_lefraud_ said:
Kuchar made over 38 million from 2011 to 2020...surely Anthony Kim would have done at least that.
Kuchar played max events and was a cut making machine. He's never won the big prizes, but the dude is a top 100-200 player of all time based purely on longevity and skill.
He's on a list of people who inadvertently got shafted by playing in the same 20 year span as Tiger.
I've never liked the comparison of "well this dude (who presumably is seen as average) did this and this, surely AK could have done the same". Golf is fuggin hard. SOOOO many things need to go right to have a 10+ year golf career and make 20-40 million doing it.
I, personally, think AK would have cleaned up as the playboy Asian, Nike golf swag, etc. The internet would have been his best friend in the branding department. But I also don't blame him for taking $10 million after tax dollars and bailing. For all we know, he might not have like the pro golfer lifestyle and just wanted to cash out.