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2001 Sony Open In Hawaii Qualifier, 1998' &
2000' Hawaii Long Drive Champion, Tommy
Kim
At the 2000 Hawaii Golf Expo. I had the
pleasure of meeting Tommy Kim as he was
there to do demonstrations. I talked
with Tommy for a while and asked him a few
questions about his natural talent to hit
"the deep one" I watched Tommy
perform his demonstration, his warm up
swings were pretty impressive just hearing
the whipping sound from him swinging the
club made me realize that he like all the
long hitters have a natural talent and
either you have it or you don't. He
addressed the ball and hit the first one and
when he hits the golf ball it sounds very
different than most of us average players.
His first drive went 340 yards, the second
one 368 yards, and through out the golf
expo. he did demonstrations with his best
effort at 376 yards!
Tommy how fast is your club head speed? Its
been measured at 154mph. Sometimes its a
little higher, sometimes its a little lower
What's the longest drive you ever hit in
competition? 386 yards
What's the longest drive you ever hit off
the record? 400 plus yards
What's your ball speed? About 202 mph
Tommy uses a Titleist 975D with 5.5 degrees
of loft, the shaft is a Harrison graphite
2.5 Extra, and its 47" long.
Tommy Kim's BIO
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