Michael Kim, who’s been extremely active on social media over the past year or so, once again took to X to give some tips for lowering your handicap.

According to Kim, the “lowest hanging fruit” to lower your handicap is adding distance.

My avg ball speed my rookie yr was 162 and max was 170. Now my avg is 172 and max is 180-182. With enough training and diligence, you can absolutely get longer, and not just 5 or 6 yards, 20-30 yards like I have. Distance is the lowest hanging fruit to lower ur handicap pic.twitter.com/Av9tGzsd6E

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) February 16, 2024

Some questions about what it’d be like with my rookie yr driver. It’s a common misconception but driver limits on CENTER hits have been on the edge for a while now. It’s the off center hits that have been the biggest difference. If I were to take my old driver and go all out, I’d…

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) February 16, 2024

Kim then referred back to his previous post from back in October, which went in depth about how he added speed and distance to his own game.

Yesterday, I mentioned that I have gained 20 yards since I turned pro and some followers asked me how I did it. There are lots of things that went into it and here’s a somewhat detailed ?

? goes Strength-Speed-Technique-Technology
Feel free to skip to the one you want pic.twitter.com/JmoFtGpBCL

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023

First is strength. Pretty easy concept. I worked out much harder, and got stronger. My college coach, who was great in many many aspects, didn’t like us working out. Old school ?????. Max homa, Pace Johnson and I would sneak out to the regular student gym to workout lol.
Once I…

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023

Speed
Just gaining strength has no guarantee on increasing driver distance. More strength does not always correlate to more speed. I’m fact more often it does not. The workouts make sure you have the potential and the muscles to do it safely without hurting yourself.

In order…

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023

Technique. Here are some pictures of my swing previously and now.

Some of you know how much I love hipturn and why I give that advice to so many amateurs. It’s a must for 90% of golfers imo. Watch my pinned video and thread on my profile if you haven’t already. You can see the… pic.twitter.com/QdLeFu6KBL

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023

Technology: Obviously, technology has improved since I have turned pro. But from my experience, the good and really solid hits haven’t increased a ton, it’s the mishit that have gotten better. The drivers have been on the edge on ball speed for a while now. TrackMan had already…

— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) October 3, 2023

There you have it! If you want to lower your handicap, add distance.

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Ladies European Tour player Amy Boulden took to social media to announce that she is partnering with OnlyFans.

 

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“Collaborating with OnlyFans gives me the opportunity to connect directly with fans and bring my followers on the journey with me as I compete around the world,” Boulden said when announcing the launch.

“OnlyFans is revolutionising the way we use social media, so launching my page on the platform felt like a natural next step for my career.

“With women’s golf continuing to grow in popularity, OnlyFans feels like the perfect platform to showcase the sport globally.”

Boulden has one European Tour win, the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open back in 2020. She is the second professional golfer to partner with OnlyFans, as British golfer Liam O’Neill launched a partnership with the platform last year.

Last year, tennis star Nick Kyrgios became one of the highest-profile sportspeople to join Only Fans in a bid to take fans behind the scenes of his career.

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In the most recent edition of #AskAlan with Alan Shipnuck of the Firepit Collective, the author of “LIV and Let Die” reported that the Saudi PIF will have to pony up the big bucks once again if LIV wants to keep their biggest stars under contract.

Players such as Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson all received massive signing bonuses to join LIV, but those contracts will begin to run out after the 2024 and 2025 season, meaning they’ll need to be re-signed.

“The slow-playing can’t last forever—we will know in the next couple of months whether the framework agreement winds up in the recycling bin or if the PIF will invest a few billion dollars into PGA Tour Enterprises to buy its way into the golf establishment.”

“The time horizon that matters is four years, which is the length of the contracts of LIV’s biggest names. We’re now in year three.

“The future of LIV will come down to the negotiations and machinations between Yasir Al-Rumayyan and the tour’s best players, beginning this coming off-season.”

“LIV has done a remarkable job keeping it in-house but there is plenty of disenchantment among the players at the heavy-handed and often chaotic way the PIF runs the tour, with much of the decision-making filtered through the white-shoe law firm of Gibson Dunn; professional sports is very different from the oil business and courtroom litigation. But money can buy happiness, or at least acquiescence.”

“Someone close to one of LIV’s marquee attractions recently said this to me about the impending contract negotiations: ‘Will he stay? If they offer him the same money as last time around, absof—inglutely. But if Yasir gets stingy, he’s gone.”

Time will tell if Yasir Al-Rumayyan will continue to open the checkbook for some of world’s top professional golfers.

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