Some good tips on posture at adress. Firming up your angles is what I like to call this. As well as using your height to your advantage.
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Add Snow to Golf’s Weather Woes at WGC-Accenture Play Championship
This was really a classic. Very unusual weather in Arizona!
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The 18th green at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship golf tournament in Marana, Ariz., on Wednesday. read more
Celebrities to watch this week at Pebble Beach
This is a article about Pebb;e from a little while back….
By Brendan Mohler
The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am starts Thursday, which means the usual array of celebrities teeing it up alongside the pros. No surprise that the likes of Bill Murray, Carson Daly, Ray Romano and Kenny G are playing, a few of whom have even had some success in past years (Murray won with D.A. Points in 2010; Daly finished fifth with Jason Allred in 2005). Despite the barrage of duck hooks and power slices sure to plague many celebrities, their presence will produce some laughs. It’s hard to take Nick Faldo seriously when he breaks down Bill Murray’s swing: read more
Vibram Fivefingers: A golf shoe like no other
Now this has to be one of the strangest golf shoes that I have ever seen….
By John Strege
Who’s to say anymore what a golf shoe ought to look like? Convention has been discarded. Function has replaced form. read more
Lewis guns for golf No. 1 as she leads HSBC Women’s
Lewis guns for golf No. 1 as she leads HSBC Women’s (via AFP)
America’s Stacy Lewis took a step forward in her quest to replace Tseng Yani as women’s world number one as she shot a red-hot six-under-par 66 to seize control of the HSBC Women’s Champions on Friday. The world number four started the day two back from overnight leader Azahara Munoz, but she holed… read more
Teen golf sensation Ko says no to turning pro
Teen golf sensation Ko says no to turning pro (via AFP)
New Zealand’s teenage golfing sensation Lydia Ko will resist pressure to turn professional following an eye-catching performance at the Women’s Australian Open, her coach said. The 15-year-old, already the world’s number one amateur and the youngest tournament winner in US LPGA history, came close… read more
Bubba Watson laughs off Masters miracle shot
Bubba Watson laughs off Masters miracle shot (via AFP)
It was the wonder shot that propelled him to his first major, but Bubba Watson said he’d try and avoid a repeat at this year’s Masters of the astonishing lob that helped him win at Augusta. “Hopefully I hit the fairway from now on so I don’t need to practice that shot anymore,” he said of the high… read more
McIlroy, Woods out in first round at WGC Match Play
McIlroy, Woods out in first round at WGC Match Play (via AFP)
World number one Rory McIlroy and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods fell in the first round of the World Golf Championships Match Play event in Arizona. Ireland’s Shane Lowry, ranked 68th in the world and the 64th-seed in the 64-man field, on Thursday toppled Northern Ireland’s McIlroy 1-up, while… read more
Snedeker up to fourth in world golf rankings
Snedeker up to fourth in world golf rankings (via AFP)
On-form American Brandt Snedeker is up to a career-best fourth in the world rankings following his win Sunday in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. That triumph came hard on the heels of back-to-back runner-up finishes behind Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on the US PGA circuit. Snedeker’s win edges him ahead… read more
Tiger’s ex-coach to polish Obama’s golf game
Tiger’s ex-coach to polish Obama’s golf game (via AFP)
Once he obsessed over swing states, now he has the luxury of worrying about the state of his own swing. Barack Obama will flee winter this long President’s Day weekend and plans to polish his golf game on a stag weekend in balmy Florida, reportedly enlisting Butch Harmon, the coach who once schooled… read more