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Issue # 257 Different Strokes Golf Newsletter - Jan 12, 2005Date: Jan 12, 2005
Subject: Issue # 257 Different Strokes Golf Newsletter - Jan 12, 2005
Different Strokes - The Golfhelp Newsletter
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Issue #257
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YOUR THOUGHTS?
Arnold Palmer said recently that American players need to
travel more if they want to be considered true champions.
(See ARNIE: GET LEGS, CHAMPS below.) Agree? Disagree?
rod@golfhelp.com
In this issue:
>> THIS WEEK
>> ARNIE: GET LEGS, CHAMPS
>> TALCUM TIP (TO STOP THE TOP)
>> VOTAW WILL RESIGN
>> NOTEWORTHY (AFFORDABLE KNIFE IRONS/HYBRIDS)
>> EMBEZZLED ALMOST $1 MILLION FROM CALLAWAY
>> NOTEWORTHY (CALLAWAY HOT GOLF BALL)
>> GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
>> HE SAID
>> IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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THIS WEEK
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PGA
Sony Open in Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan. 13-16
Ernie Els (-18) $864,000
LPGA
No event scheduled.
CHAMPIONS
No event scheduled.
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ARNIE: GET LEGS, CHAMPS
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Speaking after playing an exhibition round at the Australian,
Arnold Palmer suggested that if American professional golfers
want to be considered world class, they had better sign up to
play in more of the world than they do now. "I think if
there's a reflection on our really good U.S. golfers, it is
that they are reluctant to travel around the world and
participate in events in other countries," he said. To
reinforce his point, Palmer attributed last year's U.S. Ryder
Cup loss to the fact that too many Americans are not familiar
with European conditions. In his prime, Palmer played in
Australia, Great Britain, Africa, and Asia.
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TALCUM TIP (TO STOP THE TOP)
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Know someone who has a topping the ball problem? Given that
topping is caused mostly by trying to scoop the ball into the
air instead of hitting down and through it, tell this person
to practice with talcum powder. He or she should practice by
putting a small amount of talcum powder just in front of the
ball, then swing so as to hit the ball first and splash the
powder into the air. Any remaining talc can be used where it
itches.
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VOTAW WILL RESIGN
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Ladies' Professional Golf Association Tour commissioner Ty
Votaw has announced his resignation effective at the end of
the 2005 season. Votaw, 42, took the LPGA helm in 1999,
having served the organization as general counsel since 1991.
During his tenure total annual prize money grew from $36
million to an impressive $45 million this year. Adhering to
the mantra "less is more," Votaw turned a shaky Tour schedule
with too many marginal, tentatively sponsored events into one
featuring 30 tournaments with prize money in excess of $1
million. One of his most successful initiatives was to bring
an international aspect to the Tour by sanctioning or
sponsoring tournaments in Japan, South Korea, England, France,
and Canada, and by adding two events in Mexico in 2005.
Commenting on his decision to move on, Votaw said, I feel very
good about having given the LPGA all I've got, and I feel good
about the results."
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NOTEWORTHY (AFFORDABLE KNIFE IRONS/HYBRIDS)
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The La Jolla Club Golf Company makes a set of sticks called
Knife Irons that incorporate features designed to forgive at
a price set to attract. The Knife Iron offers shallow,
patented three-blade technology while maintaining a classic
profile and topline. Shallow blades allow the golfer to better
move the ball, according to La Jolla, and control the ball
flight. Hollow core perimeter weighting makes for more
forgiveness, and a tungsten ring back weight encourages higher
trajectory, longer, straighter shots, and more consistency on
off-center hits. The Knife Irons are available as 3-iron
through pitching wedge. MSRP: $349/set. Also available are
the company's new Knife Hybrids, also with three-blade
technology in 3,4, and 5 versions. MSRP: $99.99.
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EMBEZZLED ALMOST $1 MILLION FROM CALLAWAY
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A former Adams Golf employee is alleged to have embezzled
about $970,000 from the company over a period of 3 1/2 years,
according to a document the company filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on Dec. 30. Company officials have
declined to name the accused, but have indicated that the
person was not an officer of the company. The theft was
discovered by an employee who saw something that "didn't look
right." If you hold Callaway Golf stock, it does not appear
its value will suffer. The company will try to recover its
loss from its insurance carrier.
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NOTEWORTHY (CALLAWAY HOT GOLF BALL)
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Callaway Golf has introduced another HX golf ball. Called the
Hot Golf Ball, this new family member is of three-piece
construction that optimizes ball speed and soft feel with a
super-soft boundary layer between its hot core and aerodynamic
cover. Company literature describes improvements to the Hot
Golf Ball as "significant . . . over traditional 2-piece distance
offerings. The new, highly resilient core -- essentially the ball's
engine -- is super-fast, and kick starts a chain reaction that produces
explosiveness off the clubface. The revolutionary HEX Aerodynamics on
the cover also are improved, with the hexagons and pentagons optimized
to reduce drag, increase lift and maximize distance." Shipping on
January 15. MSRP: $32/doz.
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GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
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About your memorable golf moments:
"Two come to mind, one mine and the other a friend's. Mine:
par three, tee shot in a bunker, bunker shot 15 inches from
hole. miss the par putt for bogey. Friend's shot: (retiring
Away Tournament Chairman for my senior men's club) 18th hole
of the last away tournament of year and his last term of
office, 103-yard par three, 8-iron, and he gets a hole-in-one.
Not just the shot, but the circumstances, are what make it
memorable." Don Weber
My cousin was a par shooting golfer, golf was his life. One
day during a round of golf in Indianapolis, he hit a 3 wood
about 230 yards, and his ball flew the green, hit a tree then
hit a tee marker for the next hole then headed for the hole
and went in. . . ." Rob Robbins (North Carolina)
". . . better than getting a hole-in-one myself was the
thrill of watching my son get one, especially after I
suggested he use a different iron than he had intended to use.
. . ." Joe
"Following Phil Mickelson around the back nine at Shinnecock
during the final round of the U.S. Open only to watch him
double bogey 17. . . ." JS
". . . my hole-in-one on December 18th during our Saturday
Blitz. I used an Adams 4 iron-wood to the 163 yard par 3. I
knew that it was a good shot but couldn't tell where it
finished due to early morning shade. . . . We looked around
but saw no ball until one of the guys looked in the cup . . .
my bar bill was over a $100. . . .´Don
"Had my first ever 18-hole round under par. Better yet, it
was in a small tournament, so it was noticed. Also shot even
par in a similar event. It's been a good year for me." CO
". . . my daughter and I got to play Whistling Straits in
early November. While the weather was cold and the sun was
out, the wind was . . . 50 mph gusts or better. . . . at a
short par 4 named "Highland Trek," with the wind blowing hard
left to right, I hit a drive that immediately left the planet
right. . . . walking between some huge . . . mounds, I found
my ball nestled atop one of them. . . . the wind was so strong
I had to retreat back behind the base of another mound. . . .
grabbed a five iron . . . got over the ball and after
attempting to keep my balance numerous times, and with a "what
the hell" swing thought, I hit a knockdown that immediately
went straight for the flag. It took several bounces and
stopped. I went on to make an improbable par. . . . From a
lost ball to a great shot and par on a great course, I could
have been anywhere on earth but making that shot with my
daughter at Whistling Straits made it all very special."
John Suess (Milwaukee)
". . . winning a rather large Salvation Army charity scramble
in June. It was a four-man scramble, and my team only had
three players. We shot a -15 and won 5 rounds of golf at a
prestigious club in the KC area, plus many other prizes. We
will be back and maybe this time with a fourth." Ken (Kansas
City)
"October 11, 2004, #14 par-5 at Waterford Golf Club (a Hale
Irwin design) in Rock Hill, SC. I smoked a drive that headed
for a tree in the corner of the slight dogleg, designed to
keep you from cutting off too much. But it cleared the tree
and ran further down the incline. I was 184 yards (GPS on the
cart) to the pin with a lake left of the green, traps to the
right and the green breaking left toward the lake. The pin
was in the middle of the green so I aimed just right of the
pin and hit a five iron just like I hoped I would. It hit and
ran about 12 feet right into the cup! My first and likely
only double-eagle." HD
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HE SAID
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"Without a doubt it helps having a partner there. We're like a
team. We go to tournaments together. It makes you stronger."
Tiger Woods, about his new wife Elin.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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= Stuart Appleby shot a six-under 67 on Sunday to win the
Mercedes Championships for the second straight year.
= Fuzzy Zoeller watched on a TV monitor while doctors
performed angioplasty to relieve blockages in two of his
arteries.
= Michelle Wie has accepted a sponsor exemption to play in the
LPGA's Safeway International, March 14-20 in Phoenix.
= Players 40 years old or older won 15 PGA events last year.
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