At only 5 feet eight inches tall, he does not have the long armed, wide swing of many of the tours longest hitters. He was born as the oldest son with two younger brothers and one younger sister. After years of playing with steel shafts, i felt it was time for me to take it to the next level. The club travelled behind his back and hes facing the target with his hips and upper body, standing tall.
Choi buys offtherack irons for the memorial golfwrx. Chois golf swing the first thing that has to come to. When the swing weights were measured, fleischmann said that the other clubs had swing weights that ranged from d2 to d4, while all of the swing weights of the mp64s 4 iron through pw, were d2. Both of kjs parents were farmers on a small island called wando, in the southernmost part of korea. Had to throw this scotty cameron putter image in since it looks soooo nice. There are limitations to the data gathering, calculations, etc. The key to a consistent swing is coordination of upper and lower body, and if your tempo is too fast, its hard to get it right. J phil ritsons valuable advice would be to keep the swing short, create a large arch and use the left arm for speed. Choi, the korean tank, as he is politely referred to on tour, was the first of a growing band of korean golfers to find a place on the pga tour. What is the average distance with each golf club if you know the distances you can achieve with each of your golf clubs, you can pick the correct club and plan where you want the ball to land on the golf course. Unless your swing is smooth as silk with an inside out path and a late release, tip number 1 is to be custom fit for the driver length that best matches your swing tempo, swing path release and golf athletic ability. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone to heavier driver shafts. Admittedly with kj, it could change several times a day. Choi invitational on the korean golf tour in midoctober 2014, served as tournament host and contended at the event at lake hills suncheon cc.
Pull your right shoulder in and down towards your spine to start the golf swing. Their swing arc widens and the club shaft is pushed away from their body. Lead with your left shoulder to start the golf swing video by pete styles. A closer look at miura golf with bill holowaty plugged in golf. Mar 28, 2011 by acceptable, i mean, am i covering up some bigger swing flaw and should keep working on being able to hit it straight with a square stance or as a fade with an open stance. But theyll all find this years open a challenge thanks to the course. What i wanted, or more like needed, was technology that gave me better feel, accuracy and obviously more distance. Get the proper golf swing takeaway in 60 seconds with a 2. Lead with your left shoulder to start the golf swing video. Gotta be one of the only guys on tour rocking the alta shaft in the woods and stock shafts from driver through hybrid.
However, main facilities are still located at korea. The driver is the only club that you want to hit as far as possible, so the tendency is to swing it hard and fast, which actually kills accuracy and distance. Why hosung choi, and his eccentric swing and style, was the best story of. Releasing early is when a player starts to release the golf club early in the downswing by uncocking their wrists too soon. Pings website tour section does a pretty good job of their pga witb. The next generation ping womens driver maximises forgiveness and distance through a higher moi, faster face and lighter overall club weight. In recent years, people are also beginning to recognize the importance of getting custom fit for your equipment in order to maximize driving distance and their overall average golf swing speed. Tour edge also offers a wide variety of custom options to match any kind of swing. Keep the triangle of your arm club unit for as long as possible throughout your swing. Choi finishes his swing with a classic looking finish.
Past champion kj choi kj choi swing sequence golf tip todays golfer k. Did you know you can save your preferences across all your digital devices and platforms simply by creating a profile. Choi, the korean tank, as he is politely referred to on tour, was the first of a. Rather they listed a 7wood carry distance of 174 yards. May 02, 2016 a closer look at miura golf with bill holowaty.
Morgan isnt so athletically gifted to be able to recover from such a position and perhaps a different solution to the problem is employed. G410 lst fairway new smaller head has a cg slightly lower and more forward than standard, a plus for faster swing speeds and highspin players. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone. Dec 06, 2008 here is a sequence of kj choi practicing with his driver. Instead of being able to fire right shoulder er to stop from coming over the top, she instead restricts her shoulder turn and arrives at impact with closed shoulders she does lateral bend while losing lordosis. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won more than twenty professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the pga tour, making him asias most successful golfer. Choi to get more distance and accuracy off the tee with your driver. The new chairman is the name of a new car coming from ssangyong motors. A great fit for players looking to add distance through unprecedented stability and forgiveness.
For these average male golfers, trackman statistics report the average club head speed at this 1415handicap level is about 93. Choi s compact windup to build a more consistent swing for someone who never hit a golf ball until high school, threetime tour winner k. His weight is mostly on his front leg and his right heel is off the ground. I wanted to represent korea in sharing the sentiment of my fellow. Asking for myself as i intend to war up wiht the heavy version during next season, it really makes the driver feel light to swing hard and opens places up really. Jan 29, 2016 the 2016 srixon ad333 tour is a golf ball designed for players without tourlevel swing speeds who wanted tour like feel.
Fan site with news, links, a message board and guestbook, articles, career and tournament information, and photos. Your swing is effortless and it doesnt seem like it takes much for you to hit the ball over 300 yards. Tiger woods, phil mickelson, ernie els, ben crane, and angel cabrera are all there. Hosung choi s unique swing will be on full display this week at the john deere classic as the asian tour. Choi hasnt won since his breakthrough performance at the players championship in 2011, but hes looking to find the winners circle again this week at. Stadium course yields lighter driver traffic during tour event. Choi has his swing analyzed by david leadbetter swing. Watching you hit driver at the practice range is fascinating. Kj is excited to announce that there is a new partnership with taylormade for his driver and woods, so he is looking forward to competing as a taylormade tour staff member. While attending his local highschool, kj joined the powerlifting team. While choi has a bag full of nike clubs, his odyssey putter has an interesting. In the two next articles of this series, we will explain how to successfully perform a swing or a hit and the distinctive ingredients of both. Kj choi used the cb 501s to win the 2011 players championship. We took driver and 7iron swing speeds around 800,000 shots total and separated them by handicap level.
Kj enjoys playing at this tournament and says the course suits him well. Choi s first outing with a set of ping i25 irons went well as the eighttime pga tour winner nearly. Make sure your arms and shoulders are connected to your core or mid section. Kj choi has 3 of them i believe the better players find the hybrid harder to move left or right but lots of players on the senior tour uses them quite efficently. Kj won here in 2009, which was his 7th career pga tour win. Generally, golfers with slower swing speeds require morelofted drivers and moreflexible shafts to achieve the proper launch conditions. Known players who are hitter include jb holmes, kenny perry, kj choi, lee trevino this is the end of the first part of this series of articles on hitting vs swinging. The key to more accuracy and distance with the driver. The wrists will uncock and the rear arm will straighten before impact causing a huge loss of power and accuracy. New golf swing videos will be added regularly so please subscribe to see the best players in the world show you how to swing the golf club with amazing consistency.
Feb 07, 2017 mizuno site actually says he uses tour issue s300 hardstepped in irons, and tour issue s300 in first wedge before spinner shaft. Jul 08, 2018 kevin na has historically been known for whiffing tee shots on purpose and for being one of the slower players on tour, but at a military tribute at the greenbrier, na didnt miss very often as. By allowing the ball flight to be left to right, k. When is the proper time to switch from game improving to. G410 lst driver highmoi model generates low, stable spin with the shotshaping control provided by the g410 driver familys movableweight technology. Choi will have a new equipment sponsor for the 201718 pga tour season after coming to terms on a deal with ping that will see him play a minimum of ping clubs going forward, and sport the. Driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you duration. Any tips on how amateurs can improve their distance. If you are like most other amateur golfers out there, you are focused on one thing when you stand over the ball distance. Jun 06, 2004 i just had the mfs 115s put on my tourstage ts 202s, and they are truly outstanding.
Choi accidentally hits playing competitor with thrown driver. Choi, is a south korean professional golfer who currently plays on the pga tour. For maximizing your driver distance is the loft angle on the face of your driver. Make a full turn with your upper body steady above the ball. Jul 18, 2008 choi, whose best performance in a british open is a tie for eighth in 2007 at carnoustie, shot rounds of 7267. The owner of this company was korean, but now is chinese. I was interested in finding out the relative swing speeds of golfers based on their handicap level, so i had my friends over at swingbyte run an analysis. When it comes to hitting the ball farther, a lot of golfers realize that technique is important. I think it is an nv, didnt he use the nv in his t100 hybrid for a like a year which in kjs world, it would feel like forever posted.
Golf digest analyzed shotlinks drivingdistance statistics from the. Golf swing hd features a big selection of your favorite professional golfers in wide angle, 1080p high definition, slow motion swing footage. Kj choi slow motion driver golf swing 1 by bauercti. To get the most distance from your driver, you must optimize the launch angle and spin rate of the ball by selecting the proper loft and shaft flex for your swing speed. Pga tour stats, video, photos, results, and career highlights.
Tungstenweighted with a forged face, creating a faster, more forgiving driver. I read where kj choi has the g15s in his bag but i was particularly surprised that he was gaming the g15 wedges as well. Placement and putting are key at british open how to break. Name one golfer on the pga tour with a swing speed over 115 mph which jacks was at least playing a stiff shaft. Kevin chappell 120fps slow motion dtl driver golf swing 1080. So are sean ohair, kj choi, john daly, eduardo molinari, and sir nick faldo along with a host of other professional golfers. So if we are going to work on an efficient takeaway motion, trying to generate the most power, weve discussed this idea that we want to rotate the shoulders as much as we cans to try and generate a nice loaded position and to try and generate a lot of power in the. Accuracy was more important than distance and being able to work the ball was paramount. Choi swing sequence, 7 theres so much rotation to his body that he looks as if hes straining his neck and having a hard time following the flight of the ball. Tigers woods drawn with kj choi and matt kuchar at masters sport. Aug 17, 2016 how to hit your driver straight video on. And he certainly has got some game to go with it as well. Aug 07, 2015 the proper golf swing takeaway only involves 2 3 inches of movement with your shoulder. That makes the average male amateur driving efficiency to be 2.
The lpga tour trackman data didnt have numbers listed for a hybrid or 3iron. Transcript kj choi, from korea, good player for many, many years, multiple winner on the. K j choi pro golfer, swing sequence video by pete styles. I thought when yang used one to slay tiger at the pga championship they would have taken off. First korean to earn a pga tour card and to win on the pga tour. However, theres another way to get more distance that most people dont. The 10 most improved drivers on the pga tour golf digest. I am a 5 handicap that took advantage of the deal on g5 irons recently and have decided to try the route of forgiving irons. Movableweight technology offers a simple way to customize your driver for a desired ball flight so you can swing fearlessly and hit a lot more fairways. The clubs kevin na used to win a military tribute at the. Apr 08, 2011 it is what you yourself feels what is best i have been playing the mp57 which have the name to be as easy as the mp53 or mp58, bur in reallity these kind of forgiving players irons can be more difficult than expected and can make the game less joyable if you are a tiny bit off, bc. Tour pros who gained the best percentage increases off the tee, and the drivers they used. In jacks hay day the golf ball spun a lot more off of a driver than it does today. Powered by a forged, maragingsteel face, g410 fairways launch the ball easily and deliver faster ball speeds that maximize distance.
I sent keith at misteroz golf an 8 iron with a dynamic golf s300 and asked him to replicate the flex and swingweight as closely as possible, since i was hitting it very accurately but wanted graphite to decrease the long term wear and tear on my elbows and wrists. For all you guys out there, if your driver clubhead speed is less than 100 miles. Fwiw, i felt over the weekend like i had much more feel with the open stance, and i had to think less mechanically to hit the next shot well after i messed something up. G le2 driver the next generation ping womens driver maximizes forgiveness and distance through a higher moi, faster face and lighter overall club weight. May 31, 2019 includes the swing in 120fps slow motion. K j choi pro golfer, swing sequence video by pete styles k j choi is often deemed as one of the most likable and smiley happy players on the pga tour.
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