James Hong

@TimBrando @ctmascaro @timcusickgolf @TimMcCordPE @JMSPGA @ScottMunroeGolf @LeBaronGolf @audubonjon62 @gump_golf @BarryCheesman @The_McLemore @CharlieRymerPGA @McLemore_Turf @williamduane @johnhughesgolf @sqairz @McLeanGolf @terryhashimoto Thanks!🙏🏼

@ctmascaro @timcusickgolf @TimMcCordPE @JamesHongGolf @JMSPGA @ScottMunroeGolf @LeBaronGolf @audubonjon62 @gump_golf @BarryCheesman @The_McLemore @CharlieRymerPGA @McLemore_Turf @williamduane @johnhughesgolf @sqairz @McLeanGolf @terryhashimoto Thanks Chris ⛳️🏌️‍♂️

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Welcome @JamesHongGolf as a speaker at the 2024 TPI Summit! James Hong is the Director of Instruction at Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington, New York. With over 20 years of teaching experience, James is recognized as a leader in junior development, overseeing a program that has over 550 juniors participating annually at every level of ability, from beginner to elite player. His presentation, “We Are The New Gym Class,” will discuss how the modern junior golf program can be at the forefront of fundamental athletic development in youth sports. Starting at the age of 4 years old, the focus of every program he leads is on the “building athletes first, golfers second” approach, where physical fitness is a key component. By incorporating dynamic warm-ups, exercise, and equipment from other sports such as tennis racquets, soccer balls and baseball bats, James uses his golf schools as a vehicle to develop foundational athletic skills and encourage active lifestyles in junior golfers. The pride of the program is not that they have the most AJGA tournament wins or college scholarship athletes, but that they are able to help kids become athletes that achieve their goals while developing habits that facilitate a commitment to health and wellness. mytpi.com/summit/

@qdoba remember when a salad bowl order meant the bowl was filled? This is ridiculous, it’s 1/3 empty.

Wellsley Farms so far and away superior than the ones from @ParisBaguetteUS not even close. And a fraction of the price.

@GOLFERLB @PGATOUR @Jaguars @GolfDigest @GolfChannel @USGA Cannot ❤️❤️❤️ this enough 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Eric Cole, my son 2023 PGA Rookie of the Year and me 1973 LPGA Rookie of the Year! So Cool ⁦@PGATOUR⁩ ⁦@Jaguars⁩ ⁦@GolfDigest⁩ ⁦@GolfChannel⁩ ⁦@USGA⁩

@mfinneygolf @MyTPI Preach it to the high heavens. I will continue to focus on “face is king” until proven otherwise. 🙌🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

Here’s a short clip on how club face angle heavily influences club path - and a trillion other things like center of pressure traces and 1-2-3-4 kinematic sequencing. @MyTPI and anyone else who may have an interest.

@jertybird @PGA Awesome! I’ll post that on some forums!

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@mfinneygolf Congratulations! 🙌🏼

Proud to be considered one of the top golf instructors in Kentucky. I don’t know if I deserve the recognition as there are a multitude of great teachers in the state and around the country. But I think what got me recognized is my insatiable thirst for knowledge with respect to how to move a little white ball down range to a slightly bigger hole. I want to thank the following people and companies who have helped me become a better instructor. I am deeply in debt to all of them. Janet Finney Jon Hardesty Chris Hamburger Tom Bartlett Chris Como Sasho MacKenzie Fredrik Tuxen Paul Wood Ben Doyle Jon Sinclair Joe Mayo @PingTour @TheStackSystem @TrackManGolf @Titleist @FootJoy

Parents, your golf coach is your expert source f/your kid’s development. Not YouTube. Not parent forums. If 100 kids were raised exactly like Earl raised Tiger, there wouldn’t be 100 Tigers. Not even 1 of them. Listen to your child’s coach.

@FocusGolfGroup @chevrolet Yea well now you’ve done it…..allergy season again….😭❤️

Literally one of the best things I’ve seen on the Internet in a very long time well done @chevrolet i’m not crying you’re crying 🥲🥲🥲🥲

@MRileyGolf I saw that too. I typed out my comment, then deleted it. Just don’t think he was going to like what I wanted to say 🤦🏻‍♂️

There was a recent post in a junior golf forum that truly made me sad. The parent asked about strengthening his child's mental game. The child is 9, and according to the parent, shoots in the mid- to high-30s in practice rounds but then shoots 42 in competitions. The parent said that this frustrates both the child and the parent. There's a lot to say here, but I'll just say this: if your goal is to help your child's mental game, make your target that their happiness doesn't depend on their golf scores. That's a mental game goal worth your time. And as a parent, your level of frustration should not be connected to your child's golf scores. Period.

@TJYeatonGolf @Richie3Jack Said the pot to the kettle…..😘

@JamesHongGolf @Richie3Jack Nothing changed for you

I've always said that Tiger's biggest contribution to the game was that he made it socially acceptable for kids and teenagers to be golfers. When I was playing in HS it was basically a death sentence to your social life

@practicalgolf A lot to be said too, about kids in that age group unable to learn how to socialize with others due to COVID quarantine. That age group would more likely flock to individual sports.

Participation in golf among 6-12 year olds is up almost 33% Some team sports are down significantly, most notably baseball and tackle football. Why do you think this is happening?

@practicalgolf COVID era: individual activities like golf could be played/practiced in the backyard w/makeshift net. Team sports couldn’t meet. Another reason: golf instruction goes highly in-depth w/jr development of the person as a whole (mental, physical, life lessons). Other sports don’t.

@mfinneygolf Couldn’t agree more.

Listen up…

@mfinneygolf @theliammucklow I’d say golf is ahead in terms of educating coaches, and in turn passing it along to the students. We are applying it to programs for kids as early as 4 years old. Now whether the information we receive is ‘correct’ is another story…

@theliammucklow I have always heard that golf is behind, but the more I see other sports discuss biomechanics, I’m not too sure about that. Could be that I’m listening to the wrong people speak.

Here is some biomechanics instruction from a pitching coach who is sure that Tommy John surgeries can be avoided if a simple adjustment is made to the initial pull back of the arm. What sport is further down the road biomechanically - baseball or golf. Sometimes I think it’s a dead heat…way back behind where we should be.

@LouStagner Where’s the head?! 😉

Could you hit this 2 iron from the 1970s? Give me my 7 wood!

@GolfDigest @LukeKerrDineen Just for clarification, you said length of hand path, but the graphic shows “70”” as a straight ruler length from ground to top of backswing. Is it this measurement, or length of distance handpath has travelled to the top (on an arc)? Great, informative video!

How does Ludvig Aberg make driving the ball look so effortless? Our @LukeKerrDineen explains. 👇

“The hills are alive, with the sound of ____…..”