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Weekly Ezine July 21/03
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Click Here to find out how to lower your handicap by 30% with your current skills. The Lowerscores Manual will show you how. Congratulations to Raul M. who had the top five picks for the British Open and won a copy of the LowerScores Manual. If you are receiving this from a friend you can subscribe by using the link at the top of the page or filling in the form on the upper left part of the page.
Lowerscoregolf.com wants to remind you that each year we rate the top ten public golf courses in various states and provinces. We are always looking for ratings from recreational golfers and pros. This year we will be expanding to include Utah, South Carolina, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, and Florida. Please visit the website to rate a course you have played in these or any other areas. A dream come for tour rookie Ben Curtis as he wins the British Open amidst many of the best challengers the game has to offer. A month before he plans to get married he jumps from 142nd to 22nd on the money list and solidifies his career. Though leader Thomas Bjorn took three shots to get out of the sand on the 16th hole, Curtis proved a worthy winner scoring better than all the top 10 players who were in contention on Sunday. The British Open always provides great stories, and this was no exception. A lost ball on Tiger Wood's very first shot of the tournament, and Bjorn's bunker mishap end up changing a young man's life forever. Top players like Tiger, Davis Love, Vijay Singh, Kenny Perry, and Sergio Gargio, had a chance but none could better Curtis' 69. Other news back in the U.S. had Craig Stadler making history as he became the first player to win on both the PGA tour and the Champion's tour after turning 50. His victory at the B.C. Open spoiled the opportunity for many "bubble" players to make some ground while the top players were in England
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Ben Curtis -1 ($1,112,720) B.C. Open: 1
Craig Stadler -21 ($540,000)
1 Hee-Won
Han -11 European
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PGA tour: Greater Hartford Open, Tournament Players Club at River Highlands, Cromwell, CT; Defending: Phil Mickelson Champion’s tour: Senior British Open, Turnberry GL, Turnberry, Scotland LPGA tour: Evian Masters, Royal Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France; Defending: Annika Sörenstam European tour: Nissan Irish Open, Portmarnock GC, Dublin, Ireland; Defending: Soren Hansen
"My golf club sells postcards so golfers can let their families know where they are. -Bruce Lansky
Hitting Fairways: Drive for show, putt for dough? Well don't be so sure. Hitting fairways is the most important thing for recreational golfers to do. Sure the tour players can get away with missing some fairways once in a while because they have skills that can help them recover. For most of us though, missing a fairway is like the pros missing them in a U.S. Open setup, pretty much an automatic bogie or worse. There are two things to keep in mind hitting off the tee. 1) Get the ball in the air, 2) Hit it straight. The next question is which is the longest club I have that I can do this at least 70% of the time. Don't be afraid of say something like 5 or even 7 iron. If you are playing the correct tee for your ability, and you have to hit 7 iron off the tee, chances are your average par 4 will only be about 340 yards. Even if you only hit your 7 iron 130 yards, three 7 irons will get you on to the longest par 4 and you will be putting for par. Same goes for the par fives. Now your ego may not deal with this very well, but I bet your score will look good for your ego. This is not to say that you can never hit woods off the tee, that would not be much fun, but until you can consistently hit it straight and high, only use the woods when you know you will not be penalized too severely off the tee. If you hit 10 fairways a round and hone your short game, you will be making a lot of pars. Can you say that now?
Don't necessarily get caught up in thinking you must have name brand clubs. Good quality clones are often made in the same factories with the same materials, can be customized, and are considerably less expensive. At Pine Meadow Golf you can get drivers that only have different printing on them, for $49-$99, steel and titanium. You probably are using a clone computer, which is the same kind of thing. For a good overview of the differences and the best deals on factory-direct golf clubs go to Pine Meadow Golf. I use a driver from PineMeadow and I could use any equipment I want. Buy a club from them, try it out and if you don't find that it is as good as any name brand club send it back. They don't get many returns, and they offer great service to match the low prices. Testimonial: "I was very sceptical about the possibility of a short manual making a difference in my golf game. I thought you needed to physically work with a teacher to improve. My friend suggested I get the manual and I tried only two of the strategies in it. What I learned was that scoring is not only physical, and by making two small strategic changes I was able to lower my scores immediately by four strokes. The first round I played was four shots better than my average, and every round since then has been at least four shots better. I am going to start using some of the other eight strategies right away." Chris, Arizona
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