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Steal K.J. Choi's compact windup to build a more consistent swing

For someone who never hit a golf ball until high school, three-time Tour winner K.J. Choi has built an amazingly efficient swing that has proven itself capable of holding up under the week-in, week-out pressure of the PGA Tour. "Every photo in this sequence highlights how many great positions he hits with very little wasted motion," says Top 100 Teacher Jason Carbone of the Jim McLean Golf School at the Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa in Arizona. "He especially does an excellent job of winding his upper body over a braced lower body in the backswing. By getting his left shouldr over his back leg, he creates a compact, efficient windup."

Credit: Jay LaPrete/AP

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