What it was like to reintroduce Anthony Kim to modern equipment | Fully Equipped
On this week's episode of GOLF's Fully Equipped, the Tour Van's Ben Giunta explains what it was like working with Anthony Kim on his bag.
Anthony Kim Christopher Wong/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images The game Anthony Kim left in 2012 and then returned to in 2024 was very different, and perhaps no aspect was more different than the equipment. Back in 2012, TaylorMade was still selling a white driver, Callaway just released their first adjustable one, Fujikura was still six years from releasing Ventus and Nike was still making golf clubs. Not to mention the practice of fitting had advanced leaps and Needless to say, Kim did a lot of catching up between then and his breakthrough win earlier this year in Australia.
With Kim returning on LIV Golf, lot of that re-education fell to Ben Giunta, the owner of the Tour Van, LIV Golf’s lone Tour Truck. On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, Giunta reflected on what it was like to reintroduce Anthony Kim to modern equipment . Giunta worked with Kim previously back when he worked as the Nike Tour rep and Kim was coming up as a young player.
“I remember walking down, we were at Doral, and I was walking across the range and about halfway down the range, he sees me and throws his arms out,” Giunta said. “The funniest part actually is I still wear a bunch of Nike garb… He thought I still worked for Nike. ” After the two shared a laugh, they got to work and Giunta brought out a “this orange box” to watch him hit balls on the range.
“And he’s like, what the hell is this? Yeah, like he had no idea. He didn’t know anything about numbers,” Giunta said.