KJ Choi at Silvermere

We were proud to host a visit from Nike Tour Player KJ Choi on the 13th of July. The 37 year old was the first Korean-born player to earn a PGA Tour Card and the first Korean on the PGA Tour! The former teen powerlifter is now in the world top 20 with career earnings of over $13 million and is now chasing after his next goal, winning a major.

KJ was here for 5 hours and gave lessons to the lucky competition winners (shown below) followed by a very interesting clinic. After signing autographs he played 5 holes at Silvermere with two more lucky prize winners and Craig Jacoby, one of our custom fit experts. KJ very much enjoyed himself on the course making a birdie up 18 to finish in style!

We would like to thank Nike for their help in organising the event and of course for getting him to Silvermere in the first place. We would also like to wish good luck to KJ for the up and coming Open at Carnoustie and after seeing him split the fairways at Silvermere he should certainly be one of the players challenging on Sunday afternoon!

5 hole match Winners
David Hill and Nick Cadge

Group lesson Winners
Ilhan Cobham, Matthew Darroch and Richard Byard

KJ Talking to the three lesson winners	KJ spent some time ammending Ilhan’s grip
KJ was very impressed with Matthews swing	Again grip was the main focus for Richard
A proud moment for the three winners	The largest crowd he has ever had in Europe


He spent over 30 minutes signing autographs	The queue just didn’t go down
KJ with the 2 golf winners and resident professional Craig Jacoby	A perfect tee shot down the tight 1st showing how it should be done
KJ lagging his putt on the 1st	KJ holing out on the 2nd
Again split the fairway on 3 and hit it LONG! The Nike Sumo² driver obviously doing it’s job	He was in awe of the 17th. In fact he liked it so much he hit 2 crisply struck irons in there
KJ attempts a snake of a putt infront of the Silvermere Lake	Craig showing his class making a birdie up 17
The former South African Long Driving Champion has a pop at the 18th green and narrowly misses	After hitting a solid 5 iron down the middle KJ also has a go and ends up only a few feet short
Finishing in style with a birdie up 18	.. and still has time for a few interviews