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Weekly Ezine May 10/04 |
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The Week on the tours:
The players said that the Wachovia Championship had the feel of a major this week. The big three, Tiger, Phil, and Vijay all made Sunday charges, but it was Joey Sindelar overtaking third round leader Aaron Oberholser for his first win in almost fifteen years. This was the third longest period between wins in the history of the PGA Tour. Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh continued to be fixtures in the top ten and Tiger Woods showed some signs of coming back, especially with his putter. Woods made some good putts and just missed a few others.
On the LPGA Tour, Se Ri Pak qualified for the Hall of Fame with a 65 to come from behind and win the Michelob Ultra Open.
Barry Lane also shot six under on Sunday to win in england on the European Tour. It was his first win in ten years.
Sixty-eight year old Bob Charles had a share of the lead going into the final Round of the Kinko's Classic. Unfortunately he could not put together a good round on Sunday. Larry Nelson's 67 was enough to take the title.
PGA Tour:
2004
Wachovia Championship: *Sindelar wins on second playoff hole
1 Joey Sindelar
-11
2 Arron Oberholser -11
T3 Tiger Woods -10
T3 Carlos Franco -10
T5 Phil Mickelson -9
T5 Steve Flesch -9
T5 Notah Begay III -9
T5 Jeff Maggert -9
9 Mathias Gronberg -8
T10 Lucas Glover -7
T10 Kevin Sutherland -7
T10 Heath Slocum -7
T10 Vijay Singh -7
T10 Geoff Ogilvy -7
European
Tour:
2004 The Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2004
FedEx Kinko's Classic click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
2004 Chattanooga
Classic Presented by Cummings Cove and Realty Center/GMAC click
here for results
LPGA Tour:
2004 Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill 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
EDS Byron Nelson Championship |
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Coverage: |
European Tour:
2004 BMW
Asian Open
May. 13 - 16
Thomson Golf Course
Shanghai, China People's Republic of
Defending: Padraig Harrington
Purse: $1,500,000
Champion's Tour:
No
Event Scheduled
Nationwide Tour:
No Event Scheduled
LPGA Tour:
2004 Franklin American Mortgage Championship . . .
May. 14 - 16
Vanderbuilt Legends Club
Franklin, Tennessee
Defending Champ: Inaugural Event
Purse: $900,000
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"Hacker:
Any ideas on how I can cut about ten strokes off my score?
Caddie: Yes,
quit on seventeen."
-Melvin Helitzer
How far should each club go?
There is
quite a range for which clubs go which distance depending on skill level
etc. Also higher handicappers tend to hit all clubs over a 7 iron a similar
distance. For instance, many high handicappers may hit a 7 iron 150 yards,
and a three iron only about 160 or 170. I will give you the range that
most golfers should shoot for with a full swing:
Sand wedge 53 to 60 degrees - 50-100 yards
PW - 90-120 yards
9iron - 110-135 yards
8iron - 130-150 yards
7iron - 140-160 yards
6iron - 150-170 yards
5iron - 160-175 yards
4iron - 170-190 yards
3iron - 180-200 yards
5wood - 180- 210 yards
3wood - 200-235yards
Driver - 210-250
The upper range is for longer high handicappers and good amateurs, with
some good players able to hit the woods farther. The pros are at the higher
ranges for this until you get past 7 iron when they start to hit it longer.
Also remember that the pros have very custom clubs, so there lofts might
be different from standard clubs.
If you find
that you are not hitting the longer irons close to the distance above,
it is probably time to start using fairway woods like the 5, 7, and 9
woods. A five woods should be similar to a iron. Seven wood similar to
a 4 or 5 iron, and 9 wood like a six or seven iron.
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golf tips click
here.
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Top Ten PGA Tour money winners:
Through The Wachovia Championship:
1
Vijay Singh 13 events $4,396,666
2 Phil Mickelson 11 events $4,134,100
3 Tiger Woods 8 events $2,254,850
4 Stuart Appleby 10 events $2,177,120
5 Davis Love III 10 events $2,058,253
6 Adam Scott 7 events $2,025,000
7 Ernie Els 6 events $1,951,400
8 Jonathan Kaye 12 events $1,554,975
9 Stewart Cink 12 events $1,551,053
10 Mike Weir 10 events $1,513,640
Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER