EJ Kim

About the coach

Ranked among Golf Digest's "Best Young Teachers in America" for 2016-'17, 2018-2019 also Golf Digest's Best Teachers in State 2017-2018, 2022-2023, 2024-2025 . EJ credits his father, Byung Young Kim, who is also a golf instructor, for introducing him to the game. EJ played collegiately at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., and was working toward his dream of playing professionally before putting his game on pause to serve as a translator for eight-time PGA Tour winner K.J. Choi. The experience of traveling on the PGA Tour gave him a unique perspective into the daily life of a tour player, as well as giving him access to the best players and coaches in the world. This experience sparked an interest toward teaching the game instead of playing professionally. Some of the coaches that have had a great influence on EJ include Phil Ritson, Steve Bann and Kevin Kirk. EJ has certifications in teaching, biomechanics, various golf technology tools and club fitting. His coaching style is based on development, working from the fundamentals into more complex movement patterns. With his TPI background he takes an anatomical approach when he looks into the golf swing. If the body is incapable of moving in a particular way, we need to find out the main cause of the issue and work on that as opposed to making the swing look a certain way. Functionality trumps the way the golf swing looks more or less an idea of how it should work. Find the proper anatomical movements and the swing should work with ease.

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