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Weekly Ezine Jan. 17/05
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Tour Results, Schedules, and News:
Not even Ernie Els' 8-under was enough to topple Vijay Singh from his first title of the season at the Sony Open. Singh birdied the 72nd hole after Els made eagle, to make a statement that he plans to defend his player of the year title. Both Els and Singh are showing that they are ready to dominate the tour once again with good showings in Hawaii.
Tenth grader Michelle Wie was a big attraction but was unable to make the cut for the second year in a row. Last year she missed by one shot, this year by seven, but she definitely drew some large galleries.
The tour returns to the mainland this week and features Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson's 2005 debut at Torrey Pines. John Daly returns to defend his title on what willl be a soggy golf course with all the heavy southern California rains. The forecast is for sun this week however.
PGA Tour:
2005 Sony Open in Hawaii:
1.
Singh, V. -11
2. Els, E. -10
3. Howell III, C. -9
3. Maruyama, S. -9
5. Cink, S. -8
5. Quigley, B. -8
7. Armour III, T. -7
7. Magee, A. -7
9. Bryant, Ba. -6
9. Gamez, R. -6
9. Lehman, T. -6
9. Stadler, C. -6
European
Tour:
No Event Scheduled click
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Champion's
Tour:
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Nationwide
Tour:
No Event Scheduled click
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LPGA Tour:
No Event Scheduled click
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For full field scores and stats on all the tours, go to PGA
Tour.com.
Upcoming Events:
PGA tour:
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2005
Buick Invitational |
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European Tour:
2005 South
African Airways Open
Jan 20-23
Durban Country Club
Durban, South Africa
Defending: Trevor Immelman
Purse: $915,000 ($145,000 to winner)
Champion's Tour:
2005 MasterCard Championship
Jan 21-23
Hualalai Resort Golf Club
Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii
Defending: Fuzzy Zoeller
Purse: $1,600,000 ($250,000 to winner)
Nationwide
Tour:
2005 BellSouth Panama Championship
Jan 27-30
Panama Golf Club
Panama City, Panama
Defending: Jimmy Walker
Purse: $500,000
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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Avoiding
Big Numbers will Improve the Bottom Line
Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D.
How many times have you played a decent round of golf only to have that one or two holes jump out and bite you? Some amateurs have a mental block with one or two golf holes that always balloon their score. Or golfers will hit a bad shot, which turns into a triple bogey and ruins a good round in the making. At the end of the round, you're upset because you shot 84 when it could have been a 79 if you don't have a couple big numbers on a couple of holes.
The first step to avoiding big numbers is to minimize the damage after
one poor shot. Some player's anger makes them too aggressive on the next
shot and they end up making matters worse. Don't let that one bad shot
lead to another because you are so angry about the first bad shot. Some
golfers can't take their medicine and chip out of the trees-they try to
hit a perfect recovery shot and wham-a big number. If you get into trouble
and hit the ball into the woods, instead of trying to hit the perfect
fade around and over the trees, chip out and play for bogey. Keep your
emotions in check because anger or frustration can cause you to make one
poor decision after the next. Frustration can also cause you to hit shots
very quickly without the proper thought process.
Second, what causes big numbers? Hitting the ball out of play. One of
your goals should be to keep the ball in play as often as possible. For
example, if you are on a tight par four with water on the right and out-of-bounds
on the left, you don't have to hit a driver just because everyone else
hits a driver. You can play the hole like a par five. Hit an iron off
the tee, lay up with another iron, and wedge the ball on for a chance
to make par, at worst bogey. It's a lot easier to play from the fairway
than the bottom of the lake!
Third, don't carry the expectation that you always find a way to screw
up the round and make a big number when its going well or that you always
screw up on hole number 14! Both of these expectations will turn into
reality if you hold on to them. Both beliefs will make you play defensively
when you have a chance to shoot a good round. As soon as you start to
think "don't screw this round up with a big number," you are
playing defensive golf. Instead, set a goal for the end of the round to
have a chance at making birdie or par on the remaining holes. You have
to stay aggressive and play offensively, but at the same time keeping
the ball in play and playing within yourself.
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2004 PGA Tour Final Statistics:
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Money Leaders 1
Vijay Singh $10,905,167 |
World Rankings 1 Vijay
Singh Fij |
Scoring Average 1 Vijay
Singh 68.84 |
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Driving Distance 1 Hank
Kuehne 314.4 yards |
Greens in Regulation % 1 Joe
Durant 73.3 |
Putting Average 1 Stewart
Cink 1.723 |
Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER