Sihwan Kim, currently riding high top of the Asian Tour Order of Merit after two wins, says he is not taking anything for granted as he continues to enjoy the finest season of his career.
“Golf is a funny game,” said the American, who turned professional in 2011 but had been winless until this year.
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“I won twice this year in four weeks, but I still worry about the same things that I did before I won, so it has not really changed me that much in that sense. It is still a tough game, and I don’t take anything for granted but the aim is always to win.”
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He competes in this week’s International Series England at Slaley Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort, just outside Newcastle – an event that marks the Asian Tour’s first ever trip to the UK.
He added: “It is a very fickle game. I am just trying to enjoy it as much as I can because you don’t know when it is going to go away. I am enjoying it but when golf goes south, I don’t think anyone enjoys it. When part of my game is bad, I try to work on it, and I know it is going to get better and you just keep on grinding.
“As I have said many times before, you have got to get lucky to win. It always comes down to the last one or two shots and when you get that lucky break that’s all that you need. In the years before I didn’t have that, I kind of got unlucky bounces here and there.”
The 33-year-old is no stranger to playing in the UK having competed on the European Tour and Challenge Tour over the past 10 years, although it is his first time at Slaley Hall.
“It [Slalely Hall] is good, some holes are a little funky,” said Kim, who had a go on Slaley Hall’s clay pigeon shooting range today.
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“You can’t hit driver, you’ve got to hit two iron from the tee and have a four or three iron into the green. But other than that, the course looks good. The cold conditions mess with my yardage a little bit. When it’s cold and damp the ball doesn’t travel as far.”
The American has been trying to fix a fault with his tee shots.
“My putting is good, but my tee shots are a little wayward, I am trying to figure that one out a little bit. My irons are okay, if I get my tee shots worked out, I will be ok,” he said.
“I don’t know what’s happening with the driver but been trying to figure that out for the last four or five weeks. Not hitting it as good as I did in Black Mountain for the International Series Thailand.
“I am mainly fanning it right but if I try and prevent that and compensate it goes left obviously but my miss is kind of a fan right. When it really matters, that can’t happen.”
