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Danny Lee becomes the Youngest U.S. Amateur Champion ever!
2 Comments Published August 25th, 2008 in A+Featured Golf News, Danny Kim, Golf News.
Danny Lee becomes the Youngest U.S. Amateur Champion ever!
Danny Lee becomes the youngest U.S. Amateur champion in history of golf as he beat Drew Kittleson in style 5 and 4. He also becomes the very first Korean-born golfer to win the U.S. Amateur. That means Danny Lee is also the very first pure-breed Asian Asian person to win the U.S. Amateur.
UPDATE: Oops, Danny Lee ISN’t the very first Asian person. Actually Tiger Woods is the very first Asian. BTW, Tiger isn’t really black at all, he’s more Thai than anything else.
With Korean ladies taking over the leaderboard in LPGA, Danny Lee is also another one of those players starting the act of taking the PGA Tour along with the young PGA star, Anthony Kim.
Pinehurst, N.C. — Danny Lee became the U.S. Amateur’s youngest champion, supplanting Tiger Woods by holding off Drew Kittleson 5 and 4.
Lee, 18 years and one month old, frittered away most of a six-hole lead before regaining control with consecutive birdies midway through his second trip around Pinehurst’s No. 2 course. He capped his 11th consecutive day of competitive golf by sinking a 30-foot birdie putt on the 14th.
Lee is six months and 29 days younger than Woods was when he won the first of his three Amateurs in 1994.
The victory gives Lee exemptions into the U.S. and British opens, a probable invitation to The Masters and a 10-year exemption into the U.S. Amateur as long as he remains an amateur.
via theglobeandmail
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Today’s swing keys:
1. Keep weight transfer natural, meaning don’t force yourself to transfer weight to the right on the backswing, let it be natural.
2. To control the weight transfer to the right from becoming a sway, do not sway and turn. Also control the amount of the weight transfer by limiting your backswing length.
Short backswing = smaller weight transfer
3. On the downswing, really let everything go and extend your arms and wrists. Keep the head down through the shot.
Well, I am hitting the ball again and I might actual apply for Amateur reinstatement to play some amateur tournaments again. There’s simply not enough mini-tour tournaments around San Francisco and I cannot afford to play so many mini-tour events right now. It’s gonna cost me $125 just to get my amateur status back though, darn it. You can actually go to USGA online and do everything online now.
Time to go beat the amateurs baby! Wish me luck on the next year’s U.S. Amateur.
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There’s many mini-tours that allow amateurs and pros to play together. One of them is Pepsi Tour, which is primarily for people in California. If you want to test your skillz against the pros, you can always sign up as an amateur but play along with the aspiring mini-tour pros.
If you do go pro, you can win a good sum of money provided that you win. Entry fees are along $100 to $300 range and prizes range from $1000 to $5000.
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