James Hahn - Perfect Impact Position
James Hahn - Perfect Impact Position
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Description
Congrats to James Hahn for winning the 2015 Northern Trust Open, in a soaking wet playoff finish. In this video, I am going to show you Hahn's swing stacks against the RST model swing. I'll show you how important using your lower body in the backswing is for stability and how to use your hips properly in the downswing sequence. I'll show you how important it is to shift your weight and maintain stability in the downswing, and get into an awesome impact position, packed with speed and control. Let's learn how to use your hips the right way now!
Video Practice Points
- Load the trail side propelry and check it for proper stability by drawing a line straight up from the trail ankle.
- Shift and unwind the hips to start the downswing
- Look for the lead hip to be stacked over the knee and ankle perfectly to ensure enough shift has been made.
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Hi Rotary Swing Golfers, this is RST
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instructor Chris Tyler.
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This week I'm going to be doing a
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breakdown of James Hahn's beautiful
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looking golf swing. I'm actually going to
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be doing a side-by-side comparison with
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one of our model swings. And showing you
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a lot of the fine attributes that this
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guy has to his golf swing. And show you
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exactly how to get into a great impact
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position. Let's go ahead and get started.
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Okay guys, as I said in the opener, I'm
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going to be doing a side-by-side
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comparison with James Hahn's beautiful
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looking golf swing. I'm going to show you
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how important it is to load up the right
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side and how important it is to be able
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to use your lower half properly. To get
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into a great looking impact position so
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that you can control the hitting area.
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Let's go ahead and get started here. I'm
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going to get both players up to the top
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of their golf swings and we're going to
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talk about the right hip line first. And
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how important it is for you to be able to
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look at this when you self-evaluate.
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I'm going to draw this line up from the
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center of the ankle on both players here.
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You're going to notice that we've got the
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right leg really pushed up against this
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line. This is a line that we draw up from
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the center of the ankle and from a two
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-dimensional aspect, you will notice that
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your right hip will pull away from this
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line. Because the hips are rotating and
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we're looking at it from a face-on
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perspective,
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you do want to see that the hip pulls
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away from this line just a fraction, not
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much.
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If you've noticed that your right leg or
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your trail leg pulls inward of this line,
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That's a signal to you that you have not
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shifted enough weight over there and
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you've become unstable.
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Double check to make sure that when you
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start your golf swing, when you start
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your takeaway, That you've shifted enough
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weight over there and then make sure that
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you feel like you're pushing your right
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heel and ankle into the ground. And that
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will help keep things pushed up there and
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help keep a load into that side.
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If you've noticed that your leg is pushed
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through this line, Then that could be a
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signal that you've got too much lateral
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shift and we've got to kind of pinpoint
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what's caused that. That's generally
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attributed to you pushing the golf club
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back with your lead arm and your lead
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shoulder.
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Those are what you want to look for with
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the right hip line. Very important line
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for you guys to be able to use and self
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-diagnose, but these guys both have great
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looking load to the right side. You're
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going to see big wide shoulder turn out
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of both players, and you're going to see
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that both. Virtually in the same position
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as far as shaft angle and right forearm
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are concerned.
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Now, what we've got to focus on now is
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how do we get back into the lead side.
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I think that's one of the big things that
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a lot of amateur golfers struggle with.
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What we're looking for at this point,
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from a model swing standpoint, is when we
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start to work in transition, you're going
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to see a shifting and an unwinding of the
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hips. Those hips shifted and they
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unwound.
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Now the hips are virtually back to a
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square position here. Let me get one more
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frame for us.
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Now, our hips and our knees are back into
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a square position where they were
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virtually at.
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You're going to see that we've shifted.
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The left knee is now stacked right over
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the top of the left ankle, and virtually
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the left hip socket is right over it as
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well. You can see the spacing now from
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the right leg and that right hip line.
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Now from James Hahn's golf swing
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perspective, you're going to see here as
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we start to shift,
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let me get him right over to the lead
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side. Now you can see his weight getting
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stacked up over there.
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Left knee stacked right over the top of
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the left ankle, left hip socket in a good
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spot as well. You can see the spacing
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from where the right hip line was. So
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there's a pretty good size shift of the
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hips. But also I want you to take note of
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the lead arm.
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See how the lead arm is now parallel to
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the ground.
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If you've noticed that your arms are much
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further down in your golf swing, talking
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about belt high or below.
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If you've noticed that, then that's you
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trying to do too much with the upper part
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of your body.
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So a good checkpoint for you is when you
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start to shift or sit into your lead
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side, check to see how or where your arms
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are in your downswing sequence. If you
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see that they're pulled down too far,
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then chances are you've tried to motor
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your downswing with just the hands and
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the arms.
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At this point, What we're looking for now
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that we're back to a square position and
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we're starting to get our weight posted
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up and we're getting really stable is
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we're going to start to clear the left
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hip out. So the left hip is starting to
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clear and we're going to stabilize the
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lower body right into impact. So you have
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a nice stacked up lead looking side
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there.
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Same thing from model swing perspective,
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excuse me, we're shifting into that lead
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side and then we are posting up and
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controlling the speed of the hips. So the
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hands and arms can now act independently
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from the body and release at max speed at
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impact. So if you want more consistency
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and you want more speed in your golf
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swing, then it's really important that
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you prioritize things properly.
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Get up to the top of your golf swing, get
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into a good looking right hip line, Make
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sure that you've loaded up that trail
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side properly and then use your lower
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body to shift and unwind. And get things
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into a good position. To where you can
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start to stabilize and control the speed
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of the rotation of the body. If you can
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control the speed of the rotation of the
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body, That's going to allow you to let
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the hands and arms release with max
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speed. And you'll be well on your way to
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hitting the golf ball better than you
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ever have before, I promise you.
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All right guys, so a couple of great
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videos I want you to check out this week,
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obviously the right hip line, we talked
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about that at first. These are all going
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to be in the recommended videos over to
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the right hand side of the video player.
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Great video for you to be able to self
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-diagnose, look at it, make sure that
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you've looked at it and okay, I
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understand what the right hip line means.
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Next good video that I want you to check
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out is sitting into the left side.
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Another video that's going to talk to you
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about how the hips are working in
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downswing, transition, and an awesome
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video for you to try out. A good drill is
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squat to square.
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These videos are going to show you how to
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get these moves with this lower body,
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Kind of get things started on the right
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path and allow you to get into a really
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great looking impact position. And if
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you're unclear about what impact
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alignments are supposed to look at from a
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face-on perspective, we're also going to
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talk about, that's also going to be
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another recommended video, impact
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alignments face-on, Good video for you to
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be able to look at it and then take a
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look at your own golf swing and say,
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okay, I'm not in these positions, I need
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to make some adjustments.
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Alright guys, so if you want to play more
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consistently, this is the move, one of
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these moves you want to mimic. I hope you
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guys have a great day, now let's get out
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there and play some great golf.
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