Korean-American golfer Anthony Kim continues to make headlines with his excellent play this year, this time being the front page story on CNN-SI for his play at the Ryder Cup:

The Americans did just fine with all those Ryder Cup rookies.

Hunter Mahan finally felt as though he belonged. Anthony Kim brought out the best in Phil Mickelson. And Boo Weekley sure got under the Europeans’ skin, giving Valhalla Golf Club the feel of a college football stadium while skirting the line on good decorum.

U.S. captain Paul Azinger played all six of his rookies Friday, and they justified his faith by going 3-2-3 - surely better than anyone expected in the pressure cooker of golf’s grandest team event. In all, the newcomers had a hand in four of the 5 1/2 points won by the Americans, who took a commanding three-point edge into Saturday.  [Golf.com]

Here is what Kim did that drew high praise from golf great Phil Mickelson:

The fiery Kim seemed to stir Mickelson to new heights. They read putts together, discussed strategy and exchanged so many high-fives - Kim is only 23, after all - that both sets of hands must have been stinging by the end of the day.

Making it all the sweeter: Mickelson and Kim fell behind by three holes in each of their matches, but rallied for a half point in the morning against Padraig Harrington and Robert Karlsson, then came back to beat Harrington and Graeme McDowell 2-up in the afternoon.

“We played with a lot of heart and emotion,” Mickelson said. “I love playing with this guy tight here. Anthony has got this youthfulness to him, he has a lot of game and we had a lot of fun.”

Kim sure enjoyed himself in his first Ryder Cup appearance.

“It’s definitely lived up to the hype,” he said.

It is good to see someone like Anthony Kim do well, it seems like a pretty good guy.   Plus I’m willing to bet we don’t have to hear any stories either about the only thing American about him is his passport.

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