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Pro golfer Hosung Choi has the most ridiculous golf swing you’ll ever see
Professional golfer Hosung Choi, playing in the third round of the Kolon Korea Open at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, has set the golf Internet on fire with his wildly entertaining golf swing. And while it may look ridiculous, he’s currently sitting at 8-under for the event through three rounds, only two shots back of the leader. It’s worth noting that the top two finishers in the Korea Open will earn a spot in the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie next month.
Enjoy the videos of his golf swing below!
Hosung Choi is my new favorite golfer pic.twitter.com/nHuFQUTjt4
— Tee-k Kelly (@teekkelly) June 23, 2018
This Hosung Choi guy is a beaut!!! #hosungchoi #toursauce @NoLayingUp pic.twitter.com/IpN4h9wCjp
— Chris (@GolfGuy77) June 23, 2018
In the U.S. we call ugly pro golfer swings a “Caddie Swing”. Apparently in Korea they call them a “Fisherman Swing”. We don’t deserve Hosung Choi. Enjoy. #TourSauce #kolonkoreaopen pic.twitter.com/IZ1uGRoiFN
— My Name Is Earl (@TheBossman102) June 23, 2018
Top-100 swing instructor and GolfWRX’s resident swing expert Tom Stickney has this to say about Choi’s golf swing: “The club goes up and away with a nice rerouting motion from the top into a perfect delivery and impact position. It’s obvious that this guy can play from those two positions, however, I’m not sure about the dismount. Nor can I even guess why he does it…I’m betting he was self-taught and made that move from day one. Great lesson to all the “golf swing” centric people playing today, why change it if it brings you to the dance?!?!”
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GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
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Tour Rundown: Rose blooms, Rory rolls
This week last year, I found myself praying to the weather goddesses and gods that Rochester would be spared their wrath over the next seven days. The 2023 Oak Hill PGA Championship (that was slated for August when the contract was signed) was on the horizon, and I wanted my region to show well. Things turned out fine, with all four seasons making an appearance, a PGA Professional (Blockie!) stealing hearts, and a proven champion in Koepka (although I was pulling for Viktor.)
This year, no concerns. Louisville will shine this week at Valhalla, but we’ve matters to consider before we look to four days of coverage this week. Nelly did not win on the LPGA this week, so who did? The PGA Tour held two events in the Carolinas, and Tour Champions celebrated a major event in Alabama. Four noteworthy events to run down, so let’s head to RunDownTown and take care of business.
LPGA @ Founders Cup: Rose blooms
There was a sense that Rose Zhang might have a role in the 2020s version of the LPGA. After winning everything there was in amateur golf, she came out and won her first tournament as a professional. That was last May and, let’s be honest, who among us thought it would take 12 months for Zhang to win again? Rhymes with hero, I know.
This week in New Jersey, eyes were on Nelly Korda, as she made a run at a sixth consecutive win on the LPGA circuit. Korda ran out of gas on Saturday, and that was just fine. Madelene Sagstrom and Zhang had turned the soiree at Upper Montclair into a battle of birdies. Gabriela Ruffels came third at nine-under par. No one else reached double digits under par but Sagstrom and Zhang. They didn’t just reach -10…they more than doubled it.
Sagstrom had the look of a winner with five holes left to play. She was three shots clear of Zhang, at 23-under par. The Swede played her closing quintet in plus-one, finishing at 22-deep, 13 shots ahead of Ruffels. That performance we’d anticipated from Zhang? It happened on Sunday. She closed with four birdies in five holes to snatch victory number two, by two shots. Spring is a lovely time for a Rose in bloom.
Take a look back at hole No. 1… @rosezhang is living life on the edge ? pic.twitter.com/o6z6SK7TRA
— LPGA (@LPGA) May 12, 2024
PGA Tour @ Wells Fargo: Rory the Fourth is crowned in Charlotte
Xander Schauffele is a likable lad. He has an Olympic gold medal on his shelf, and a few PGA Tour titles to his credit. Even X knows that even par won’t get much done in a final round unless conditions are brutal. They weren’t brutal at Quail Hollow on Sunday. X posted even par on day four. It kept him ahead of third-place finisher Byeong Hun An but gave him zero chance of challenging for the title.
Paired with Xander in round four was the King of Quail, Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman had previously won thrice at the North Carolina track, and he was champing at the bit to gain some momentum on the road to Louisville. While Xander scored increasingly worse along the week (64-67-70-71) McIlroy saved his best round for the final round. Thanks to five birdies and two eagles, McIlroy ran away with the event, winning his fourth Wells Fargo by five over Schauffele.
HOLE-OUT EAGLE FOR RORY!!!
He now leads by SIX! pic.twitter.com/UE49lwfwNC
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 12, 2024
PGA Tour @ Myrtle Beach Classic: a little CG won the inaugural week
It always seemed odd that the PGA Tour had zero stops along the Grand Strand each season. This week’s event seemed odd in that the golfers played the same course each day, and there were zero handicaps involved. Most events at Myrtle Beach involve hundreds of amateurs at dozens of courses, with all sorts of handicaps.
The Dunes Club is a Robert Trent Jones Sr. course, down toward Pawley’s Island. It claims what used to be considered an unreachable, par-five hole, the watery 13th. Nothing is unreachable any longer, including a 22-under par total for a six-shot win. Chris Gotterup, a former Rutgers and Oklahoma golfer, played sizzling golf all week and won by a sextet of shots. Gotterup opened with 66, then improved to 64 on Friday. His Saturday 65 sounded a beacon of “come get me,” and his closing 67 ensured that second place was the only thing up for grabs.
Chasing the podium’s second level were a bunch of young Americans. In the end, Alastair Docherty and Davis Thompson reached 16-deep, thanks to rounds of 64 and 68 on Sunday. They held off six golfers at 15-under par. The victory was Gotterup’s first on tour and should be enough to get him a Wikipedia page, among other plaudits.
Leader by SIX!
@ChrisGotterup | @MyrtleBeachC pic.twitter.com/TVdA6ZPYc4— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 12, 2024
PGA Tour Champions @ Regions Traditions: Vindication for Dougie
Doug Barron, if I recall correctly, was suspended by the Powers That Be, way back in 2009, for testosterone. He was naturally low in the hormone, so he took supplements. This did not sit well with certain admins, so he was put on the shelf for 18 months. Not cool.
In 2019, Barron came out on the Tour Champions. He won in August. The next year, despite the craziness of Covid, he won again. Barron hit a dry spell for a few years. He kept his card, but accrued no additional victories. In late April, Barron showed serious signs of life, with a t2 at Mitsubishi. This week in Birmingham, he jumped out to a lead, lost it, then gained it back on Saturday. With major championship glory on the line, Barron brought the train into the station with 68 on Sunday.
Stephen Alker, the man who could not lose just two years ago, gave serious chase with a closing 63. He moved up 11 slots, into solo 2nd on Sunday. He finished two shots back of the champion. Two shots ain’t much. Cough once and you drop a pair. Third place saw a three-way tie, including last year’s winner (Steve Stricker) and runner-up (Ernie Els.) Despite the intimidating presence of the game’s greats, however, Doug Barron had more than enough of everything this week, and he has a third Tour Champions title to show off.
At the @RegionsTrad, all champions receive a green bike.
Doug Barron decided to take a victory lap ? pic.twitter.com/bEzENMjZwv
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 13, 2024
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JR
Jul 25, 2018 at 2:41 pm
Adam Scott eat your heart out!
Philly Phraud
Jul 21, 2018 at 11:08 pm
This guy’s swing is the most perfect through the ball in the history of the game. It rivals Jay Berger’s serve! You high handicappers will never get to feel what a pure strike is like.
Dave r
Jul 10, 2018 at 12:40 am
Looks like the bunch I play with .
Dave
Jul 8, 2018 at 12:33 am
I hate to admit it…but that swing kind of makes sense…
Frank McChrystal
Jul 5, 2018 at 5:24 pm
Congrats to Hosung Choi! True, there is not one swing for everybody. But there is one and only one unique swing for each individual; it is the swing that makes the body feel safe enough to focus on precision and finesse. Great work Mr. Choi. The instincts are formed by trial and error as the body leads the way while the brain catalogs what hurts and what works; and you have forged your instinctively safe swing that allows you to relax and play golf instead of the daily search and puppeteering of a perceived “perfect swing”. Best of luck to you.
Sean
Jul 3, 2018 at 1:24 pm
Proper ninja warrior move. So much respect for his game!
orangeology
Jun 27, 2018 at 2:32 pm
not only his swing, but his entire golfing life is a drama. debuted late without a thumb finger—had it gotten chopped up while he was a sushi man, gutting a tuna. he has quite a fandom in korea.
joro
Jun 25, 2018 at 1:13 pm
Swings are all different, other than the cookie cutter swings tight by a lot of “gurus”. Fact os the Ball is only on the face a fraction of a second and what happens after that is not material as long as the swing into the ball is square and online. Gary Player proved that with his “walkthrough”swing. I believe the big finish probably gives him more speed through the impact.
Benii
Jun 24, 2018 at 1:36 pm
His earlier swing was more conventional. I think this has to do him not having a thumb, not trying over rotate arms through follow through. Kind of like helicopter finish when you try to fade.
Brett Weir
Jun 24, 2018 at 10:29 am
You can’t fault him for not rotating enough through impact.
George
Jun 24, 2018 at 9:04 am
He is clearing his left hip all right!
N.mrkonja
Jun 24, 2018 at 8:21 am
I was watching him last night on the Korean open. Every time I looked at him while he was walking down the fairway, something about him the way he wore his hat he resembles the late great Seve!!!!!!
geoh
Jun 23, 2018 at 7:25 pm
S Korea version of the merry Mex. Hits the slot and inside of the ball, every time.
Carry on, little Rocket man. he takes squaring the clubface with body turn to the extreme.
geoh
Jun 23, 2018 at 7:22 pm
S Korea version of the merry Mex. Hits the slot and inside of the ball, every time.
Carry on, little Rocket man.
ogo
Jun 23, 2018 at 6:55 pm
I must assume he has no cleats on his shoes otherwise he would injure himself twisting so much on his left lead foot. Not recommended for cleated golfers.
~j~
Jun 25, 2018 at 4:57 pm
Your 3 weeks too late on that advice for me… but good point.