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Go work on your game, and also your mental game. You make me sick with your whining about everything all the time. Stop blaming everyone else for your bad play. It's golf! You own your shots, and you own your game. Deal with it!
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Showing posts with label pga tour. Show all posts
Friday, May 17, 2013
This is For You, Sergio...
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Go work on your game, and also your mental game. You make me sick with your whining about everything all the time. Stop blaming everyone else for your bad play. It's golf! You own your shots, and you own your game. Deal with it!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
PGA Tour's WGC-Accenture Tourney Snowed-out
...in southern Arizona
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That's right. A few miles north of Tucson, AZ got a bunch of snow, and the PGA tourney there had to be postponed. Talk about a first!
Please click HERE to go see more pictures from PGA Tour's Facebook page..
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That's right. A few miles north of Tucson, AZ got a bunch of snow, and the PGA tourney there had to be postponed. Talk about a first!
Please click HERE to go see more pictures from PGA Tour's Facebook page..
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Zach Johnson's Amazing Golf Shot
...in case you haven't seen it yet.
This is one of the most difficult shots in the game of golf - the fairway bunker shot.
Here's the reason it's so tough: Over time, most golfers become fairly capable of getting out of a green-side sand trap, in which you hit behind the ball with the face open, and slide under the ball, allowing the sand to "blast" the ball out. You never touch the ball. But the fairway bunker shot requires you to hit the ball as if it were a regular fairway shot, but you must make perfectly clean contact, taking no divot. You have to "pick it clean".
I always tell people to put the ball a little back in their stance, use one club longer than you might think, close the face a tiny bit, aim about 10 yards right of where you normally would, and swing at a steeper angle, so that you pick it clean, and then get out - without risking any type of divot. Hit this type of shot a little fat, and it's gonna go about 30 yards. Hit it a little thin, and if it doesn't re-bury itself, it might go 10 feet.
So this is already one of the toughest shots there is. Magnify it by the fact that this is during a tournament.. a PGA Tour event.. on Sunday.. in a sudden death playoff for the title:
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The shot won him the tournament. Well done, Zach!
This is one of the most difficult shots in the game of golf - the fairway bunker shot.
Here's the reason it's so tough: Over time, most golfers become fairly capable of getting out of a green-side sand trap, in which you hit behind the ball with the face open, and slide under the ball, allowing the sand to "blast" the ball out. You never touch the ball. But the fairway bunker shot requires you to hit the ball as if it were a regular fairway shot, but you must make perfectly clean contact, taking no divot. You have to "pick it clean".
I always tell people to put the ball a little back in their stance, use one club longer than you might think, close the face a tiny bit, aim about 10 yards right of where you normally would, and swing at a steeper angle, so that you pick it clean, and then get out - without risking any type of divot. Hit this type of shot a little fat, and it's gonna go about 30 yards. Hit it a little thin, and if it doesn't re-bury itself, it might go 10 feet.
So this is already one of the toughest shots there is. Magnify it by the fact that this is during a tournament.. a PGA Tour event.. on Sunday.. in a sudden death playoff for the title:
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The shot won him the tournament. Well done, Zach!
Monday, May 7, 2012
Augusta National - Then & Now
What a cool little interactive graphic to view all of the changes made to Augusta National Golf Club over the years! Here's historyshots dot com's introduction:
Augusta National Golf Club has undergone continuous modification since hosting its first Masters Tournament in 1934. This graphic depicts the more than 100 major changes made to the course over the past 79 years. At the top is a visual side-by-side comparison of each hole for 1934 and 2012. Below the hole comparisons is a timeline that maps tee, fairway and green area changes year-by-year. The combination of visual comparison and detailed timeline provides a sweeping overview of all the major changes made since 1934. (Source)
Click the banner image above to go check it out! Ordering information is also provided for the 40" x 24" poster.
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Friday, April 6, 2012
The 2012 Masters Leaderboard
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, December 5, 2011
Golf These Days
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OK Tiger Woods won a tournament today - for the first time since the 2009 Thanksgiving scandal came out. In the 2 years and a few weeks as he's been "coming back", he dropped from 1st to 52nd in the Official World Rankings, which is actually a short fall relative to most golfers.
That's how far ahead of everyone else he was by the PGA Tour's world rankings statistics!
In almost the same 2-yr period, Fred Couples has turned 50, and dropped from about 25th to 310th, yet NO ONE has won more money on the Champions Tour in that span - than him.
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In fact, I'll blow your mind a little more.. In the same timespan:
Fred Couples has won $4,156,334 in 39 events on two different tours (PGA Tour and Champions Tour).
Tiger Woods has won $1,955,003 in 21 events on the PGA Tour.
Freddie's earned $106,573 per event -- Tiger's earned $93,095 per event. Freddie played almost twice as many tourneys, though. And he's the old guy. Freddie's 52. Tiger will be 36 later this month.
I don't really know why I'm comparing these two, but then again I do.
This is incredibly huge for Tiger Woods. A lot of people doubted he could ever get back to this place again - including myself. It was a long 2 years. Once he went a few majors and a few more tourneys, when he wasn't back, we all knew he'd be back eventually.
Actually we didn't.
But then again - is he all the way back? Here's a super little Woods/Nicklaus comparison.
The Masters - four months from now - is gonna be incredible! The golf world in general is about to become important again..
Sunday, December 4, 2011
He's Back!
After going more than two years and 26 tournaments without a win, and after so much turmoil in his personal life and with his golf game, Tiger Woods stood over a 6-foot birdie putt Sunday to win the Chevron World Challenge and felt as though nothing had changed.Finally, the outcome was familiar, too.
Woods poured in the putt to cap off a birdie-birdie finish at Sherwood, close with a 3-under 69 and beat former Masters champion Zach Johnson by one shot. The win ended a drought that lasted 749 days, and might have signaled a change that Woods is on his way back. (Source)
"Any different?'' Woods repeated when the question came about how it compares to his other victories -- which total 14 majors, 71 PGA Tour titles and 83 worldwide wins. "It feels great. … I know it's been a while, but also for some reason, it feels like it hasn't.
"When I was coming down the stretch there, I felt so comfortable. I felt comfortable in Oz [Australia]. I felt comfortable in Augusta. When I'm putting myself in those positions, it is comfortable.''
Woods was referring to his only other close calls this year: a tie for fourth at the Masters, where he was tied for the lead on the back nine on Sunday; and the Australian Open three weeks ago, where he held the second-round lead, coughed it up with a third-round 75, then rallied to finish third, two strokes out of a playoff. (Source)
Read the rest of both ESPN articles:
• Tiger Woods rallies to win Chevron
• Chevron win good start for Tiger Woods
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Golf Shot Of The Year
Be sure to watch the replay - it's even more spectacular.
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Yeah yeah, so far. But this might actually hold up a few months. Driver off a very tight, downhill lie, with all that trouble left - and playing the 50-yd. slice to boot! Yummy Bubba.. yummy I say!!
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Yeah yeah, so far. But this might actually hold up a few months. Driver off a very tight, downhill lie, with all that trouble left - and playing the 50-yd. slice to boot! Yummy Bubba.. yummy I say!!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Another PGA Tour 59 - This Time Live - Stuart Appleby
By Shane Bacon
Stuart Appleby continues the year of the 59
Before 2010, the number 59 was a few things. Nearly attainable. A pro golfer's dream. The pinnacle of the PGA Tour.
Now, eight months into this crazy golf year, it has become a score that is expected, not hoped for. Sunday, at the Greenbrier Classic,
Stuart Appleby added his name to the history books, becoming just the second player ever to post 59 in the final round and win. He joined Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval and Paul Goydos as the only players to ever go sub-60 on this tour, and made it the first time it has ever been done by two people in the same season (to be fair, it had barely ever been done in the same decade).
Appleby's 11 under Sunday was good enough to jump seven spots and to win his first PGA Tour title since 2006, which he did by a shot over Jeff Overton at 22 under.
How good was Appleby's 59 compared to some of the others in history? Well,
along with Goydos earlier this season, it was only the second to be done on a course that wasn't a par-72 and included three closing birdies to join the elite club.
His round got going on the par-4 fourth, where he started a run of five birdies in six holes. After pars on the 10th and 11th, Appleby made an eagle on the par-5 12th to move to 8 under for the day and then had the incredible close.
What may be the most interesting thing about this year is that before the season started, most critics were worried about low scores because the USGA had decided to change the groove requirements. I remember posting a story after the Mercedes Championship comparing the final scores this year to previous ones, but it obviously hasn't hurt anyone's ability to go low.
Along with Goydos and Appleby, Ryo Ishikawa shot a 58 in a Japanese Tour event, and just last week a high school junior
made news with a ridiculous 57.
I will say this about 59s and 58s ... it sure makes that scorecard of that incredible 71 you once had on your wall look a little less heroic.
Stuart Appleby continues the year of the 59
Before 2010, the number 59 was a few things. Nearly attainable. A pro golfer's dream. The pinnacle of the PGA Tour.
Now, eight months into this crazy golf year, it has become a score that is expected, not hoped for. Sunday, at the Greenbrier Classic,
Stuart Appleby added his name to the history books, becoming just the second player ever to post 59 in the final round and win. He joined Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval and Paul Goydos as the only players to ever go sub-60 on this tour, and made it the first time it has ever been done by two people in the same season (to be fair, it had barely ever been done in the same decade).
Appleby's 11 under Sunday was good enough to jump seven spots and to win his first PGA Tour title since 2006, which he did by a shot over Jeff Overton at 22 under.
How good was Appleby's 59 compared to some of the others in history? Well,
along with Goydos earlier this season, it was only the second to be done on a course that wasn't a par-72 and included three closing birdies to join the elite club.
His round got going on the par-4 fourth, where he started a run of five birdies in six holes. After pars on the 10th and 11th, Appleby made an eagle on the par-5 12th to move to 8 under for the day and then had the incredible close.
What may be the most interesting thing about this year is that before the season started, most critics were worried about low scores because the USGA had decided to change the groove requirements. I remember posting a story after the Mercedes Championship comparing the final scores this year to previous ones, but it obviously hasn't hurt anyone's ability to go low.
Along with Goydos and Appleby, Ryo Ishikawa shot a 58 in a Japanese Tour event, and just last week a high school junior
made news with a ridiculous 57.
I will say this about 59s and 58s ... it sure makes that scorecard of that incredible 71 you once had on your wall look a little less heroic.
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