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Ho-sung Choi, owner of the most unique swing in golf, wins on the Japan Golf Tour

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7 years ago

Nov 26, 2018

If you haven’t heard of Ho-sung Choi before, then you are in for a treat. The South Korean became an internet sensation last year after his quirky swing proved a hit on social media when he came so close to qualifying for the Open Championship.

Well, Choi is back in the news this week. The South Korean won for the second time in his career on the Japan Tour, taking the Casio World Open, and here is a look at the magnificent swing that helped give Choi victory over the weekend.

Hosung Choi wins on the Japan Golf Tour.
Here’s a look at that magnificent swing. pic.twitter.com/xZrXgHcZbz

— Skratch (@Skratch) November 25, 2018

The 45-year-old didn’t begin playing golf until he was in his late 20s after he took a part-time job at an upscale golf club outside Seoul in South Korea. Having struggled through life, Choi told Golf.com that his difficult experiences “created a desperate and urgent mindset” that golf was all he had.

Great #hosungchoi clutch 2nd shot on 18th. #greatestgolfswing. pic.twitter.com/jCeKoL6YAd

— Yong Lee (@bwv878) November 25, 2018

Choi now rises to 209th in the Official World Golf Ranking, and as well as proving yet another example of the benefits of perseverance, he has shown that when it comes to golf, there is more than one way to skin a cat. Here’s hoping we see Choi competing at a major championship one day.

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16 Comments

Tom

Nov 27, 2018 at 5:11 pm

How come he doesn’t do that crazy follow thru on his putts?

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Tom

Nov 27, 2018 at 3:51 pm

Golf WRX deletes comments through its censorship policy….that’s not really freedom of speech is it?

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Send it

Nov 27, 2018 at 1:45 am

What part of “it’s a flat faced object (with loft) being hit onto a round object” part don’t people understand? Just point the flat face where you want the ball to go, and add some speed to it. That’s all it is, a flat object being used to move a perfectly spherical projectile.
No other explanation needed. Doesn’t matter how you get that flat object to the projectile to get to the target in question. It’s just a human body holding onto the stick that has the flat faced thing on its end.

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Mike

Nov 26, 2018 at 10:53 pm

His impact position is money. post impact, doesn’t really matter how he finishes.

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DICK

Nov 26, 2018 at 9:06 pm

You guys need to understand the fact that Ho-sung Choi is handicapped.
He had his right thumb cut off due to an injury that happened when he was in high school.

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Tom

Nov 26, 2018 at 3:32 pm

He learned his golf swing as an adaption of his technique for killing dogs for dinner in Korea maybe? Somebody said “Dogleg” and he gets hungry!

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- Tom
  
  Nov 26, 2018 at 4:08 pm
  
  you are a f*n moron
  
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  - Tom
    
    Nov 26, 2018 at 5:50 pm
    
    Ha! Ha! Good one trailer trash!
    
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    - Tom
      
      Nov 26, 2018 at 9:37 pm
      
      Are you comfortable living in your mommy’s basement? Can you hear me banging her down there?
      
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- Mot
  
  Dec 11, 2018 at 5:43 am
  
  Your mom was hungry for some of mine last night!
  
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steve

Nov 26, 2018 at 2:11 pm

Simple scientific explanation for this unorthodox golf swing. He starts his swing with a closed Kinetic Chain of events and then after impact he comes off the ground into an open Kinetic Chain. Notice at impact his front foot is still pressing into the ground to establish Ground Reaction Force and then spins his foot to release the GRF. At the moment of impact he still has a closed KC and uses that as the foundation of his swing sequencing. So obvious.

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Joe

Nov 26, 2018 at 12:42 pm

When is the WITB coming?!?! Kind of a joke, kind of curious TBH…

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Du

Nov 26, 2018 at 11:49 am

He swings like every old Korean dude I’ve come across in LA.
Must be that Tae Kwon Do that makes them react like this
Don’t matter how you swing, if the ball goes where you hit it!

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- JP
  
  Nov 26, 2018 at 1:46 pm
  
  He was instructed to clear the hips early on in his career
  
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JP

Nov 26, 2018 at 8:54 am

If he can make that work, Charles Barkley has a chance!

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Ev

Nov 26, 2018 at 8:03 am

Just awesome! I’d love to see this guy compete in a pga tournament. Hope he wins more

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2026 PGA Championship betting odds

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May 12, 2026

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Scottie Scheffler leads the betting ahead of the second major championship of the year, with the World Number One a +345 favorite to get his hands on a second PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy who won the Masters back in April is a +800 shot to complete half of the calendar slam at Aronimink Golf Club this week, while Jordan Spieth can be backed at +5900 to become a career grand slam winner.

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Rory McIlroy +800 – (Check out his WITB here)

Jon Rahm +1300
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Photos from the 2026 PGA Championship

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2 days ago

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GolfWRX is on site for the second major of 2026: The PGA Championship from Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

The tournament’s location, just outside Philadelphia, and its status as a major championship mean GolfWRXers are in for a treat: WITBs from a strong field, custom gear celebrating the PGA Championship, and the rich culture of the City of Brotherly Love — we have noted a relative absence of cheesesteak-themed items thus far this week, but most of the rest of the usual suspects are well represented.

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