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[GOLF COMMUNITY]

USING A HYBRID IN ORDER Representative Director
of the Inter-American Division of
Self-developed Oriental Medicine Hospital
TO AVOID GOLF INJURIES Oriental Medicine doctor
/ a doctor of Oriental medicine
Lee Woo-kyung
자생한방병원 대표원장
골프 상해 방지를 위한 현명한 하이 이 우경

브리드 클럽 사용법

Hybrid (or utility) clubs are becoming a must have for iron. Many people injure the ligaments of the wrist or
most people these days. Even the full set of clubs always elbow by hitting the ground using a forged long iron and
include at least one or two hybrids from 4, 5, 6, and 7. injure their back by rotating too much using a driver.. If
Hybrid is a club that combines the strengths of iron and you hit the ball hard with a 3-iron that has a heavy head
wood, and is also called 'Sweet Potato' because of its weight and a shaft length comparable to that of a driver,
unique shape. It is a club that is quite accurate like an the impact is transmitted to the wrist and elbow, and the
iron, but has a strong repulsion like a wood, so it can ligaments and tendons surrounding the joint are easily
easily travel. Nowadays, you can easily adjust the angle of stretched. Once you injure your joint like this, you need to
the club face by yourself, so you can freely switch from a take a break from playing for at least 2-3 weeks and receive
3-iron to a 7-iron with one club. active treatment to prevent its aftereffects. If anyone
Cases of injuries to the back or wrist while actually reading this is an amateur golfer, not a professional or
playing golf mainly occur while using a driver or long semi-pro, I advise you to use a hybrid club instead of a

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