OK, I Think I'm Going to Watch Pebble Beach

[nevets88]

Guess who's comin' to town?

 

[Yukari]

🤣 what a swing.  Just goes to show you that a great finish does not necessary make a golf swing.

[dennyjones]

He will move the needle, at least the first day.   

[Vinsk]

I like his swing...especially at P-18

[Wally Fairway]

Oh, it isn't just his full swing - he's amazingly animated on the green as well

 

[Club Rat]

Geez, I can already hear Chamblee puking all over himself trying to analyze his technic... 

[David in FL]

I want to see him paired with DeChambeau!

[nevets88]

1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said:

Oh, it isn't just his full swing - he's amazingly animated on the green as well

 

Ha ha. He has a Masters in Body English.

[Yukari]

Wow!!! Did not know that about his putting.

He is a character.  It will be fun watching him.

[nevets88]

I've been meaning to do a search on the origins of his full swing.

[Bo the Golfer]

On ‎1‎/‎14‎/‎2019 at 3:46 PM, nevets88 said:

I've been meaning to do a search on the origins of his full swing.

I think it is rooted in ballet.

[HJJ003]

Besides the fact that this dude is in the pro-am....my buddy, his brother, and his dad are going to pebble for the US open week. I am quite jealous. I visited once before during non tournament time (couldn’t afford to play though) and ate at the restaurant overlooking 18th green. Spending a whole week in the area with the tournament going on should be fun. 

[Buckeyebowman]

I think they ought to pair this dude with Bill Murray! 

I won't be watching because of him, however. I've been watching Pebble Beach since it was Bing Crosby's Clambake! It is THE early season tourney that really gets me all horny for golf! 

[dennyjones]

11 hours ago, Buckeyebowman said:

I think they ought to pair this dude with Bill Murray! 

That would be fun...

[Righty to Lefty]

He knows how to get to impact...but after that all bets are off !! 

[Wally Fairway]

Golf.com writeup about Hosung coming to America

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Ho-sung Choi — aka, golf’s social-media sensation du jour — didn’t sleep a wink on the 13-hour flight from Seoul to Los Angeles. Not because he was anxious about making his PGA Tour debut at this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but because he’d heard that resisting the urge to snooze would help him curb the effects of jet lag.

Turned out Choi had another jet-lag-buster going for him, too.

“When I got off the plane and was walking through immigration my heart was beating with excitement,” he said through an interpreter in a phone interview late last week. “Finally, I get to step on U.S. soil!”

Viral star Ho-sung Choi on prepping for Pebble Beach and silencing his skeptics

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Ho-sung Choi can credit an unlikely source for his first trip to America: the power of social media. This time last year he was just another pro grinding...

 

[Wally Fairway]

So what do you think Hosung Choi will do in the AT&T Pebble Beach? (maybe someone can add a poll to the thread)
- flame out (missed cut)
- make the cut, but only in the Pro-Am
- make the cut, but finish near the bottom
- Top 30,20,10.....win?

I'd put money on flame out; I have no idea how much game he has but I think the big stage and attention he will garner will not be conducive to his tournament play.

[boogielicious]

5 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

So what do you think Hosung Choi will do in the AT&T Pebble Beach? (maybe someone can add a poll to the thread)
- flame out (missed cut)
- make the cut, but only in the Pro-Am
- make the cut, but finish near the bottom
- Top 30,20,10.....win?

I'd put money on flame out; I have no idea how much game he has but I think the big stage and attention he will garner will not be conducive to his tournament play.

I hope he does OK. Getting to play there has to be such a thrill for him regardless of how quirky he is.