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PGA Tour pro provides ‘the lowest hanging fruit’ for golfers to lower their handicap
Michael Kim, who’s been extremely active on social media over the past year or so, once again took to X to give some tips for lowering your handicap.
According to Kim, the “lowest hanging fruit” to lower your handicap is adding distance.
My avg ball speed my rookie yr was 162 and max was 170. Now my avg is 172 and max is 180-182. With enough training and diligence, you can absolutely get longer, and not just 5 or 6 yards, 20-30 yards like I have. Distance is the lowest hanging fruit to lower ur handicap pic.twitter.com/Av9tGzsd6E
— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) February 16, 2024
Some questions about what it’d be like with my rookie yr driver. It’s a common misconception but driver limits on CENTER hits have been on the edge for a while now. It’s the off center hits that have been the biggest difference. If I were to take my old driver and go all out, I’d…
— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) February 16, 2024
Kim then referred back to his previous post from back in October, which went in depth about how he added speed and distance to his own game.
Yesterday, I mentioned that I have gained 20 yards since I turned pro and some followers asked me how I did it. There are lots of things that went into it and here’s a somewhat detailed ?
? goes Strength-Speed-Technique-Technology
Feel free to skip to the one you want pic.twitter.com/JmoFtGpBCL— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023
First is strength. Pretty easy concept. I worked out much harder, and got stronger. My college coach, who was great in many many aspects, didn’t like us working out. Old school ?????. Max homa, Pace Johnson and I would sneak out to the regular student gym to workout lol.
Once I…— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023
Speed
Just gaining strength has no guarantee on increasing driver distance. More strength does not always correlate to more speed. I’m fact more often it does not. The workouts make sure you have the potential and the muscles to do it safely without hurting yourself.In order…
— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023
Technique. Here are some pictures of my swing previously and now.
Some of you know how much I love hipturn and why I give that advice to so many amateurs. It’s a must for 90% of golfers imo. Watch my pinned video and thread on my profile if you haven’t already. You can see the… pic.twitter.com/QdLeFu6KBL
— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023
Technology: Obviously, technology has improved since I have turned pro. But from my experience, the good and really solid hits haven’t increased a ton, it’s the mishit that have gotten better. The drivers have been on the edge on ball speed for a while now. TrackMan had already…
— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023
There you have it! If you want to lower your handicap, add distance.
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Butch Harmon reveals what he worked on with Rory McIlroy during visit earlier this year
While speaking on the “Son of a Butch” Podcast, legendary swing coach Butch Harmon revealed what he worked on with Rory McIlroy when the four-time major champion went to visit him after the Players Championship this season.
Butch Harmon on what he worked on with Rory:
“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make…
— Matt Vincenzi (@MattVincenziPGA) May 15, 2024
“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make more 3 quarter swings and chop the follow through off a little. He’s a very high ball hitter, but with short irons high balls aren’t good, it’s hard to control, we wanted to bring the ball flight down.”
The work certainly seemed to help McIlroy, as he went on to win the Zurich Classic alongside Shane Lowry and the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in back-to-back starts.
Rory will now tee it up at Valhalla for the PGA Championship, which is the site of his most recent major victory in 2014.
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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships
While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.
“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.
“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.
“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’
“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.
“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”
Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.
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Former Augusta National employee pleads guilty to transporting stolen Masters memorabilia; Arnold Palmer’s green jacket among stolen items
The document was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Since then, more details have emerged about the case.
According to Darren Rovell of Cllct, one of the items that was stolen was Arnold Palmer’s green jacket.
The Chicago Tribune also reported that Globensky was able to steal the merchandise due to his role as a former warehouse coordinator at Augusta National who oversaw the Masters merchandise that was sold.
Rovell states that “A source with intimate knowledge of the case said an Augusta National member, who knew the jacket was missing, contacted a well-known collector who had gained a reputation for tracking down rare items. The member’s goal was to return the jacket to Augusta under the guise of purchasing it in a private sale.”
The plan worked, and the man agreed to sell the jacket for an agreed upon price of $3.6 million. After the sale was complete, the FBI swarmed the house of the thief.
Cllct also reported that Globensky pled guilty in a federal court in Chicago on Wednesday and now faces up to 10 years in prison.
The Chicago Tribune adds that Globensky’s plea deal includes an agreement to provide the government a cashier’s check for $1.5 million in the next few days.
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