Another Victory

Congratulations to Yoshio Yamamoto for winning the Grand Strand Tour Championship at the Members Club at Grande Dunes.  Yosh had a great couple of days with rounds of 64 and 69.  He won the event by a blistering 7 shots!  He has been on a roll lately and he trains between events here at the Greg Norman Champions Golf Academy.  Keep it up Yosh!

Job Opportunity

Dustin Johnson's caddie Joe LaCava recently was pulled away from him by Tiger Woods.  Tiger simply announced the other day that he had hired Joe.  Dustin had no idea and Joe nor Tiger asked him about it.  This is simply business as usual for Tiger and this seems to be the way he does things.  Dustin won't skip a beat or worry about it too much.  He will find someone else soon.  If you are interested I would get your resume in soon.  It should pay pretty well!!!

Technical Tuesday. Accelerate?

You always hear golfers say, "make sure you accelerate through the ball."  In putting, this can lead to a stroke that is very short on the way back and very long on the way through.  This can cause a big problem in distance control.  In my opinion the followthrough in putting should be slightly shorter than the backswing.  The putter should get up to speed quickly as it nears the ball and slow down rather quickly after the hit.  This will give you a little "pop" to your strike and great control of the distance.  A putter is simply a weight on a stick.  Let the weight of the putter and its momentum do the work.  Any added force is bad.  Ben Crenshaw once said, "once i put the putter in motion it swings itself." 

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Patrick Lundy for winning the Carolina Series Hooters Tour event at Brunswick Plantation.  Patrick started off his week with a course record 62 that set the tone for the tourney.  He followed it up with rounds of 65 and 67 to win by 8 shots.  Apparently he had it firing on all cylinders!  Patrick trains here at the Greg Norman Champions Golf Academy.

Congrats!

Congratulations to Yoshio Yamamoto who won the Grand Strand Pro Golf Tour's event at The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort yesterday with a sizzling 65!  Yoshio trains here at the Greg Norman Champions Golf Academy.  Yosh had it 9 under for his round until he doubled his 17th hole.  Oh well.  He still won by 3!  Good Job Yoshio.

Monday Rewind

Adam Scott wins the 2011 Bridgestone Invitational.  Could this be a changing of the guards on the PGA Tour?  Adam Scott has always had that picture perfect swing.  Now he has Stevie on the bag and a little confidence and swagger.  Maybe a new rivalry has been born between Tiger and Scott because of all the Steve Williams talk.  Scott beat Tiger by 18 shots this week!  Seems like someone is moving in the right direction and someone is moving in the wrong direction!!

Tiger's physique

Is it me or does Tiger keep getting bigger and bigger.  His chest looks huge.  I think he has been playing too many tournaments with KJ Choi and talking about powerlifting.  After watching him play yesterday on TV his putting setup has changed bigtime because of how big he is and his new coach.  In his new setup because his chest is so big, he is more bent over, his elbows are further apart, his hands are lower, he appears further away from the ball, and his putter is flatter.  Not a big fan.  But we will see.  The first picture is how he used to setup.  Looks pretty good and it functioned well too.  The second picture is the new look.