Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Oh no! European Tour history-maker Danny

Lee is going to change his swing

Nick Faldo did it and went to win six majors. Sandy Lyle did it and never looked like adding to his bag of two majors.
Yes, it's all about changing your golf swing in the belief that it is necessary to take you to a higher leve.
Only days after becoming the youngest winner of a European Tour or Australasian Tour event, 18-year-old amateur Danny Lee has decided to change his swing.
The Korean-born New Zealand golfer finished birdie-birdie to win the Johnnie Walker Classic by a stroke on Sunday.
As an amateur, he didn't get any prize money but as a golfer he moved from No 562 to No 159 in the world rankings and earned a three-year exemption to play in any event he wants, short of the Open, on the European, Asian and Australasian Tours.
It was a conversation with Butch Harmon-trained Won Joon Lee during the Johnnie Walker Classic that encouraged Lee to alter his swing.
``I don't really like the follow-through of my swing so I asked him a couple of questions and he gave me some good tips, so I'm working on that at the moment,'' Lee said. ``He is coached by Butch Harmon and I really like his swing - like Adam Scott. I really like their style of swing so I asked him a few questions.''
Lee plans to turn pro after the Masters - he gets to play at Augusta as the reigning U.S. Amateur champion.
For now, he's back at practice, preparing for the Moonah Classic, which is jointly sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour and the Australasian PGA and starts Thursday at the 7,421-yard Moonah Links course.
He wasn't expecting any spectacular finishes on the weekend because he doesn't like links courses.
So if you never hear of Danny Lee again after he turns pro, you can be sure it was because he thought he could be an even better player if he changed his swing.

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