If this was something that the marketing team at LIV had planned in the pipeline, this is a clever one.

This month, LIV Golf Houston is being played on the former long serving venue of the PGA Tour’s Houston Open, Golf Club of Houston (formerly named Redstone Golf Club).

Looking closer, this is the site as to where a few LIV players were crowned as PGA Tour winners; Paul Casey, Phil Mickelson, Matt Jones, Ian Poulter and yep you guessed it, Anthony Kim.

14-years prior, the now 38-year-old, secured the third and most recent of his individual professional titles. It was then that the injuries started appearing for AK, resulting in him missing out on the 2010 Ryder Cup and being sidelined for three months.

In 2011 Kim finished in a respectable tie for 13th in the Houston Open but withdrew in the 2012 edition after an opening 79, seven over par was enough for him, resulting in a WD.

The achilles tendon injury in his left leg sidelined him, initially expecting to miss 9-12 months from the game. He was eligible for the 2013 season on a medical exemption but didn’t play a single event for 12 years.

Turbulent times for Kim followed, but he was given a life-changing opportunity to rekindle his golfing career this time back on LIV Golf in February as a wildcard player.

We will see what emotions with a return to Houston could bring back for AK as he battles it round the bomber’s paradise.

Back in the day AK was one of the longer hitters on tour, but as the game of golf has developed throughout the years he was away, it’s maybe a course that these days fits more into the hands of the likes of Dean Burmester, Bryson DeChambeau or Brooks Koepka.

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