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Weekly Ezine May 3/04 |
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The Week on the tours:
For the second week in a row weather will caused a Monday final round at the HP Classic of New Orleans. Joe Ogilvie leads a tournament where the soft conditions are causing lots of low scores. The two best players in the world at present, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson are in contention. Tiger Woods will make his first start since the Masters this week as he tries to gain some ground on Mickelson and Singh at the Wachovia Championship in North Carolina.
On the LPGA Tour, Jennifer Rosales fired a blistering 65 on Sunday with Annika Sorenstam, Grace Park, and Se Ri Pak on her tail at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship. While many of the leaders went low, Sorenstam could only muster a 71 on Sunday, after starting close to the lead.
Bruce Fleisher became the first repeat winner on the Champion's Tour by annihilating the field by 7 strokes. His first round 64 kept him comfortably in the lead for the entire tournament.
Rain also pelted the European Tour where they could not even complete their third round on Sunday in Italy.
PGA Tour:
2004
HP Classic of New Orleans: third round complete. Fourth round will
go on Monday
1 Joe Ogilvie
-17
T2 Charles Howell III -15
T2 Phil Mickelson -15
T4 Justin Rose -14
T4 Hidemichi Tanaka -14
T6 Vijay Singh -13
T6 K.J. Choi -13
T6 Brian Bateman -13
T6 Guy Boros -13
T6 Paul Azinger -13
T6 Matt Kuchar -13
T12 Joe Durant -12
T12 Ted Purdy -12
T12 Ryan Palmer -12
T12 Ken Duke -12
European
Tour:
2004 61st Telecom Italia Open click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2004 Bruno's
Memorial Classic click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
2004 BMW
Charity Pro-Am at the Cliffs click
here for results
LPGA Tour:
2004 Chick-fil-A Charity Classic Presented by N. Lopez 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
Wachovia Championship |
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European Tour:
2004 The
Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters
May. 6 - 9
Marriott Forest of Arden
Warwickshire, England
Defending: Greg Owen
Purse: $2,870,000
Champion's Tour:
2004
FedEx Kinko's Classic
May. 7 - 9
The Hills Country Club
Austin, Texas
Defending: Hale Irwin
Purse: $1,600,000 ($240,000 to winner)
Nationwide Tour:
2004 Chattanooga Classic Presented by Cummings Cove and Realty Center/GMAC
May. 6 - 9
Black Creek Club
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Purse: $450,000 ($81,000 to winner)
LPGA Tour:
2004 Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill
May. 6 - 9
Kingsmill Golf Club
Williamsburg, Virginia
Defending: Grace Park
Purse: $2,200,000 ($330,000 to winner)
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"Follow-through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown." - Henry Beard and Roy Mckie
Hitting the ground before the ball:
Hitting the ground before the ball, or "fat shots" is a very common problem that can lead to injury. This is caused by either coming into the ball too steeply, and/or decelerating the club head as you hit the ball.
Proper weight shift is important and keeping your right shoulder back on the downswing (opposite for left handers) is crucial. There is a tendency to throw the right shoulder ahead as you come down creating an outside-in steep club path. Focus on swinging more around your body to remedy this. A good drill is to strap your upper arms to your body and hit balls. This makes it impossible to throw the shoulder forward. For this prblem the "Swing Jacket" is an excellent aid.
Don't forget to accelerate through the ball. When you slow down at the bottom of your swing, you will hit it fat every time.
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Top Ten PGA Tour money winners:
Through The Heritage Classic:
1
Phil Mickelson 9 events $3,488,600
2 Vijay Singh 11 events $3,349,866
3 Stuart Appleby 8 events $2,090,320
4 Adam Scott 7 events $2,025,000
5 Davis Love III 9 events $2,004,093
6 Ernie Els 6 events $1,951,400
7 Tiger Woods 7 events $1,930,050
8 Stewart Cink 11 events $1,551,053
9 Jonathan Kaye 11 events $1,468,175
10 Mike Weir 9 events $1,459,480
Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER