He is the leader of the tourism statistics – by using long instruments. Here are his 5 keys to hitting them

Michael Kim, after admitting that he is the PGA Tour's statistics leader, offers some self-deprecating humor.

“It's weird, I know,” he said.

Jokes aside, Kim is, in fact, ranked second on the Tour in shots taken from the fairway from 200 to 225 yards, where he usually plays a long iron – a section of the club that can sometimes trouble players. But maybe less now.

In a social media post on Friday from one of the social media professionals, Kim offered her keys to hitting the long bars well, and we're sharing them below. There are five in total.

Let's review.

1. 'Keep it wide and deep, stay back in transition and release the club fully'

Kim wrote: “In terms of creativity, the same things I work on with my driver. “Keep it wide and deep, keep coming back to the swing and release the club fully. Personally, I have to focus on getting it fully free with my hands and arms when it comes to the 6- or 5-iron. If the club gets too long, I have to use my arms and hands to loosen it. You can't hold on to it for long periods of time.”

2. 'I shoot my stock gun'

“Unless it's blowing over 20 mph, I hit my stock shot, which is a high, 5-yard draw,” Kim wrote. “There is no need to cut it to make it soft; You can get all the spin and height you need and even draw with the right club installed. No butter cuts, no chip shots, no extra height, just stock shots. It's hard enough to shoot yourself; there is no need to make it more difficult.”

3. 'Pins don't matter'

“Pins don't matter much when I have a 4 iron,” Kim wrote. “My goal is to hit the green and that's it. From 225, anything green is a positive result obtained. I might prefer one side over the other if there's something I have to miss like water or a basement that's hard to get up and down.

“Every time I want to do something else with it, I remember my coach telling me, 'It's a scary 4-iron. Just hit the dreaded green.”

4. 'When I'm between clubs, I always take the short club'

“When I'm between clubs,” Kim wrote, “I always take a short club and swing a lot. I personally have a tendency to leave it well when I swing a little because I don't let it go nearly enough. It's much easier to loosen it fully if you swing more on it.

“Also, if you swing slower, it will have less spin, and with longer clubs, it can bend a little more, which makes hitting it straight even more of a challenge.”

5. 'Use technology to your advantage'

“Use technology to your advantage,” Kim wrote. “I started using a more forgiving 4-iron in 2013, and I haven't looked back since. There's just so much to forgive for distance and accuracy.

“I think 90 percent of ams should use hybrids or woods, and the long iron should be a 6-iron. Woods are better from the rough, easier to get up in the air and better for mishits. I still use They're not my longest because I don't have a problem lifting the ball and my spread is a little better.”