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Weekly Ezine September 15/03

Click Here to find out how to lower your handicap by 30% with your current skills. The Lowerscores Manual will show you how.

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In this edition:

Try this great game tracking and handicap program

 


Lowerscoregolf.com wants to remind you that each year we rate the top ten public golf courses in various states and provinces. We are always looking for ratings from recreational golfers and pros. This year we will be expanding to include Utah, South Carolina, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, and Florida. Please visit the website to rate a course you have played in these or any other areas.


Last Week on the tours:

The Solheim Cup typified how the U.S women are doing on the LPGA Tour this year. Led by Annika Sorenstam with a 4 and 1 record, the Europeans clobbered the U.S. by seven points. Annika added to a superior year by putting on a good show in front of a home crowd in Sweden.

The PGA Tour was completely washed out on Saturday and will have to be completed on Monday. The leaders, including Vijay Singh have already completed five holes of their final round, and it proves to be an exciting finish with six players witin two shots of the lead.

Meanwhile Larry Nelson picked up another win on the Champion's tour and Retief Goosen won in Europe.


Tour results:


PGA Tour:
John Deere Classic: Play was not completed due to rain on Saturday. Play will finish on Monday with the leaders on the sixth hole.

1. Lewis, J. -12
1. Singh, V. -12
3. Begay III, N. -11
3. Riley, C. -11
3. Stankowski, P. -11
6. Byrd, J. -10
7. Gillis, T. -9
7. Day, G. -9
7. Tanaka, H. -9
10. McCarron, S. -8
10. Durant, J. -8



Champion's Tour:
Constellation Energy Classic:

1. Nelson, L. -9
2. Dent, J. -7
2. Tewell, D. -7
4. Sigel, J. -6
4. Smyth, D. -6
4. Torrance, S. -6
7. Aoki, I. -5
7. Hall , W. -5
7. Levi, W. -5
7. Purtzer, T. -5
7. Quigley, D. -5
7. Wadkins, B. -5
7. Walzel, B. -5



LPGA tour:
Solheim Cup:

Europe 17.5
United States 10.5

 


European tour:
Trophee Lancome:

1. Goosen, R. -18
2. McGinley, P. -14
3. Jacquelin, R. -13
3. Poulter, I. -13
5. Colsaerts, N. -12
5. Otto, H. -12
7. Remesy, J. -11
8. Howell, D. -10
8. Rodiles, C. -10
10. Fowler, P. -9
10. Mcgrane, D. -9
10. Olander, M. -9


For full field scores and stats on all the tours, go to PGA Tour.com.


This week:

PGA tour: 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania,
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa (Mystic Rock Course),
Farmington, PA; Inaugeral event

Champion’s tour: SAS Championship Presented by Business Week
Prestonwood CC, Cary, NC (Raleigh); Defending: Bruce Lietzke

LPGA tour: No event scheduled

European tour: Linde German Masters, Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany; Defending: Stephen Leaney


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Quote/Joke of the week:

"Golf is a game in which you yell "fore", shoot six, and write down five." - Paul Harvey


Tip of the week:

Proper weight shift:


Weight shift is crucial in the golf swing. It is crucial for power and timing, and it is the most problematic part of many recreational player's games. An improper weight shift can dramatically reduce your power and is the cause of the dreaded reverse pivot.

Fortunately it is also one of the easiest things to learn to do properly. In order to get a feel for proper weight shift you have to completely forget about what you are doing with your upper body for a while. To start, I suggest just holding your golf club in the setup position without the club touching the ground. Then simply rock your body side to side by putting your weight from one foot to the other, not unlike dancing. While doing this, just relax your hands, wrists, arms and shoulders and let them move with your movement. The club should start swinging in front of you as you step from foot to foot.

Now just increase the movement until the swing starts get bigger. You will be much like a pendulum, and if you are doing it right, you will be making about a three quarter swing. Continue this movement for about thirty swings with the same easy tempo, then start putting balls in place and hit them with the same motion. As you get the feel for this motion, you can begin to increase the length of your swing while maintaining the weight shift and rhythm.



Equipment:

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Don't necessarily get caught up in thinking you must have name brand clubs. Good quality clones are often made in the same factories with the same materials, can be customized, and are considerably less expensive. At Pine Meadow Golf you can get drivers that only have different printing on them, for $49-$99, steel and titanium. You probably are using a clone computer, which is the same kind of thing. For a good overview of the differences and the best deals on factory-direct golf clubs go to Pine Meadow Golf. These are the clubs I use, and I could any brand.

I use a driver from PineMeadow and I could use any equipment I want. Buy a club from them, try it out and if you don't find that it is as good as any name brand club send it back. They don't get many returns, and they offer great service to match the low prices.



Testimonial:

"I have used at least seven different gadgets to improve my golf swing. I have managed to reduce my handicap by 4 over the 6 years I have used these things. They usually end up in the closet. The LowerScores Manual is different. It helped me understand what it takes to score on the golf course. In one season I lowered my handicap by four more."

Dean, Florida


Training Aids:

Shoot in the 70's with this revolutionary new method of teaching the key elements in proper sequence.


Using Self-Hypnosis to improve your game on the course is something every tour pro does even if they do not call it that. Here is a classic book that will show you how. It is a great read whether you use the skills or not.


"The Golf Trainer Power Performance Program" - Start playing your best golf now. The founder, Mike Pedersen has helped thousands of golfers all over the world improve their games with his golf-specific strength and stretching exercises. His program provides video demonstrations and step-by-step instructions of over 100 exercises. I have seen a lot of programs that say they are golf-specific, but his really is. He also is available at your request via e-mail to answer any of your questions. Click here to go there now, I highly recommend it."

Here are some great warm-up exercises for the first tee.



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Subscriber feedback :

This week we are asking how you think the Player of the Year should be determined. If you could only use one criteria which would it be? a) Money leader, b) Most wins, c) Top money winner who has won a major, d) Best scoring average, e) winner of the Tour Championship

Please email your answers to sean@lowerscoregolf.com


Do you have relevant questions, comments, or opinions about golf that you would like to be heard? Please email them to the above address and we may post them in the ezine.


Travel:


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Top Ten Money Winners 09/07/03:

1 Davis Love III $5,482,038
2 Tiger Woods 5,228,746
3 Vijay Singh 5,072,507
4 Jim Furyk 4,725,978
5 Mike Weir 4,670,339
6 Kenny Perry 4,118,904
7 David Toms 3,337,323
8 Ernie Els 3,137,622
9 Chad Campbell 2,538,038
10 Jay Haas 2,298,752


Good Golfing,

SEAN HARDER

sean@lowerscoregolf.com


P.S. . Click here to learn more about the Lowerscores Manual. By the end of the season you could use the mental and strategic methods in the manual to cut 2 strokes for every 5 on your handicap. You will also learn how to score your mental game and compare it to the pros on tour. You will save at least a sleeve of balls this season if you use the manual, so get it now. It is a great deal.


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