Tiger Woods' ex-coach comments on LIV Golf star’s swing – "Keep grinding"

Tiger Woods's former coach Hank Haney praised LIV Golfer Anthony Kim's swing in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter). Haney asked Kim to "keep grinding."

Haney was responding to Anthony Kim's post. Kim had posted a picture with his 2-year-old daughter Isabella and three videos of his golf practice. Kim is dressed in a black hoodie, pink shorts, and black sneakers.

In two of the videos, Kim can be seen on a putting green practicing with several golf balls beside him. In one video, Kim can be seen preparing for a shot and then hitting the ball.

Kim captioned the post,

"Thankful 4 another gr8 day of #sobriety, family, practice & 1 day closer 2 getting back in office. #JDVance should be president after #trump2024 term. #TamponTim & #KamalaHarris R really good at interviews #girldad #mentalhealth"

Haney responded,

"Swing is looking great @AnthonyKim_Golf keep grinding"

Hank Haney made a significant contribution to Tiger Woods's success. He coached the former World No. 1 for six years, from 2004 to 2010, and helped him achieve a flatter swing. Under Haney's tutelage as swing coach, Woods won six Major wins and 31 PGA Tour titles. Haney has also worked with Mark O'Meara, who has 34 professional wins, 16 of them on the PGA Tour including two Majors.

Anthony Kim played in the LIV Golf league this year as a wildcard player. He returned to the sport Saudi-backed Tour after 12 years away from the sport. Kim quit golf after suffering an Achilles injury in 2012. He has four professional wins including three PGA Tour wins to his name. His best OWGR ranking was in 2008 when he was ranked 6th.

Speaking in July this year, Kim talked about his addictive personality and how he needed help for a long time during his break from golf. Talking about how he copes with hard days, he said (via LIV Golf):

"When I have bad days now, I watch videos of my daughter. My wife has these little I don't know stories or reels or whatever it is and there's like 15 or 20 of them and I've memorized them. Cause I watch them all the time. I've been having a lot of rough golf days. So I'll watch them as I'm going to sleep because it gives me purpose" (51:11).

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A look at LIV Golf star Anthony Kim's performance in 2024

In Anthony Kim's 11 starts on the LIV Tour this year, he has failed to register a top-10 or top-25 performance. He finished 56th in the LIV Golf individual standings this season.

Kim's best performance this year came at the LIV Golf Greenbrier where he finished 36th. Otherwise, he always finished in the 40s or lower in a 50-odd field.

Here's a look at Anthony Kim's performance in the 2024 LIV Tournaments:

• LIV Golf Jeddah: 53 (76-76-74, 226, +16)
• LIV Golf Hong Kong: 50 (76-72-65, 213, +3)
• LIV Golf Miami: 53 (76-81-80, 237, +21)
• LIV Golf Adelaide: 54 (71-72-79, 222, +6)
• LIV Golf Singapore: T52 (69-75-75, 219, +6)
• LIV Golf Houston: T48 (73-76-71, 220, +4)
• LIV Golf Nashville: T46 (74-68-71, 213, E)
• LIV Golf Andalucía: T49 (73-72-82, 227, +14)
• LIV Golf United Kingdom: T46 (76-69-71, 216, +3)
• LIV Golf Greenbrier: 36 (69-70-65, 204, -6)
• LIV Golf Chicago: T42 (71-73-70, 214, +4)