Michael S. Kim
@Mike_kim714
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CAL Golden Bear and now professional golfer on the PGA TOUR with one victory at the 2018 John Deere classic… amateur Warzone player
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Doing a small giveaway as a thank you for 50k followers! What would you guys want? You have to be a follower and like or retweet this tweet. I’ll pick a winner after 3M
My bobblehead from Deere
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Hats gloves balls
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Swing video analysis
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Old clubs (no Scotty)
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Got the call late last night! I’m in the US open. Can’t wait to compete at our National Championship at LACC
(Was not from Adam Hadwin WD… He’s fine despite the security guard’s best effort to get me in 😂)
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My career goal is not to win the masters nor is it a certain amount of majors and tour wins… My goal is for just ONE calendar year, have the media use photos of ME and not another Asian golfer when making a post about me. Impossible? Maybe, but they say set lofty goals 😂😂
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I’m currently the 1st alternate for the US open… I’ll let Twitter decide who I go full Tonya Harding on and break their leg… who’s it going to be???
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Alright guys. How much to live stream the player meeting at 4 today??? (I’m KIDDING)…. But seriously….
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My last update… prob will shut Twitter off until the tournament ends
-Greens are soft unfortunately… my full gap wedge downwind actually spun backwards a bit 😳 BUT still difficult to control out of the rough.
-You will see some lower scores tomorrow, greens won’t dry enough I…
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I know some are disappointed that scores aren’t over par or whatever but after playing it for two days, I can tell you this course is seriously difficult. The difference between birdie and bogey is RAZOR thin and great shots are rewarded and bad shots are punished. These guys at…
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WOW! I didn’t realize I had so many fans in Canada! Super appreciative hearing “Let’s go Mike!” all day today.
Also played with Masters champ Mike Weir so that was cool too
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In n out tastes that much better after a birdie-birdie-birdie finish 😊🤤
First Top 10 of the yr!
More details coming tomorrow…
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Hey NBC, I’d like to watch my friend Max Homa actually play the Ryder Cup and not just take everyone’s word that he’s there. Thanks
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Anyone know what course Xander and Rickie played today? They certainly didn’t play the same course I did 😂
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The most important golf tournament of the week is in China for the Asian Games, not Rome 😂 . Si Woo and Sungjae need to win gold to avoid 20 months of mandatory military service. Come on boys
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Good day at the office 👍
Firing on all cylinders 💪
@Mike_Kim714
sits solo second after a strong round
@TheAmExGolf
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My thoughts on front nine at Royal Liverpool and overall:
-I was watching highlights of 06 and 14 yesterday and it was amazing how brown it was in 06 so I’d thought I’d try and show the comparison on the 4th hole tee shot between 06, 14, 23. Right now it’s def closer to 14 and…
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Final thoughts on Open championship
-It’s awesome that a non bomber can win majors. Champion golfer of the yr is the best. Congrats to Harm on an awesome win
-Hoylake is an awesome course and test. Internal OB on 3 and 18 were a trip. Made you think about every club you pulled…
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Very curious how many people knew this deal was happening. About 5-7 people? Player run organization right? 🤷🏻♂️
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100k followers!! Thankful to see so many people enjoy my tweets. Like and/retweet this post for a giveaway of some of my older clubs or swing video analysis.
MUST be a follower to win. Comment on what you might want.
I’ll announce some winners tomorrow good luck!
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My takeaways from playing with Rahm
-It’s cool to see literally the BEST in the world at his craft with his best stuff. Well worth the price of admission.
-He has zero problems drawing the ball, those in the media (B.C.) that says he can’t or struggles with it are flat out…
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Thoughts from US Open:
-So happy for Wyndham. The guy is a class act and obviously supremely talented. He played unbelievable down the stretch on a tough course. Crazy the ascent he’s taken this year.
-My first major since LIV started and it did feel a bit weird seeing old…
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David goggins and Jersey Jerry. Two most inspirational people of 2024 for me. Unreal
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After my 3 putt bogey on 1 my knee jerk reaction was “is it gonna be one of those days?” 😂 I was able to refocus and get an awesome round out of it! Never let the first few holes dictate the rest of your round. Let’s keep it going tomorrow!
Have yourself a day,
@Mike_Kim714
🔥
He jumps 38 spots on the leaderboard to T2
@WyndhamChamp
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Once No. 91, he is now projected No. 64 in the
#FedExCup
standings.
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A lot of people asked me about our travel
I stay mostly at Marriott hotels. The 4pm late check out is great for Sundays when I can finish my round and go back for a shower before I leave for the next tournament. Yes, we pay for our own travel unless it’s a limited field…
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How many golf equipment junkies follow me? Would you be interested in a breakdown of my clubs? I have no equipment deal at the moment so I’d have the least amount of bias
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Thoughts on LACC after playing all 18
-Greens might get crazy firm by the weekend
-Fairways are generally wide but if you miss them, it’s almost auto lay up unless you get really lucky with the lie
-Bermuda rough is no joke, hard to see the ball sometimes unless you’re RIGHT…
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My thoughts on the back 9 at Royal Liverpool:
- It’s not firm like 06 or 14 YET. If it stays like this, we are not going to be hitting irons off most tees like tiger and Rory did. Fairways are green from all the rain and lots of holes (back nine) are in to the wind. You’re…
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Thoughts on the Ryder Cup:
-There’s no better tournament. So much passion, energy, and emotion that you don’t see from golfers anywhere else. I desperately want to be at Bethpage in 25
-Europe’s best players were really in form and Vik, Rahm, Rory played some GREAT golf
-Lots of…
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One of these days, I def want to do a hole in one stream or video with whoever will set up the logistical part of it.
As someone who’s s actually hit 1000 golf balls in a day just to say I’ve done it, it’s an absolute GRIND. Can’t imagine 2500+
#LegenJerry
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Amazing how Scheffler looks like he can’t get anything to go his way and he’s in 3rd place 😂 I wish I could describe how high of a level 3rd place at a US open is.
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If any of my followers are in the Turkish airline lounge in Istanbul, I’ll give you a lesson until my flight 😂
Don’t think I’ve ever seen screen golf at an airport.
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Not gonna lie, it’s pretty cool hearing Padraig likes my tweets haha
If you love golf and you’re not following Michael S. Kim
@Mike_kim714
you’re are genuinely missing out on some of the best content from a young current
@pgatour
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Hot summer story I’ve heard:
A while back, a player was playing well on Friday and was at 3 under par. It was a VERY hot afternoon and the walk from 15 green to 16th tee box was far and up a really big hill. He sees a rules official and calls him…
Player: Hey, what’s the penalty…
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This is a pretty famous story but wanted to post for those that have never heard it. It’s a bit long but worth a read
Geoff Ogilvy was playing the Riviera tournament and during the practice round, he tells his caddy, “no matter what, DO NOT let me hit driver on 10, we’re laying…
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Rory mcilroy story from my 2nd yr on tour (2017):
My coach at the time James Oh came out to the Boston tournament. We were hitting balls and there was a perfect target for my driver, at the end of the driving range, a green flag. I was just barely getting it to the green flag. We…
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Quick LACC story:
Playing PAC-12 at LACC during our practice round, we’re playing a 3 on 3 match, coming down to the last hole. I’m at the black dot,
@maxhoma23
as one of my partners at the orange… I didn’t realize the 18th hole was a dogleg left and hit towards the 9th green…
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Lots of interest about how many golf balls, clubs, and equip we get access to. Is it unlimited? Yes and No.
Golf balls: we get 3 dozen every week (4 for majors lol). I go thru 2 dozen during the tournament rounds (2 sleeves per round) and 2 sleeves during tue, wed.
Gloves: We…
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@KingJames
😂 you know bronny isn’t that good when
@KingJames
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Random fact I found weird… all costs of the champion’s dinner is paid by the champion
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When I’m in the field: 😮💨 No way they should make us go out there
When I’m at home watching: It’s not dangerous! Have them battle the elements!
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Thank you
@Joel_Dahmen
. Par on the last hole to keep the cut at -2… I owe you beers next time I see you. I take back every bad thing I said about you 😂
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Brief summary of how club deals work:
First, I tell my agent which companies I’m interested in. My agent will reach out to all the potential companies (and prob a couple more in case there is a company that really wants to sign me) and see what kind of deals they’re willing to…
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That’s me going…. Uhh I hope he can’t chip or putt 😂
Wilco Nienaber smoking a drive on the LACC range
Causal 201 mph ball speed
Best part of the video is
@Mike_kim714
spectating in the background 🤣
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Might be my fav caddy story from the Deere, this was before I turned pro
Player: Where’s the wind?
Caddy: uhh… It’s downwind. You can see the water left of the green moving down.
Player: Dude, that’s a RIVER. That’s always flowing that way.
Caddy: oh yeah compass shows into…
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Takeaways from my first designated event
1.The quality of field is really noticeable when you see top 30 guys everywhere, in dining, lockerroom etc. I’m used to seeing more “mules” but not as much at these events. 😂
2.Quail hollow is a BEAST. Almost no wind to speak of and the…
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If anyone wants to send me swing videos, I’ll give you some advice back because I like to help people and not just roast them publicly like
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Was in my hotel room an hour before my tee time because I calculated my tee time wrong (didn’t get my tee time until this point) and got to the course with 45 min to go when I usually get there at least 2 hrs before… which of course leads to my best round of the week so far haha
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How is it that the Masters makes an app that’s heavily used for one week a year and it’s the best sports app I’ve used? Super easy to use, intuitive, simple design, fast, and rarely crashes.
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I’m approaching 100k followers, and want to do something cool for some randomly selected followers. What would you guys want? Swing advice? Old clubs? Tickets to a tour event? Tickets to a LIV event??? 😂
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It’s truly sad that 3 LIV players are trying to play in the FedEx cup playoffs. You’ve made the decision to LIV, just stay there. You’ve taken the money which is fine but this is shameless. Just because it’s free doesn’t mean you have to say yes.
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PSA for all the amateurs that might play in a pgatour pro am: pros mostly only care about two things.
1. Play at a reasonable pace. You don’t have to play super fast since it’s probably backed up but we get annoyed when you putt out for double and go thru ur entire routine.
2.…
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Since it’s his birthday, my Tiger story:
In 2019 I was at the Players, in the buffet line at player dining with Zach Johnson. Zach is a good friend of mine, we start talking and after getting his food, Zach walks to the table where 😳 Tiger woods had just sat down to eat by…
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Best player dining of the pgatour goes to Zozo championship. Honestly, it’s a blowout for me personally. We had legit sushi, wagyu beef, tempura, ramen, all amazing. First tournament I actually gained weight while playing.
Serious thanks to everyone involved especially the sushi…
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My general thoughts on this season:
-Overall I’m happy with the process I’ve made. I had 5 top 11s when I had like 4 in my entire pgatour career before that. If you told me 2 years ago I’d be at this point, I truly wouldn’t have believed you.
-I also missed a decent amount of…
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75k+ followers! As thanks, I’ll give advice to ur swing videos. You MUST be a follower and if you delete the tweet right after, I’m going to block you. It’s annoying when I put in the time to look at ur swing but it’s all for nothing. Tell me what your main miss or struggle is
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Ball in the air, I’m thinking “How am I going to celebrate this HIO” 😂
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Thoughts from the Masters:
-Scottie is an absolute machine. What I notice is he’s always curving it from the safe side and NEVER over curving it to the danger side. It takes SO much control to not only control both shapes + traj interchangeably perfectly but with good distance…
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That was fun. Let’s keep it going!
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The real reason I’ve been active on Twitter this past yr is so that I will have some supporters that’ll defend me on social media if I ever get picked for the Presidents or Ryder Cup teams lol. The JT slander has been crazzzyyyy
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Made a video on hip turn as promised! It’s a bit long but hopefully this will help you guys a bit. Plus a 🧵 on some additional swing info. I’ll answer some ?s about this video if you got any. (Don’t be too 🤯 at the transition effect in the middle of the vid) Happy
@Streels54
??
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2014, my first time playing Memorial, I get there the Sunday before. I hit some balls and head to the 1st tee for a practice round. Jack Nicklaus and his son Jackie are there and I get to say hello before they tee off. I was going to play behind them but the head pro comes up to…
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For those that are walking 18 holes, you should to be eating during the round. I hate eating protein bars or sandwiches so something I have done for a while now is I drink plant protein shakes during a round. Make sure to try them before taking it to a round tho. There was a pro…
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My thoughts after some deliberation:
- Hopefully we can shift the focus back to the RBC Canadian Open once the tournament starts
- This is NOT a “merger”
- Pgatour partially (idk how) becomes a for profit and PIF a large investor but pgatour still mostly controls how and where…
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The cheating story this week made me remember the closest thing to cheating I personally dealt with at an event…
The pro I was playing with hit his shot (started at the yellow dot where the pin was and HOOKED) into the green circle if not more left. He wanted to drop at the red…
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Thoughts from Amex:
- An amateur winning in this day and age is absurd. Playing in the final round with JT and Sam, that’s real pressure especially on those closing holes. Serious congrats to Nick.
-Playing that 3rd day with ams was prob beneficial. The pressure doesn’t build as…
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I’ve gained more followers from a giveaway tweet than any of my other tweets 😂 I’m gonna get to a million real fast if I bring out some of my Scotty collection
(Disclaimer: NOT going to happen)
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Lexi Thompson being t-76 +1 thru 16 holes is seriously impressive. You can bet there’s some pros around there that absolutely don’t want to lose to Lexi tomorrow and will give it their all 😂 (myself included) hope she has a chance to make the cut tomorrow!
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Thoughts from Torrey:
- I tweet when things go well so I tweet when things go not so well. The disappointment Saturday night was real. I felt good heading into the day but had a rough back nine. I think I got a little quick with the full swing and the putter went ice cold with a…
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Super cool being able to do the Walk and Talk! Hope I didn’t make anyone change the channel! 😅😂 (The guy with the camera walking backwards might have the toughest media job out there… guy was a pros pro)
Following in
@MaxHoma
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@Mike_Kim714
talks social media, college and being mic’d up
@FarmersInsOpen
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Wow, I don’t know if I’ve ever gotten a letter from a standard bearer… Thanks Bryan! What a wonderful note to receive! 🥺👍
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Just ordered the stack system… Might have something to do with the fact that I played with Matt Fitzpatrick today and we talked about his distance gains for a couple holes 😂 😂 180 ball speed here I come!
(I might live tweet results as I go thru this process)
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If you’re thinking between Dr or 3wd, just remember hitting a shorter club doesn’t guarantee you hitting the fairway. Tour players only hit the fairway 1% more with their 3wd compared to their drivers. It should be very clear the reason for hitting 3wd, if it’s 50/50 just send it
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Bay Hill story w/ my guy Si Woo
He makes bogey on 17 and is about to get really pissed but this time says you know what? I’m gonna stay calm, and finish with a good hole on 18. Heads to 18 tee, stripes his tee shot down the middle, twirl of the club and watches the ball fall down…
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Bryson loves the spotlight so much he doesn’t get how cringe all of this looks.
My gosh there’s a lot here. Impossible to summarize all the batshit crazy in this interview. Just spend 5 minutes watching it.
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My brother ran into a coworker who’s a big golf fan, hears that his younger brother is a pgatour pro…
Coworker goes: oh wow, is ur younger brother Tom Kim?
No…
Is he Si woo Kim?
Uh no….
What’s his name?
Michael Kim
Oh… I don’t know him
😂😂😂
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For real… last update 😂. For all you sickos out there
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My Phil story:
2013 I played the US open at Merion, and on either Friday or Saturday we finished really late cuz of weather delays and Phil and I were one of the last ones in the locker room. I had been given an exemption to the greenbrier in a month and saw Phil was going to…
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Def underestimated how many golf sickos follow me 😂 I’ll do a detailed equipment breakdown in the next few days
How many golf equipment junkies follow me? Would you be interested in a breakdown of my clubs? I have no equipment deal at the moment so I’d have the least amount of bias
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Vijay would hit balls in his backyard for hours. He’d handpick all of them and walk back and do it over again. One day, a friend told him he’d buy a range picker for him but Vijay refused because he said he wouldn’t care as much about the shots going offline… That’s dedication
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I need the
@PGATOUR
social team to photoshop my arms so I look as jacked as Camilo.
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This is how I start off every one of my putting sessions and get a consistent set up:
The white alignment sticks have tape of where I want my feet and ball position. The mirror makes sure I have the right tilt in my address and I want my left eye to be on top of the ball. This is…
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I am an avid podcast listener (BS, Russillo, PMT, Huberman) and I’ve always hated when guests have crappy audio and I’ve heard complaints of my audio being bad when I’ve been a guest… So I bought a real mic on Amazon 😂 Now I want to use it. Is there a podcast that wants me on?
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Played with Phil during Covid farmers. What stood out was
-After all these years he was still GRINDING out pars even when we were in 50th place.
-He was so into the round. Nobody was there, still gave fist pumps and his trademark tip of the cap when the three volunteers clapped…
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My fav story from the Masters round itself:
The Masters usually pairs a rookie with an older past champ. I was paired with Sandy Lyle. On 18, the first day, we both hit it in the fairway bunker. The same bunker that he hit his famous 2nd shot to 8ft for birdie and win the…
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My gf who’s pretty new to golf rarely asks golf questions but couldn’t help herself at PGA National hole 11…
“Why did you hit it left into the hazard when there’s ALLLLLL that grass right?” 😂 😂
My caddy heard this and couldn’t stop laughing “I was wondering the same thing!”
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Thoughts from Vegas:
-Played 18 holes with Lexi coincidentally on Tuesday, and she’s obviously an awesome golfer. I haven’t played with a top lpga golfer in some time and it was clear why she’s been so successful. She hits it really nice and at least on Tuesday, I didn’t see a…
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Feels super corny and narcissistic posting an article about myself… but Tod is a San Diego guy that I’ve known for a while and he wrote a nice article about me so here’s a link for those interested haha
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Thanks for following along in 2023! This has been a really cool year with plenty of ups and downs and excited to see what 2024 has in store! I’ll keep Tweeting as long as you guys like the stuff I’m posting.
What are some specific things you want me to post about in 2024?
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What usga thinks technology in 2045 will look like lol
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Tiger is on 1.25 legs, prob will finish in the bottom half of the leaderboard and yet he’s the only guy that gets me to watch golf on Thurs morning
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What happens after a missed cut?
First off, it’s a terrible feeling to MC. It often feels as if you’ve put a ton of effort into studying for this one test for a really long time and you failed.
There are times when a MC feels really close and it just didn’t go your way but…
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Final Masters story/tweet:
You get a very nice Mercedes car for the week of the Masters. You need to return it at Augusta airport or those playing Hilton Head can drive it to Hilton Head. They specifically tell you to NOT drive to ATL…
One yr though, a player just didn’t care…
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What are income taxes like in Norway? Asking for a friend
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So incredibly thankful and proud to get my
@pgatour
card back. Can’t thank my friends and family enough for believing in me even when I didn’t. Special thx to Sean foley for helping me get my game back. I’m back and ready to do some damage!
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Thoughts from playing with Hideki:
-It’s always cool playing with a guy that’s the most popular player in the tournament. Way more people, way more support.
-Idk how’d I’d handle being a representative of an entire nation. Everyone is cheering you on and while that is awesome,…
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Golf Twitter would have a blast breaking down the charter flight seating chart. You get a real breakdown of the pgatour hierarchy. Who sits up front and who sits way back with the mules? 😂 before you ask… I don’t have access to the seating chart
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What if using the PIF money (if it all goes thru obviously) the pgatour renegotiate the airtime from the networks so that there’s less commercials? At least that way, the fans also win from this
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That… was rough… couple bad swings and putter went ice cold which can happen on these greens. Hopefully I can have a good day tomorrow to make the best of it.
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What happens inside the scoring trailer (most of the time)
You walk in, the player that took ur score signs it and hands it to you. You sign it, check it with ur own score (some caddies look at it as well, some don’t). Most ask the scoring official what they have in their system…
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Thoughts on Travelers designated event
- The local crowd really turns up and supports this event. It’s really cool to play events like these that aren’t in big cities but the smaller local communities make it an awesome event to play. Us players really enjoy when the energy of…
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My Golf clubs breakdown! 🧵
Some of these ended up being longer so if you’re not interested in each breakdown, skip to the one you are interested with. Full disclosure, I have mainly used Titleist and Callaway my entire career. They’re the ones I grew up playing and each company…
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