Tiger Woods once claimed he had never seen anyone play like Anthony Kim, with the former PGA Tour prodigy being the only golfer to swing every club with a choked-up grip.
In 2008, Woods commented on Kim’s unique ability to control his golf clubs during a Nike golf clinic. Both Woods and Kim were signed to the company at the time as signature players before parting ways with the brand.
“He’s the only player I’ve ever seen that actually plays pretty much the entire bag choked up. It does provide a lot of control; you don’t hit the ball as far offline. You hit the ball very straight that way,” said Woods.
It’s amazing that a lot of amateurs don’t try and do that,” Woods continued. “They like to grip the club like in baseball, with the pinky off the club because some pros have taught them that if you grip the very end of the club, you get more whip at the bottom.”
