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Drew Chung

By Drew Chung
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I apologize in advance if this has been posted. It was written 2 years ago...but I wanted to share it as a lot of his perspectives and outlook in life and golf, still play part to this day.

It was a deep article...6 pages long so it talked about a lot of the stuff we don't normally read of an athlete...or maybe it does...idk..but..it's a great article. pretty amazing stories by his dad. stuff i didn't know.

hope he bounces back this year...read another article where he said he's still not counting this year of being big for him.

http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2009-03/anthonykim

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That's a cool article....I've always like AK - he does his own thing and just cruises along....I hope he has good rest of the season

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Very good article with great insight. Thanks for sharing

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Great Article...he needs to get back to his old form and contend again!

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Originally Posted by Shanker

Great Article...he needs to get back to his old form and contend again!



think that article was 2 yrs old...? after reading that i feel like he's back trying to regain himself as he was 2 yrs ago. what does that say about a person you know? i think he went thru some trying times and saw the rewards early and just backed off...he did say in another more recent article that he was going to come back strong this year but not sure how well that thumbs holding up. i broke my thumb about 7 yrs ago and it took me about 2 yrs i think to really not feel that pain anymore. it's not like you can put a cast on it. that's the only conclusion i can come up with regarding his play and i also believe his antics partying in vegas was way over blown. i mean who doesn't party in vegas ...if i was him i'd do the same thing, probably a bit more. still got a long season of golf left...looking forward to seeing that swing on sunday's


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Great player, great swing.

Just needs to sort out the:

a) damaged-thumb

b) champagne-consumption

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