Tom Kim is one of the best Long Iron players
on tour showing once again. Why he's got that
special flair does three things that I think all great
long iron players do. Well, first thing is
they get into a good setup which allows them to
make a full turn back and through nice balance,
set up. So that when they swing the club
back, they can make a full turn to the
top of the back swing and a full turn to
their finish. The second thing that all great Long
Island players do is they have a very wide swing
so their hands tend to get very high and away
from their body on the back swing and they keep
that width all the way through the swing. And
the third thing they do is because of that width
, they have to have a nice smooth transition.
There's no quickness in the swing. They have a
nice wide swing and a very rhythmical swing from start
to finish. Oh, excellent shot by Tom Kim
. When you stay wide and you make a full
turn as you come into the ball, you can
deliver the club very shallow and you can use the
loft of the club to elevate the ball in the
air as opposed to trying to fall back and lift
it in the air or trying to chop down on
the ball. What a beautiful swing two iron match
on the line from 2 39. That is big
time stuff. If you can do that. I
think the intimidation of hitting the long irons will go
away. You'll be a lot more confident and be
able to execute good shots with your long clubs.