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Subject: Issue #360 Different Strokes Golf Newsletter - Jan 17, 2006

Different Strokes - The Golfhelp Newsletter
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Issue #360
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WE'RE WONDERING
Now that everyone has had some exposure to, if not total familiarity
with, the PGA Tour's multi-faceted inaugural FedEx Cup chase for $10
million, it's time to ask for some opinions.  Good?  Bad?  Wait and
see?  (DS PERPLEXED) Will golf fans begin to focus on points garnered,
not money earned, by the pros as the season progresses?   Any thoughts?
rod@golfhelp.com

In this issue:
>> THIS WEEK
>> DS PERPLEXED
>> SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE PGA SHOW
>> KEEP QUIET HANDS
>> SONY DEMON STRIKES WIE AGAIN
>> SITE TO SEE (UPRIGHTGOLF.COM)
>> RORY HELPS SOME MORE
>> PGA HEADS (FAR) EAST
>> GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
>> HE SAID
>> SHORT GAME

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    THIS WEEK
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PGA
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Palm Desert, California
La Quinta, California
Bermuda Dunes, California
Jan. 17-2
FedEx Cup Points: 25,000
2006 winner: Chad Campbell (-25) $900,000

LPGA
Women's World Cup of Golf
Sun City, NW Province, South Africa
Jan 19-21
2006 winner: Sweden (-7)

CHAMPIONS
MasterCard Championship
Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii
Jan. 19-21
2006 winner: Loren Roberts (-25) $290,000

NATIONWIDE
No event scheduled.
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    DS PERPLEXED
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When the professional baseball and football suits decided to implement
initiatives like wild cards and playoffs, we said okay, we'll do our
best to follow our favorites without having to consult some rabid fan,
or our son-in-law.  We also love college  basketball, but much beyond
the New England scene, we can't be bothered to follow umpteen teams in
the Big This and the Little That or the Top Whatever.  The same for
college football.  Ever see one of those office pool flow charts?
We were pretty competent when it came to following the exploit of our
favorites on the PGA tours.  Whoever won the most money in a given year
seemed like a good candidate for best player honors (I know the cons,
but at least it was simple).  Then along comes the FedEx Cup and yet
another challenging learning curve, this time initiated by suits
running a sport we love and thought we knew more than a little about. 
Well, we'll persevere, but for the time being, cut us some catch-up
slack.  Oh by the way, did we mention that we used to know something
about stock car racing, too?
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SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE PGA SHOW
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Rod and I will be both attending the PGA show (Jan 25th-27th) this year.
We plan to do some extended coverage this year. We're going to be
taking a bunch of pictures and maybe even a few video clips. The
Different Strokes issue after the show will have our report and links
to articles and pictures.

If you're going to attend the show and you'd like to meet up and say
hello send an email to joe@golfhelp.com and we'll make a schedule to
meet. If you can't make it to the show but you'd like some detailed
information about a product exhibited at the show e-mail me info about
the product and I'll try to stop by that booth, take some pictures and
do a little report.

It will be interesting to see what this years show is like. A number of
industry friends who have been regular attendees have told me they're
not attending this year's event so I think attendance might be down a
bit. The show has been cut from 4 days to 3 days. Golf doesn't seem to
be a particularly health industry right now. The PGA Show no matter the
health of the industry is the one big show of the year for the industry.
The folks at Reed Exposition who run the show are always helpful and do
a real nice putting the show on so I am looking forward to attending.
Look for a full report on the PGA Show when we come back.
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    KEEP QUIET HANDS
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Call this a reminder, not a tip, something to remember until it becomes
ingrained.  It's about your hands during the putting stroke, and the
need to feel as though they are one with, not separate from, your
shoulders and arms as you strike the ball.  The arms and shoulders
swing back and forth to make the stroke.  The hands, lightly holding
the putter, just go along for the ride.
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    SONY DEMON STRIKES WIE AGAIN
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Last week Michelle Wie again failed to make the cut at the Sony Open. 
It was her fourth consecutive attempt to finish the Sony - with the
same result.  She made first try made as a ninth grader.  One could say
she's devoted a good part of her high school career to making that cut.
 Sadly, you could also say she has almost become a "fixture of failure"
there.  Each time Wie shows up to compete with the men, she does so
with less fanfare and less notice by the men she hopes to equal or
surpass.  The whole situation is becoming more and more ho-hum.  To her
credit, Michelle soldiers on.
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    SITE TO SEE (UPRIGHTGOLF.COM)
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One of our mottos is "the less bending, the better."  Upright Golf has
taken up the same cause for golfers by developing an impressive line of
easy-to-use aids for reducing repetitive stooping and bending on the
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    RORY HELPS SOME MORE
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For every  birdie he scored during the past two years Rory Sabbatini
has donated money to support U.S. troops.  Now, in addition to his
support for "Birdies for the Brave," Sabbatini has connected with
Banfield, The Pet Hospital to raise money for the Intrepid Fallen
Heroes Fund, which helps soldiers and families affected by wars in Iraq
or Afghanistan.  To honor the troops in the name of their pet, owners
who visit TPC courses or one of  Banfield's  600 locations in the
United States, the United Kingdom and Mexico, will buy a tag for $2.
Sabbatini has two miniature Dachshunds, Chloe and Zoe, whose names he's
had stitched onto his head covers.  The Banfield project expects to
raise about $500,000.
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     PGA HEADS (FAR) EAST
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Amid the controversy in China about the relative merits of golf, the
PGA has established the PGA  Golf Academy at Beijing's Bayhood No. 9
Golf Club.  The setup includes a two-tier driving range, extensive
practice facilities with a short game area complete with a par-3 course
and two putting greens.  (Weren't we wishing recently that there were
more of these on this end?)  Interest in golf in the Far East is
soaring.  More than 20 PGA pros are working there at some pretty swanky
golf clubs.  It looks as though, like it or not, golf is there to stay
in Asia.
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    GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
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"Eight years ago when I got back into golf, I purchased a set of metal
woods, 3-11, and just used my 5 iron and up. . . .  For more accuracy I
gradually moved to the 4- and then the 3-irons.  Now I have five
Nickent hybrids, 14 thru 26 degrees.   I love them.  At 59, my speed is
probably maxed out, but their range is from 220+ to 175 yards, and my
6-iron on down takes care of the rest. . . ."  John (Keene, TX)

"Guess I'm bucking the trend. I carry more fairway metals now than I
ever have.  I carry 14 clubs: 3-5-7-9-fairway metals, 3 and 5 hybrid
irons, 7 though L-wedge irons (6 total), driver and putter. I find that
the older I get, the more I'm hitting fairway metals to get the
distance I used to get with my irons. I will probably drop the 3 hybrid
soon and add an 11 wood since my 3- and 5-woods can replace the 3
hybrid."  G C

". . . just added one more fairway metal to my bag.  Now carry six with
the balance irons, three wedges,  and putter. JW

". . . have irons from 4-iron to SW.  Seldom use the 4-iron and don't
bother with a 3-iron. Gap wedge, lob wedge, a driver,  driving iron (
replacing a 3-wood), 5-wood, putter." BR

". . . carry three fairway metals, 3 and 5, plus a rescue club. In
addition to a driver and irons 4 to 9, I have 54-, 56- and 60-degree
wedges, plus putter. Compared to a few years back I've dropped two low
irons and added an extra wedge plus the rescue club. Fortunately, even
at 58 years of age I still hold an official handicap of 2 and play
regularly twice a week."  Leo Reuter (Singapore)

". . . My bag used to carry 3-5-7 woods with sometimes the 9.  Today it
has two wedges and a 3-wood, with all else being hybrids.  Typically I
do replace the 2-hybrid with a 5-wood and include the 3-4-5- hybrids. .
. almost never carry the 3-4-5-irons anymore.  I just have more
confidence with hybrids.   Being left-handed makes it hard to get some
designs without robbing a bank." MK

". . . have a set of Ping eye 2+ irons, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-PW-SW-LW, a
putter and a driver.  I use all of them. . . . am 62 years of age, and
still cannot hit a fairway wood, or a utility club. . . ." Robert
Duvall (Chandler, Ariz.)

". . . still prefer fairway woods to hybrids.  I clearly hit them
farther and just prefer the overall experience.  It probably helps that
I hit them fairly straight.  I carry 14 clubs - a driver, 3-5-7 fairway
woods, 4-iron, pw, a gap wedge, a 58* sand/lob wedge and a putter. . . .
" Marty Scanlan (Springfield, IL)

". . . no longer carry a 5-wood, but my 3-wood will stay in my bag.  I
need it for tee shots that require accuracy, for holes that require a
lay-up, and to reach the par-5s.  I carry two hybrids to fill the gap
between 3-wood and irons 4 through 9, and three wedges." E. Rosloniec

"Driver (10.5); Rescue clubs (16, 19 and 21); Irons (4-pw); Sand wedges
(54 and 58); Putter"
Al Nebolini (Clifton Park, NY)

". . . have the 3, 5, 7 TaylorMade V Fairway Metals and the 4 and 5
TaylorMade Hybrid clubs. TaylorMade 360 Driver and Ping Irons 6, 7, 8,
9, PW, SW, Putter." Chuck Walton (Tacoma, Washington)

"Since I've gotten older, I carry 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 woods;  7-, 8-,
9-irons; 3 wedges and a 48" putter. I never could hit long irons. I
kept adding woods because I found them easier to hit. The long putter
helped the most, cutting 5 or 6 strokes per round." Poppa Denny
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    SHORT GAME
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= Paul Goydos birdied three of the last four holes in the final round
for a 67 and the win Sunday at the Sony Open.

= Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson earned seven skins and $260,000 on the
back nine Sunday to win the Champions Skins Game ahead Gary Player and
Jay Haas.

= Tadd Fujikawa, 16, eagled the last hole for a 4-under-par 66 at the
Sony Open, making him the youngest player in 50 years to make a cut on
the PGA Tour.

= Tiger Woods earned nearly $99 million in 2006 on-course and
off-course earnings.

= Thieves stole 20 cases of beer and eight golf carts from Joe Daddy's
Golf Course in Orlando last week.

= The Golf Writers Association of America has honored Tiger Woods with
the Charlie Bartlett Award for his work with the Tiger Woods Foundation,
 which has reached about 10 million young people and given out more
than $30 million in grants.
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Sources: msnbc.com, thegolfchannel.com, golfbusinessnews.com,
postchronicle.com, usatoday.com
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