Zenia Wivou reshapes her golf game with Stephen Hong at MyGolf Dubai

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Gulf News caught up with lady professional Zenia Wivou at MyGolf Dubai about her decision to take a break from tournament golf and take a series of some serious golf lessons with Stephen Hong, Academy Director at MyGolf Dubai.  Read more Golf in UAE stories here:   https://gulfnews.com/sport/golf-in-uae  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #golf  #sports

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00:00Since June, I withdrew from a few of the tournaments from the Ladies European Tour Access Series,

00:09and I was having a few shots here and there at my golf, and I just couldn't feel anything.

00:15So I kind of knew, okay, there's something not right, and I wasn't really ready.

00:20Hey, Steven.

00:22Hi.

00:23How are you?

00:25Fine.

00:26Thanks.

00:27I didn't feel 100%.

00:32I mean, I had no problem with striking the ball, but I just didn't feel any connection

00:35between my swing and the ball itself, and I think that's where I lost myself quite a bit.

00:42Pretty good.

00:43I just had a few things that I wanted to work on with you today.

00:46That's fine.

00:47Be careful.

00:49And so when I was around and I met Steven Hong from MyGolfDubai, I started getting a bit curious

00:56as to the stats and certain things with my golf swing and getting a precise distance.

01:02And so we started working together, and then I realized, okay, there was a lot that I'm

01:07missing from my game.

01:08So I took a step back, start again, start from zero.

01:12I want to see a little bit more of this.

01:15Okay.

01:16See, I've been having a problem with releasing the club, and that hinge you just showed me

01:21right now.

01:22Right.

01:23So this is the part that's been missing.

01:24I had a chance to play a game with Xenia on the golf zone, and during the game, Xenia

01:30came, started asking, like, why are you doing that, and why am I not doing that?

01:36And then from that on, I think everything clicked.

01:40Go easy at a very, very slow speed.

01:47So much better strike.

01:48Oh, wow.

01:49Right?

01:51Distance increases straight away.

01:53Right.

01:54We started sharing our expertise.

01:55We started sharing what is her feeling versus what is my feeling, and things clicked from

02:01there.

02:02Turn a little bit.

02:04A bit more.

02:05Right.

02:06That's all.

02:07And swing through.

02:09Yes.

02:10So we got to be very relaxed in this area.

02:13Yeah.

02:14Right?

02:15He kind of just brought the feeling back into my game, and it's a little bit hard to explain,

02:20but the best way to do it is he tried to kind of break down the whole golf concept of human

02:25logic and golf logic.

02:27Upswing.

02:28I have a good bodyweight transfer.

02:30My arms are relaxed at this point.

02:32From here, the hand and the shoulder remains, and the shoulder and the hip coming into the

02:39ball together instead of...

02:43Okay.

02:44Right?

02:45So they all work together.

02:46Right.

02:47Feel the four points.

02:48One, two, three, four.

02:51Returning back at the same time.

02:56I started to kind of pick up on things where it was my equipment and not me, or it was

03:01a few things in my swing.

03:03So just because he put those things back into my game and I started to feel it again, I

03:08was like, okay, that's it.

03:10I'm all for him.

03:13Perfect.

03:14See, that is the perfect strike.

03:17And that perfect strike is coming from the shoulders, the hip, your arms, and your clubhead

03:22together.

03:25See?

03:26The impact is now so different from where you were just now.

03:30Right?

03:31This impact are the ones that actually takes the ball first and a divot after that.

03:35Yeah.

03:36Right?

03:37So these are the ones that gives you the perfect control.

03:38Since then, we've been working on how to get a perfect strike.

03:43So Xenia is now getting better results with her ball striking, better results in her ball

03:49control, ball flight.

03:50And she's able to call the shots, landing the ball at a certain point and having the

03:55end results under her control.

03:56Spin back, whether it's a forward run, instant stop.

04:00So we took all this from golf zone into the actual golf course and the results were absolutely

04:06100% there.

04:07So this is where her confidence is now at peak form.

04:12And I'm very happy to see all these changes that is happening with her.

04:16Whenever you have problem with your grip, start off with gripping it here and feel that

04:20it's so comfortable.

04:21And when you come back here, oh my goodness, this is awkward.

04:24This is something that I think both of us can work together and is able to get on to

04:30the right chemistry to continue a relationship from here to help each other to get better.

04:39Perfect.

04:40That is a good, solid impact.

04:42Right?

04:43So now I need your body weight transfer.

04:45Since I've taken the next four months just to kind of reset, recollect and find myself

04:51again in golf, I've put a goal in just to head out to the Lady Sunshine Tour at the

04:55beginning of February.

04:56My name has also been put in the ISPS Handa Tournament in Melbourne at the end of November.

05:01But I'm also going to Fiji as well during December just to play golf.

05:05There's a few tournaments that are going, they're just a bit more social.

05:08But just get into the field over there and see my family again after four years.

05:12So it'll be pretty good.

05:15Yes.

05:18See?

05:19This is driving the ball with your body and not with your arms.

05:23Right.

05:24Well done.

05:25That's what you do with a great coach.

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