Kuala Lumpur: South Korea’s Im Sung-Jae possesses a deliberate and methodical backswing which often looks like it is in slow motion.
The languid action to fully load for impact is a direct contrast as to how the young star has so quickly ascended to the top of the world golf order.
As 2020 comes to a close following an unprecedented year in sport in which Coivd-19 threatened to overshadow this great game, the 22-year-old rising star has stood out and delivered a bright ray of hope to Asian golf fans.
In attaining a maiden PGA Tour victory in March and a standout joint second finish in his Masters debut last month, Im has reinforced the belief that the state of the game in Asia is very much in safe hands, no matter how slow Im’s backswing may be.
Im — who was introduced to the sport at three years old when his mother put a plastic club in his hands — has…
