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oakley golf shoes australia TODAY'S GOLF - Wednesday, May 19, 2004"Tips... News... And More... All For The Love Of The Game" ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. PGA TOURS - Schedule 2. GOLF CHUCKLE 3. PRO REPORT - GOLF SCIENCE PGA TOURS EDS Byron Nelson Championship -- Site: Irving, Texas. -- Schedule: Today-Sunday. -- Courses: TPC at Four Seasons Resort (7,017 yards, par 70) and Cottonwood Valley Course (6,846, par 70). -- Purse: $5.8 million. Winner's share: $1,044,000. -- Television: USA (Thursday, 4-6 p.m.; Friday, 3-6 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.). LPGA TOUR Franklin American Mortgage Championship -- Site: Franklin, Tenn. -- Schedule: Friday-Sunday. -- Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club, Ironhorse Course (6,458 yards, par 72). -- Purse: $900,000. Winner's share: $135,000. -- Television: ESPN (Friday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 4-6 p.m.). CHAMPIONS TOUR -- Next event: Allianz Championship, May 21-23, Glen Oaks Country Club, West Des Moines, Iowa. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Most Powerful Small Business Software Package Around is Now FREE For A Limited Time... You read it correctly... For a limited time, Small Business Pro, which normally sells for $29.99 is yours for just s&h. Whether you're just getting started in business or well on the way to success, get the help you need to keep it legal with Small Business Pro. This CDRom contains six bestselling business books that are in a searchable online format: - Tax Savvy for Small Business - Legal Forms for a Small Business - Starting and Running a Small Business - Employer's Legal Handbook - Marketing Without Advertising - How to Write a Business Plan But the meat of Small Business Pro is the inclusion of the forms and contracts (over 125). Don't wait to pick this piece of software up, because it will instantly start saving you money the moment you use it. Plus with it being just the cost of s&h, supplies won't last long. To get your copy visit: Small Business Legal Pro ------------------------------------------------------------ GOLF CHUCKLE Four men went golfing one day. Three of them headed to the first tee and the fourth went into the clubhouse to take care of the bill. The three men started talking, bragging about their sons. The first man told the others, "my son is a homebuilder and he is so successful that he gave a friend a new home for free." The second man said, "My son was a car salesman and now he owns a multi-line dealership. He's so successful that he gave a friend a new Mercedes, fully loaded." The third man, not wanting to be outdone, bragged, "My son is a stockbroker and he's doing so well that he gave his friend an entire stock portfolio." The fourth man joined them on the tee after a few minutes of taking care of business. The first man mentioned, "We were just talking about our sons. How is yours doing?" The fourth man replied, "Well, my son is gay, and dances in a gay bar. I'm not totally thrilled about this, but he must be doing well. His last three boyfriends gave him a house, a brand new Mercedes and a stock portfolio. ------------------------------------------------------------ Good-Bye... Old-fashioned Mouse Pads Here is the FUN and PRACTICAL new concept in mouse pads. Not only does this mouse pad work great with a regular or optical mouse, but it doubles as a calendar and note pad with 40 sheets for taking notes, and displays a convenient list of common keyboard shortcuts. No more sticky notes on the side of your monitor... get the GopherCentral Mouse Pad. Just $4.99 for one or SAVE on two or more, $3.99 ea. VISIT: GopherCentral Mouse Pad ------------------------------------------------------------ PRO REPORT GOLF SCIENCE In 2003, the Mayo Clinic published a study of the yips and, as you can read below, it didn't sit too well with Chuck Hogan, one of the most original thinkers in the golf business. Chuck believes that the yips are just a piece of learning, not a disease. It's human nature to seek pleasure and avoid pain, and in most cases the choice is clear-cut: We see a snake and run; we see a comfy chair and curl up in it. But when it comes to a short putt, the brain of the yipper is in a quandary. It must stroke the putt to finish the hole and get its reward, but it doesn't want to experience the pain of the miss, a pain that the golfer has blown so completely out of proportion that it must be avoided. Enter Mr. Hogan and his open letter to the clinic: "It is well-documented that golf went from a game played in Scotland to a matter of money, politics, bio-mechanics and a self-esteem issue in the United States. I must say that your recent article regarding the 'yips' was a giant step backward for golf and golfers. "The yips syndrome, regard- less of research by the Mayo Clinic, is simply a learned behavior. The human system ... moves away from pain and toward pleasure. When golfers 'learn' that a 2-foot putt is dangerous, the perception generates a vascular shutoff. While the golfer's subconscious is moving away, the golfer's conscious mind still moves 'toward' to execute the putt. The simultaneous 'toward-away' demands are manifest and expressed as a spasmodic response. "Then, along comes ... the Mayo Clinic to 'discover' the 'problem.' What they find, sure enough, is evidence of fear in the brain-scan imagery. Now they give it a name -- 'dystonia.'" "No solution was offered .. so the golfer is left with the idea that s/he could be the victim at any moment. And, there is no controlling this monster. This is another ADPD (Attention Deficit Putting Disorder -- don't you just love labels?). Isn't it enough that Americans have taken a game (G-A-M-E) and turned it into a job? Isn't it enough that your self-esteem and pecking order is at stake and all about a putt? Well, apparently not -- now they've invented a disease. "Suffice it to say that you (Mayo) have taken more joy out of Muddville and added more anxiety to golfers. Since the brain researchers are more interested in research for the sake of research, can't we just keep it in academia where it won't give little golfers nightmares?" ------------------------------------------------------------ Questions? Comments? Email us: mailto:golf@gophercentral.com Email your comments ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://news.gophercentral.com/s/?a=u&n=440&s=49160041 Unsubscribe You are subscribed as: tff@flashmail.com If you are having problems unsubscribing please email us at: Problems? * PLEASE allow 48-hrs for removal from this list * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Fun and Amusement by emailL: http://www.gophercentral.com More F-R-E-E Newsletters ____________________________________________________________ END OF TODAY'S GOLF Copyright 2004 by PENN LLC. All rights reserved. Please forward this, in its entirety, to others. 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oakley golf shoes australia TODAY'S GOLF - Thursday, May 13, 2004"Tips... News... And More... All For The Love Of The Game" ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. ASK THE PRO 2. IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME - Going Low 3. THE GOLF DOCTOR - Fill the gap ASK THE PRO Q: I'm a right-handed player who has a terrible time in the bunkers. I've had lessons in them, but nine times out of 10 I still skull the ball and send it zinging over the green. I can't seem to hit the sand first on a consistent basis. I'd appreciate any tip that may help. ‹ Bill R., from the Web A: You are probably "overcooking" the standard bunker advice to "start, swing and finish with your weight on your left foot." Too much of a good thing can be ruinous to a golf swing, especially in the sand, where, if you slide ahead of the ball, your sand wedge skids into the belly of the ball. Try this method, offered by Lee Trevino when he was playing in a pro-am with a partner who had the same problem as you do: Take a stance with your legs in the same position as if you were riding a horse, i.e., with your weight evenly distributed in the stirrups, knees bent and your legs "bow-legged" with pressure on the outside rims of both feet - enough pressure to keep the knees separated. Now, as you swing, stay in this "bow-legged" position with no movement of anything but your arms. This tip works because it keeps you from sliding forward with your body and allows you to hit the sand behind the ball (about 2 inches), utilizing the "bounce" built into the club head ‹ just what you want in the bunker. It worked wonders for Lee's partner, and it may work for you too. But after you get the feel, be careful that you don't "overcook" this method or you'll be e-mailing me again to find out how to cure the "fat" bunker shot. ------------------------------------------------------------ Don't wait until November. Bush? Kerry? Vote now in the NATIONAL Presidential Preference Poll.... We are asking you to participate in the first presidential preference poll. Over 10 million ballots are being sent to voters across the nation and this is your chance to help shape the future of our country. Will it be Bush or Kerry? How does Nader affect the outcome? 21st Century Campaigns is conducting this independent preference poll and is not aligned with any party. Please take 45 seconds to let us know who your favorite candidate is. We will share the results with you with a link to a special Website for you to see how the country is leaning. visit: http://www.takepolls.com/21st/pre_poll.asp?i=6 ------------------------------------------------------------ IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME Going Low Match Posture With Path The secret to consistently putting well is to match your posture to your stroke type. However, the conventional wisdom applied by most recreational golfers is that, while putting, anything goes (witness the claw grip, the left- hand low technique and the belly-anchored stroke). And while many a Tour victory has been fueled by an unorthodox method, one fundamental shouldn't be ignored: How you stand to the ball conditions how you stroke it. Shoulder Stroke When putting, your shoulders work perpendicularly to your spine. Thus, if your putting posture is upright, your shoulders move more "around" rather than "up and down." This merry-go-round action opens the putterface during the backswing, then squares it up coming to the ball (sans any excess manipulations). This is a very effective way to putt, as the exploits of golfers such as Ben Crenshaw and Greg Norman suggest. Other great putters, such as Jack Nicklaus and Dave Stockton, favor a much more bent posture at address, with the spine tilted and the chest pointed toward the ground. In this posture, the shoulders, working at right angles to the spine, move more "up and down" than "around." During the backstroke, the front shoulder moves down while the back shoulder rocks up. This teeter-totter motion is reversed during the forward stroke. With such a stroke, the face remains square to the intended line of roll from beginning to end. The conclusion you should draw from the above is that if you feel comfortable standing upright over the ball (as many "bad backers" prefer), then don't try to keep the putterface pointed at the target throughout the stroke. To match your posture and your stroke, allow the putterface to rotate with your shoulders. If you chose a bent posture, then the pendulum stroke is the correct match. Allow the putter to follow the up-and-down action of the shoulders and remain square to the line. This seems a simple proposition: Upright posture plus a horizontal shoulder turn equals an open-to-square stroke; bent posture plus a vertical shoulder turn equals a square- to-square stroke. However, without the proper attention to what you're doing, it's oh-so-easy to drift into mis-match. Drifting Into Mismatch If your posture is too upright for your square-to-square action, it will force you to pick up the putter in an attempt to keep the face from opening. The tendency with this mis-match is to pull the putt. Yank enough of them and you'll start cutting your putts to keep them online, a correction that imparts sidespin on the ball and significant- ly increases the chances of developing "lip-rosy." If you're starting to endure more than your share of lip-outs, it's a signal that you need to get back into the state of match by either bending more from your hips, or keeping your upright posture and allowing the putter to open on the backstroke. If you choose to change your stroke, make sure you do it correctly. Remember, the putterface opens not by conscious manipulation of the hands or arms (the death knell of any stroke), but by naturally moving the putterhead slightly to the inside of the target line during the backstroke. The face will return to square on the forwardstroke as it retraces its inside route back to the ball. If your posture is too bent over for your open-to-square stroke, you've created a mis-match that will force the putterface open at impact, resulting in a push. If you're pushing and/or jerking your putts, it's a sign that your posture and your stroke don't match. The solution is simple- either straighten up and keep your open-to-square stroke pattern, or stay bent and go square-to-square. ------------------------------------------------------------ NEVER Miss A Cellular Call Again Introducing the Bugs Bunny Flashing Cell Phone Chain for F-R-E-E Are you one of those types that always seems to miss phone calls on your Cell Phone? Well not anymore. Introducing the latest technological breakthrough for your Cell Phone... the Bugs Bunny Flashing Cell Phone Chain. The crafty cellular flashing chain emits 3 multi-color flashing lights BEFORE your phone receives a call signal. Now you can turn off the ringer, or play your music as loud as you want without ever missing a call. 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Since then, the variance between clubs has remained about the same (4 degrees), but the standard lofts on today's clubs are stronger; for example, a 5-iron is 28 degrees ‹ almost the equivalent of the 4-iron of 1980. Stronger lofts have led to an interesting dilemma when it comes to the more- lofted clubs ‹ the 9-iron and wedges. When you look in a golfer's bag today you'll often find a 9-iron with 44 degrees of loft, a pitching wedge of 48 degrees, a sand wedge of 56 degrees and a lob wedge of 60 degrees. The eight degrees between the pitching wedge and the sand wedge translates into a 20-yard gap, using the standard 2.5 yards per degree of loft. A 20-yard gap in the 100-yard range might be OK for a pro who can adjust his or her swing, but it's too large for most golfers. I've actually seen players lay up to the 100- yard marker because they see the tour pros do it on TV, and then they have no club in their bag to comfortably hit the shot. To be on the safe side, ask your PGA professional to check the lofts of your clubs on a lie/loft machine. You may well need an aptly named "gap wedge" to round out your bag. They come in the 50- to 53-degrees-of-loft range to fill the gap. It may be the best purchase you make this season. ------------------------------------------------------------ Questions? Comments? Email us: mailto:golf@gophercentral.com Email your comments ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://news.gophercentral.com/s/?a=u&n=440&s=49160041 Unsubscribe You are subscribed as: tff@flashmail.com If you are having problems unsubscribing please email us at: Problems? * PLEASE allow 48-hrs for removal from this list * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Fun and Amusement by emailL: http://www.gophercentral.com More F-R-E-E Newsletters ____________________________________________________________ END OF TODAY'S GOLF Copyright 2004 by PENN LLC. All rights reserved. Please forward this, in its entirety, to others. |
