Young Indonesian golfer Rory Hie has fired a terrific opening round of 68 at the Indonesian PGA Championship. The 22yr old got off to a flying start at The Imperial Klub Golf....stringing together 4 birdies in his first 5 holes.
Rory became the first Indonesian golfer to earn an Asian Tour card, however struggled with his game last year on Tour....at one stage missing six consecutive cuts. Rory recently made the trip over to Singapore to spend some quality time working with me on improving his swing technique in an effort to eliminate the hooks from his game. With some minor adjustments to his setup angles and posture, we then worked toward narrowing the radius of his backswing and minimizing his amount of shoulder turn at the beginning of his swing. This prevented the club from swinging too far around his body with the clubface shutting. As a result, Rory was able to keep the face angle more square to his body and cover the ball more at impact, therefore improving the quality of contact and his ball flight.
We also worked toward incorporating these new swing movements into Rory's pitching. Rory was immediately then able to make better contact with his pitch shots, trimming out the divots...hitting them higher and softer.
Should be exciting to see how far this young Indonesian talent can go. Keep up the good play Rory!
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