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Weekly Ezine Feb. 7/05 |
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Tour Results, Schedules, and News:
Phil Mickelson's relatively easy win at the FBR Open showed us that the big names may be set to dominate again this year on tour. Mickelson's 11-under 60 on Friday gave him a lead for the weekend that he added to with another solid 66 on Saturday. From there he coasted in with an erratic round on Suuunday for the 5 shot victory.
Craig Parry won down under in a four hole playoff at the Heineken Classic. Three time defending champion Ernie Els needed birdy on the last to get into the playoff, but bogied instead ruining his chance to defend.
Jack Nicklaus walked all over Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, and Skins Game rookie Craig Stadler, as he took 11 skins to win the Wendy's Champions Skins Game in Hawaii.
Headlines this week included Bernhard Langer saying that he will not return as captain of the 2006 European Ryder Cup team, leaving Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam as the front runners.
PGA Tour:
2005 FBR Open:
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Mickelson, P. -17
2. McCarron, S. -12
2. Na, K. -12
4. Flesch, S. -11
4. Herron, T. -11
4. Toms, D. -11
7. Perry, K. -10
8. Warren, C. -9
9. Calcavecchia, M. -8
9. Mahan, H. -8
11. Choi, K. -7
11. Cink, S. -7
11. Parnevik, J. -7
11. Pernice Jr., T. -7
11. Rollins, J. -7
11. Sheehan, P. -7
11. Singh, V. -7
11. Snyder III, J. -7
European
Tour:
2005 Heineken Classic click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2005 Wendy's Champions Skins Game click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
No Event Scheduled click
here for results
LPGA Tour:
2005 Women's World Cup of Golf (Feb 11-13) click
here for results
For full field scores and stats on all the tours, go to PGA
Tour.com.
Upcoming Events:
PGA tour:
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2005
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am |
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European Tour:
2005 Holden
New Zealand Open
Feb 10-13
Gulf Harbour Country Club
Auckland, New Zealand
Defending: Terry Price
Purse: $376,000
Champion's Tour:
2005 The ACE Group Classic
Feb 18-20
The Club at TwinEagles
Naples, Florida
Defending: Craig Stadler
Purse: $1,600,000 ($240,000 to winner)
Nationwide
Tour:
2005 Jacob's Creek Open
Feb 17-20
Royal Adelaide Golf Club
Seaton, Australia
Defending: Euan Walters
Purse: $630,000 ($115,000 to winner)
LPGA Tour:
2005 Women's World Cup of Golf
Feb 11-13
The Links at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club
George, South Africa
Purse: $1,000,000 ( to winner)
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Rating: 4 out of 5 |
Playing in the wind:
A moderate wind will have very little effect on solidly hit ball. Once the wind becomes more severe, you want to focus on hitting the ball solidly and slowing down your swing. Even though the urge is to try and hit the ball harder into the wind, this will only cause it to have more spin and give you even more trouble. Into a strong wing take more club and swing easy causing a lower, less spinning shot. You will get more distance on the ground from the roll where the wind is not effecting the ball as much. Play for more roll. On shorter shots use the head wind to your advantage to help you stop the ball on the green.
With the wind, you also want swing easy and take less club. Take advantage of the wind on your drives by hitting high lazy shots. Remember it will be difficult to stop the ball on the green, but swinging harder on short shots can be a good idea if you take less club. The harder swing will give more spin to the ball and keep it from rolling so much after it hits the ground.
Don't worry too much about side winds. A solid, low shot will not be affected much in the air. More people get in trouble overcompensating for a side wind than if they had just played at their target. Never give the wind more than ten yards of credit either way.
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2004 PGA Tour Final Statistics:
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Money Leaders 1
Vijay Singh 4 events $1,214,313 |
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Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER