Anthony Kim Rolls Back The Years With Stunning Round

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00:00Anthony Kim rolls back the years with stunning round.

00:04There's a peculiar energy in the air when a ghost of golf's past steps back into the spotlight to compete.

00:10Anthony Kim, once a dazzling young star draped in swagger and promise,

00:14has stirred the embers of a long-cooled fire with a second-round 64 at the PIF Saudi International.

00:21It was bogey-free.

00:23After 36 holes, the 40-year-old is 11 under par, just three shots off the lead at Riyadh Golf Club.

00:30This isn't just a good round.

00:32It's the first time Kim has been this close to the front heading into the weekend since the 2011 Singapore Open.

00:39For context, Rory McIlroy had one major then.

00:43Tiger was still chasing records, and Live Golf didn't exist.

00:47Kim's unexpected resurgence follows more than a decade of absence and a rocky return via Live Golf.

00:53He played 23 events in the breakaway league, rarely threatened the leaderboard, and was eventually relegated.

00:59There were whispers.

01:01Had the game passed him by?

01:02Was the mystique simply nostalgia?

01:05But now, here he is, contending.

01:08Anthony Kim sits tied for third alongside Tyrell Hatton and Hazelay Ballester, trailing only Caleb Surratt and Thomas Peters,

01:16players from a different generation than Kim, whose last win came in 2010.

01:21His second round wasn't flashy, but precise.

01:24I followed my wife's direction well today, he joked, aiming to make more birdies than bogeys.

01:29The strategy clicked, and beneath the humor is a genuine sense that Kim may be reconnecting with the game he once dominated.

01:36Since his Live relegation, Kim has quietly improved, making the weekend in four of his last five Asian tour starts.

01:44Still ranked 1,801st, his path back is steep but possible.

01:50A win this week, still far from certain with 36 holes left, could spark an unexpected redemption arc,

01:56one that began with a bogey-free 64 in Saudi Arabia, and echoes of 2010.