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Weekly Ezine February 16/04 |
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The Week on the tours:
A tearful John Daly hung on for a playoff victory at the Buick Invitational this week. He struggled through a three under round as some big names made early runs to claim his first victory since the 1995 British Open. Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods charged early but the difficult back nine at the future US Open course at Torrey Pines slowed them down. Daly hit a fantastic long bunker shot on the first playoff hole to about 6 inches, while Chris Riley and Luke Donald missed relatively short putts. The crowd was thoroughly behind Daly's victory.
Craig Stadler's 5 under 67 on Saturday in 30 mph winds led him to a Sunday victory. He said the difficult week at Pebble Beach last week helped him in the difficult conditions.
PGA Tour:
2004
Buick Invitational:
1 John Daly
-10 ($864,000) *won on first playoff hole
T2 Chris Riley -10
T2 Luke Donald -10
T4 Phil Mickelson -9
T4 Thomas Bjorn -9
T4 Bo Van Pelt -9
T4 Shigeki Maruyama -9
T4 Duffy Waldorf -9
T4 Jesper Parnevik -9
T10 Tiger Woods -8
T10 Billy Mayfair -8
T10 Jay Haas -8
T10 Brandt Jobe -8
T10 Tom Pernice, Jr. -8
T10 Stewart Cink -8
European
Tour:
2004 ANZ Championship click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2004 The ACE Group Classic click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
*next week 2004 Jacob's Creek Open Championship click
here for results
For full field scores and stats on all the tours, go to PGA
Tour.com.
This week:
PGA tour:
| 2004
Nissan Open Feb. 19 - 22 Riviera Country Club Pacific Palisades, California Defending: Mike Weir Purse: $4,800,000 ($864,000 to winner) |
TV
Coverage: Thursday 2/19 3:00 - 6:00 PM ET USA Friday 2/20 3:00 - 6:00 PM ET USA Saturday 2/21 3:00 - 6:00 PM ET ABC Sunday 2/22 3:30 - 6:30 PM ET ABC |
European Tour:
2004 Carlsberg
Malaysian Open
Feb. 18 - 21
Saujana Golf and C.C.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Defending: Arjun Atwal
Purse: $1,090,834 ($181,802 to winner)
Champion's Tour:
2004 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
Feb. 20 - 22
TPC of Tampa Bay
Lutz, Florida
Defending: Bruce Fleisher
Purse: $1,600,000 ($240,000 to winner)
Nationwide Tour:
2004 Jacob's Creek Open Championship
Feb. 19 - 22
Kooyonga Golf Course
Adelaide, Australia
Defending Champ: Joe Ogilvie
Purse: $630,000 ($115,000 to winner)
LPGA Tour:
March 11 - 14
Welch's/Fry's Championship
Randolph Golf Course Complex
Tucson, Arizona
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Increasing Distance:
After going to the section on equipment and looking at your club and ball characteristics, the next thing to do is work on your flexibility. The fitness section can give you great advice on how to do this.
The key to distance is in the resistance you can generate between your hips and shoulders. Larger shoulder to smaller hip turn will generate more distance. A simple way to start this is by making sure your left arm (right arm for lefties) stays straight on the way back. If your arm breaks you lose the coil effect. Only go back as far as you can with keeping the arm straight and work on your flexibility to get a bigger shoulder turn.
Casting the club from the top can reduce distance amoung other things. Make sure you come slowly from the top and keep your wrist angle as long as possible, so you generate your speed at the bottom of the swing. I see too many people taking the club back really slow and then whipping it down from the top losing all their momentum before the get to the ball. Taking it back long is more important than slow. The irony of the golf swing is that you will hit it farther the slower you think you are swinging.
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