off his second victory of the year, at the AT&T National, Anthony Kim was quick to swipe aside questions of where he ranks in golf''s under-30 crowd.Adam Scott? Sergio Garcia? They are all well ahead of Kim, at least according to the 23-year-old two-time winner. Although those longer-tenured players do rank in front of Kim on the Official World Golf Ranking, it doesn''t look as though the former Oklahoma Sooner will be in the

From GOLF.comAs you might expect from a guy who wears a diamond-studded belt buckle, Anthony Kim likes to play poker. And trust me, you wouldn''t want to play him. He''s got that Gus Hanson mentality -- totally unpredictable. He''ll go all-in with a 2-7 off-suit. Anthony''s not afraid to gamble and there''s just no telling what he''s going to do. That makes him tough to play.He''s tough to play on the golf course too, as

From ESPN.comIs it possible to write something about the PGA Tour these days and not mention the world''s No. 1-ranked player? ESPN.com golf experts Bob Harig and Jason Sobel tried to dance around him, but alas, came up short like a good lag putt.So who did they talk about instead? Well, newly minted AT&T National champion Anthony Kim''s future was a hot topic as well as what the Ryder Cup will hold for Kim and

From Golf ChannelBETHESDA, Md. -- Mark O’Meara saw the change in Anthony Kim seven months ago when he barely knew him.Kim had finished his rookie year on the PGA TOUR with only a reputation, and not the kind a 22-year-old needed. No one questioned his talent, only his temper. He often spoke without thinking, and he spent more time soaking up the night life than working on his day job.They were teammates in the Merrill

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From GOLF.comBy Rick Krebs, PGA Professional- PGA.comJuly 6, 2008 -- Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland was the venue for the 2nd Edition of the AT&T National hosted by Tiger Woods.Just outside our nation''s capitol, Congressional Country Club was opened in 1924 and has hosted five USGA events, including the 1964 and 1997 US Open and the 1976 PGA Championship. The 2011 US Open will also be contested here.A club steeped in history and tradition

From PGATour.comBy Helen Ross, PGATOUR.com Chief of CorrespondentsBETHESDA, Md. -- For the better part of the last two weeks, ever since Tiger Woods'' left knee was sliced open by that scalpel, sportswriters and TV''s talking heads have speculated on who would step up in his absence.We may now have our answer.Meet Anthony Kim, who won the AT&T National hosted by Tiger Woods on Sunday at Congressional Country Club.The victory was the uber-talented 23-year-old''s second in

From ESPN.comBy Jason SobelLadies and gentlemen, we''re pleased to introduce golf''s newest superstar … Anthony Kim.If the 23-year-old''s 5-stroke victory at the Wachovia Championship earlier this season didn''t already have you convinced, then how about Sunday''s masterful performance at Congressional CC, where Kim shot a final-round 65 to come from behind for the AT&T National title?The win moved Kim into fifth place on the FedEx Cup points list, close to the top 10 on the

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From The Golf ChannelBy Brian HewittAnthony Kim now joins Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Kenny Perry on the short list of players who have won more than once on the PGA TOUR this year. That’s fast company.Kim captured the AT&T National Sunday and, among other things, secured a spot on captain Paul Azinger’s American Ryder Cup team. He also got a call from the recuperating Tiger Woods afterward during which he addressed Woods as “Bro.”“I’m

From GolfweekBy JOSEPH WHITEAssociated PressWASHINGTON – There were all sorts of fun things to learn about Anthony Kim after he won the AT&T National. What’s with the new flashy belt buckle? And what’s the real story behind his decision to attend the University of Oklahoma?The belt buckle was unmistakable. Already known for wearing garish belt attire adorned with his initials, Kim donned a buckle featuring what appeared to be a diamonds embedded into the letters

From PGATour.com\\JOAN vT ALEXANDER: Congratulations, Anthony Kim, 2008 AT&T National Champion.Great round today. No bogeys today. You''re just telling me how proud you were of that, and you moved to fifth on the FedExCup Points list and on the Money List for this year. Talk about how excited you are to come out here and win after winning at the Wachovia a couple of months ago.ANTHONY KIM: Winning out here is so tough that any

From ESPN.comBETHESDA, Md. -- Anthony Kim is on the cusp of joining the short list of challengers to Tiger Woods, a point driven home Sunday not so much by his victory at the AT&T National as the phone call he received from the tournament host.Woods wasn''t at Congressional to present the trophy, but he surely would have appreciated Kim''s performance. After a week of mistakes that held him back, Kim unleashed a bogey-free round of

From GOLF.comBETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Jeff Overton doesn''t feel like a different player than the guy who could couldn''t make it to the weekend on the PGA Tour over the last two months. Funny how seeing the ball go in the hole changes everything.Overton continued his one-week turnaround Friday with a 5-under 65, giving him a share of the lead with Tom Pernice Jr. in the AT&T National before storms rained on the Fourth of

From GolfweekBy REX HOGGARDSenior WriterLess than two months after terminating his agreement with Hambric Sports Management, Anthony Kim announced June 24 that he has signed a management agreement with IMG.Kim notified player manager Rocky Hambric that he was ending their agreement seven months early in a May 6 letter just two days after the second-year Tour player won the Wachovia Championship, his first title, by five shots.“Anthony is a very rare combination of youth, talent

From Golf WorldBy Tim RosaforteThe edge that comes from grow-ing up on scrappy municipal golf courses in Los Angeles is what drives Anthony Kim. The tough Korean-American kid from the corner of Sixth and Kingsley would play golf at Roosevelt GC with the same fearless abandon with which he would drive the lane in pickup baskeball games at Mac­Arthur Park."The difference for me is that Anthony wasn''t a golf dork," says Adam Schriber, the swing

From GOLF.comDuring the afternoon I spent with Anthony Kim a couple of weeks ago, his fondness for Tiger Woods and Mark O''Meara quickly became apparent. All three are sons of Southern California, huge sports fans, and they all dominated golf''s amateur ranks. So I was hardly surprised when an associate of Kim''s called to tell me that Kim has agreed to sign with IMG, the powerhouse agency that also reps Woods, O''Meara and a host

From GOLF.comThe story of Anthony Kim begins not on a golf course but under a bridge. It originates in South Korea, where a child is spending her days and nights among barriers and columns in the biting cold. As a teenager she is helping support two sisters and a brother by working while going to school. When she is older, she will leave for the U.S. with a few hundred dollars and no knowledge of

From GolfweekBy REX HOGGARDSenior WriterAnthony Kim, winner of the Wachovia Championship two weeks ago and atop a group of rising young American players, has terminated his agreement with player manager Rocky Hambric seven months early.In a letter sent to Hambric on May 6, just two days after his client’s runaway victory at Wachovia, Kim advised his Dallas-based agent of the termination.“Earlier in the year he notified us he wasn’t going to renew his original agreement,

From MYDESERT.comPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - La Quinta''s Anthony Kim was just glad to leave TPC Sawgrass with all his clubs.Kim, who started the day two strokes behind leader Kenny Perry, shot a 7-over 79 in the third round Saturday and fell well out of contention at The Players Championship.It was the kind of round that would have frustrated Kim in the past. But the 22-year-old Kim has learned to control his emotions - one

From GOLF.comLooks like we''ll have to postpone the coronation of Anthony Kim as the next big thing. Kim was in the thick of it at the Players for two and a half rounds, but Saturday afternoon''s finish all but knocked him out of the tournament.Kim, who won his first PGA Tour event at the Wachovia Championship last week, was five under par through 10 holes Saturday before making four straight bogeys. After a birdie at

From ESPN.comPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Anthony Kim pounded his tee shot on the par-3 eighth hole to within five feet of the pin at the Players Championship on Friday, then promptly trotted down the path toward the green. About 20 yards off the tee box, he bent down to get a closer inspection of a foot-long softshell turtle that had taken a brief respite on its way to nearby water, giving it a little

From GOLF.comAnthony Kim''s big upside was lost on no one, especially not caddies. But it''s one thing to have an eye for a talented player, another to land him, and something different altogether to hang onto him, especially if said player is by his own admission young and brash. Kim, "A.K." to his friends and his belt buckle, has gone through caddies like a Hollywood starlet goes through boyfriends. At 22, he''s on his third,