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Weekly Ezine July 5/04 |
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The Week on the tours:
Stephen Ames who has played great golf this year, finally broke through with his first win at the Cialis Western Open. He stayed steady while Tiger Woods, Davis Love, and Jim Furyk, among others, could not mount a final round charge. A rather high 10-under par was enough to win.
Masters champion Phil Mickelson has confirmed that he will play in the 2004 Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond. Mickelson, who has moved up to fifth in the world rankings, will return to Loch Lomond for the second straight year. Defending champion Ernie Els is also scheduled to play, setting up a possible rematch from their unforgettable Masters duel.
Retief Goosen won easily with a five-shot win at the Smurfit European Open. Goosen, who captured his second U.S. Open title two weeks ago at Shinnecock, got his second victory in as many starts.
Meg Mallon used a hot putter on Sunday to roll to a two-stroke win at the U.S. Women's Open. Mallon fired a final-round 6-under 65, the lowest final-round score by a winner in tournament history. Mallon held off a hard charging Annika Sorenstam. Sorenstam closed with back-to-back birdies to finish a round of 4 under 67 to finish two strokes back.
Jennifer
Rosales opened the round three shots ahead, but struggled through the
middle of her round. This after opening with a birdie at the first to
move four shots clear of the field.
PGA Tour:
2004
Cialis Western Open
1.
Ames, S. -10
2. Lowery, S. -8
3. Donald, L. -7
3. Hensby, M. -7
5. Appleby, S. -6
5. Ogilvy, G. -6
7. Furyk, J. -5
7. Love III, D. -5
7. Pettersson, C. -5
7. Woods, T. -5
11. Allenby, R. -4
11. Hoch, S. -4
11. Maruyama, S. -4
11. Perez, P. -4
11. Roberts, L. -4
11. Verplank, S. -4
European
Tour:
2004 Smurfit European Open click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2004 Commerce
Bank Long Island Classic click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
2004 The
Reeses Cup Classic click
here for results
LPGA Tour:
2004 U.S. Women's 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
John Deere Classic |
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European Tour:
2004 The
Barclays Scottish Open
Jul 8-11
Loch Lomond
Glasgow, Scotland
Defending: Ernie Els
Purse: $3,500,645 ($602,962 to winner)
Champion's Tour:
2004 Ford Senior Players Championship
Jul 8-11
TPC of Michigan
Dearborn, Michigan
Defending: Craig Stadler
Purse: $2,500,000 ($375,000 to winner)
Nationwide Tour:
2004 Scholarship America Showdown
Jul 7-11
Troy Burne GC
Hudson, Wisconsin
Purse: $475,000 ($85,500 to winner)
LPGA Tour:
2004 BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open
Jul 8-11
Legends on the Niagra
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Defending: Beth Daniel
Purse: $1,300,000 ($195,000 to winner)
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Dr. Phil Helps Golfer
A couple whose passion had waned saw a Dr. Phil and went through a number of appointments that brought little success.
Suddenly at one session Dr. Phil grabs the wife and kisses her passionately.
"There" Dr. Phil says to the husband, "That's what she needs every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday".
"Well," replies the husband, "I can bring her in on Mondays and Wednesdays but Saturdays and Sundays are my golf days."
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The PowerStik will stretch and strengthen your golf muscles allowing you to hit the ball further, no matter what kind of clubs you use. Many of the best golfers in the world use a weighted training aid to add consistency, flexibility and strength to their golf swings. I personally use this trainer and have added 20 to 30 yards on average off the tee. When used properly the Powerstik not only stretches and strengthens muscles but also helps you develop good tempo and plane. It has a normal shaft and choice of regular or training grip. This is the only weighted swing trainer that has all the weight at the head with a standard length shaft, where it does the most good. Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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.
For more
golf tips click
here.
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Do you have relevant questions, comments, or opinions about golf that
you would like to be heard? Have any suggestions to improve this ezine?
Please email them to sean@lowerscoregolf.com
Top Ten PGA Tour money winners:
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Through The Cialis Western Open: 1
Phil Mickelson 15 events $4,908,322 |
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Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER