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.

 

Ketola Method Putting

Here is how to make every putt you look at.  First take a sharpie and put a single dot on your ball in your favorite color.  I would recommend red.  Red for red numbers on the scoreboard!  Walk off your putt to see how many feet you have. Make your read.   Imagine a point as small as the dot on the ball that you want to aim at.  Take a look into the hole to get a visual of your ball's final destination.  Go about halfway on your putt's line to get a feel for the break.  Place your ball with the dot up.  Go through your routine and imagine what part of the hole you would like your ball to enter.  Tell yourself something like "It would be really cool if I made this putt".  Address the ball, think about nothing but distance and the part of the hole your ball is GOING to go in at, and stroke it.  By the way, I didn't mention anything about technique or making a perfect stroke.  Save that stuff for the practice green.  Give it a try!

Stevie kicked to the curb

Tiger fired his long time caddy Steve Williams this week.  Not sure what Tiger is doing with his life lately but it seems to be a wreck.  Steve was the man for him for 13 majors.  Tiger was the best man in Stevie's wedding.  Not sure what Steve did to deserve this.  He did caddy for Adam Scott in a few events will he was sitting idle waiting on Tiger to fix his body, mind, swing, family life, finances, etc etc etc...It seems that Tiger has lost everything that was good in his life in the last few years by making bad decisions.  He has lost his dad, wife, family, endorsements, golf game, caddie, etc..What is next?  Guess we will have to tune in to find out.

Duck on Water

When it comes to playing good sand shots you must use your equipment in the correct fashion.  If you play in bunkers with a lot of sand you might be better served with more bounce on your wedge.  If the sand tends to be shallow and not very thick, then less bounce might help.  I see far too many golfers that don't use the bounce correctly when hitting a green side bunker shot.  If the face isn't open enough at address or if the hands are pressed too far forward, then the wedge will dig far too much and produce lackluster results.  The key is to get the club open enough with the shaft pointing at your belt buckle at address so the club face will slide right through the sand with ease.  A duck uses its rounded belly(bounce) to glide into the water on a landing so that the duck doesn't come to an abrupt stop when he lands.  Give it a try and remember to keep good speed with the club head as it moves through the sand.