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The Week on the tours:
Everybody stepped it up on Sunday at the Buick Open but it was Vijay Singh holding off Carlos Franco, John Daly, and Tiger Woods for his fourth win of the season. Seven of the top ten shot 6-under 66, but Singh's 65 was good enough for a one shot victory over Daly who bogied the 18th. Daly started a charge early, holing his approach on the second for eagle, then getting a birdie on the third hole only to finish with the bogie to keep from getting into a playoff with Singh.
Peter Jacobsen won his first Champion's Tour event in style by also winning his first career major at the US Senior Open. He managed to hold off Hale Irwin by one shot, and Jay Haas and Tom Kite by two. The had to play a gruelling 36 holes on Sunday after rain washed out the second round.
Annika Sorenstam failed to defend for the second week in a row, but it was Karen Stupples roaring from behind with an 8-under 64 to win easily by 5 strokes at the Women's British Open. Sorenstam finished tied for 13th.
PGA Tour:
2004 Buick Open
1.
Singh, V. -23
2. Daly, J. -22
3. Franco, C. -21
3. Woods, T. -21
5. Cink, S. -18
6. Furyk, J. -17
6. Sluman, J. -17
8. Chopra, D. -16
8. Kelly, J. -16
10. O'Meara, M. -15
10. Verplank, S. -15
European
Tour:
2004
Scandinavian Masters
click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2004 U.S.
Senior Open click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
2004 Preferred
Health Systems Wichita Open click
here for results
LPGA Tour:
2004 Weetabix Women's British Open click
here for results
For full field scores and stats on all the tours, go to PGA
Tour.com.
This week:
PGA tour:
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2004
The International |
TV
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European Tour:
2004 The
KLM Open
Aug 5-8
Hilversumsche Golf Course
Hilversum, Netherlands
Defending: Maarten Lafeber
Purse: $1,813,436 ($302,236 to winner)
Champion's Tour:
3M Championship
TPC of the Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn.
August 2 - 8, 2004
Defending:Wayne Levi
Purse:$1.75 million
Winning Share:$262,500
Nationwide Tour:
2004 Cox Classic
Aug 5-8
Champions Run
Omaha, Nebraska
Defending: Bo Van Pelt
Purse: $550,000 ($99,000 to winner)
LPGA Tour:
2004 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic by Kroger
Aug 5-8
Highland Meadows Golf Club
Sylvania, Ohio
Defending: Se Ri Pak
Purse: $1,000,000 ($150,000 to winner)
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Weight shift is crucial in the golf swing. It is crucial for power and
timing, and it is the most problematic part of many recreational player's
games. An improper weight shift can dramatically reduce your power and
is the cause of the dreaded reverse pivot.
Fortunately it is also one of the easiest things to learn to do properly. In order to get a feel for proper weight shift you have to completely forget about what you are doing with your upper body for a while. To start, I suggest just holding your golf club in the setup position without the club touching the ground. Then simply rock your body side to side by putting your weight from one foot to the other, not unlike dancing. While doing this, just relax your hands, wrists, arms and shoulders and let them move with your movement. The club should start swinging in front of you as you step from foot to foot.
Now just increase the movement until the swing starts get bigger. You will be much like a pendulum, and if you are doing it right, you will be making about a three quarter swing. Continue this movement for about thirty swings with the same easy tempo, then start putting balls in place and hit them with the same motion. As you get the feel for this motion, you can begin to increase the length of your swing while maintaining the weight shift and rhythm.
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2004 PGA Money Leaders Through Buick Open :
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Vijay Singh 21 events $5,813,567 |
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Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER