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Weekly Ezine May 31/04 |
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The Week on the tours:
David Toms underwent wrist surgery in the off-season after having four good years on tour with 9 wins. This week was an emotional victory for him as it proved that he has come back from the injury. He blew the field away at the Fedex St. Jude Classic this week with a six stroke victory. Toms came into the final round seven shots ahead, and with windy conditions, there was no way anyone would catch him. Toms defended his title here from last year after missing 5 of his last seven cuts. In my opinion, Toms is one of the best mental players on tour and he has been incredibly consistent until his surgery this year. This victory should give him the confidence to regain his status as one of the top ten players in the world.
There was a major this week on the Champions Tour, and the leaderboard looked like a 1980's PGA Tour Major leaderboard. Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Raymond Floyd, Craig Stadler, and Jay Haas are all in the hunt when the fourth round resumes on Monday at the Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla. Terrible storms went through the area on Sunday, so the leaders were barely able to start their rounds before play was called for the day.
Annika Sorenstam continued her dominance with a two shot victory at the Corning Classic.
A powerful field in Europe at the Volvo PGA Championship couldn't stop the 435th ranked player in the world from winning one of the bigest tournaments on the European tour. Scotland's Scott Drummond shot an 8 under par 64 on Sunday to beat Angel Cabrera by two. Drummond was a reserve for the tournament and didn't even know he would be playing until Wednesday. Drummond was better than Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Darren Clarke, Retief Goosen, and Nick Faldo who all finished in or around the top ten.
PGA Tour:
2004
FedEx St. Jude Classic:
1 David Toms
-16
2 Bob Estes -10
T3 Steve Lowery -9
T3 Tim Herron -9
T5 Stewart Cink -8
T5 Fredrik Jacobson -8
T5 Vaughn Taylor -8
T5 Brian Gay -8 71
T9 Charles Howell III -7
T9 Paul Stankowski -7
T9 Craig Bowden -7
T9 Hirofumi Miyase -7
European
Tour:
2004 Volvo PGA Championship click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2004 Senior
PGA Championship click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
2004 SAS
Carolina Classic click
here for results
LPGA Tour:
2004 LPGA Corning Classic 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
Memorial Tournament |
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European Tour:
2004 The
Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
Jun 3-6
Celtic Manor Resort
City of Newport, Wales
Defending: Ian Poulter
Purse: $2,749,000 ($456,000 to winner)
Champion's Tour:
2004 Farmers Charity Classic
Jun 4-6
Egypt Valley Country Club
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Defending: Doug Tewell
Purse: $1,600,000 ($240,000 to winner)
Nationwide Tour:
2004 Knoxville Open
Jun 3-6
Fox Den Country Club
Knoxville, Tennessee
Defending: Vaughn Taylor
Purse: $475,000 ($85,500 to winner)
LPGA Tour:
2004 Kellogg-Keebler Classic
Jun 4-6
Stonebridge Country Club
Aurora, Illinois
Defending: Annika Sorenstam
Purse: $1,200,000 ($180,000 to winner)
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"The best place to refine your swing is, of course, right out on the practice range... You will have an opportunity to make the same mistakes over and over again so that you no longer have to think about them, and they become part of your game." - Stephen Baker
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?
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LowerScoreGolf's
2004
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Top Ten PGA Tour money winners:
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Total Driving: 1
Jonathan Kaye |
Driving Distance: 1 Hank
Kuehne 312.6 yards |
Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER