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Weekly Ezine Oct. 25/04 |
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Tour Results, Schedules, and News:
The last official Champion's Tour event went to Mark McNulty. McNulty capped his rookie year with his third win by a shot over Tom Kite at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Hale Irwin hung onto to the year long Charles Schwab Cup despite a 3-over 75. He tied for seventh with Craig Stadler who was close behind in the Cup standings with his five wins this season.
Ryan Palmer took center stage at the Funai Classic on the PGA Tour with a ten-under 62 in the final round. This was too much for even Vijay who finished second in his quest to win ten tournaments this year. He is playing this week and then again at the Tour Championship next week, so he still has a chance at ten wins and will likely top the ten million dollar mark. For the third week in a row Tom Lehman was in the lead or tied going into the final round. He did not play well on Sunday though.
Monday is the fifth anniversary of Payne Stewart's tragic death. While many attribute the incredible growth of pro golf to Tiger Woods, we have to remember the most noticeable player of this era. Payne Stewart was a unique character on tour and was not afraid to play where other stars would not. Living in Vancouver, Canada it was always a priviledge for me to see Payne Stewart at the Air Canada Championship every year, while the rest of the stars could not be bothered. Let's all salute Payne for his great contribution to the game.
PGA Tour:
2004 Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort:
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Palmer, R. -22
2. Baird, B. -19
2. Singh, V. -19
4. Beckman , C. -18
4. Sindelar, J. -18
6. Calcavecchia, M. -17
6. Clark, T. -17
6. Hensby, M. -17
6. Lehman, T. -17
10. Glover, L. -16
10. Huston, J. -16
10. Lancaster, N. -16
10. Ogilvy, G. -16
10. Pettersson, C. -16
10. Taylor, V. -16
European
Tour:
2004 Open
de Madrid click
here for results
Champion's
Tour:
2004 Charles
Schwab Cup Championship click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
2004 Miccosukee
Championship click
here for results
LPGA Tour:
No Event Scheduled 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
Chrysler Championship |
TV
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European Tour:
2004 Volvo
Masters Andalucia
Oct 28-31
Valderrama Golf Club
Sotogrande, Spain
Champion's Tour:
No Event Scheduled
Nationwide Tour:
2004 Nationwide Tour Championship
Oct 28-31
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Prattville, Alabama
Defending: Chris Couch
Purse: $625,000
LPGA Tour:
2004 CJ Nine Bridges Classic Presented by Sports Today
Oct 29-31
The Club at Nine Bridges
Jeju Do, South Korea
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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? Remember, hitting two more fairways per round can drop up to four shots off your total score.
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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
2004 PGA Tour Money Leaders Through Funai Classic at Disney:
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Vijay Singh 27 events $9,825,167 |
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Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER