By REX HOGGARD
Senior WriterAnthony Kim, winner of
the Wachovia Championship two weeks ago and atop a group of rising
young American players, has terminated his agreement with player
manager Rocky Hambric seven months early.
In a letter sent to
Hambric on May 6, just two days after his client’s runaway victory at
Wachovia, Kim advised his Dallas-based agent of the termination.
“Earlier
in the year he notified us he wasn’t going to renew his original
agreement, but we all agreed to finish the year,” said Hambric, the
president of Hambric Sports Management.
Hambric, who endured a similar split with Charles Howell III in 2002, has filed a lawsuit in Dallas seeking damages.
“It does hurt,” Hambric said. “But we had no alternative than to protect our rights under the agreement.”
Kim
– who faded after a fast start at The Players, finishing tied for 42nd
– is not playing this week’s AT&T Classic near Atlanta. He is
signed to play next week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational and the Memorial
Tournament.
Kim’s lawyer, Cleveland-based David Aggers, was not immediately available for comment.
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Rex Hoggard is a
Golfweek senior writer. To reach him e-mail
rhoggard@golfweek.com.
Posted: 5/13/2008
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