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Issue # 206 Different Strokes Golf Newsletter - Jan 14, 2004Date: Jan 14, 2004
Subject: Issue # 206 Different Strokes Golf Newsletter - Jan 14, 2004
Different Strokes - The Golfhelp Newsletter
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Issue #206
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One headline in the golf media last week read: On Tiger's
tail -- rest of PGA thinks they've caught up. (See THE TIGER
HUNT IS ON below.) Based on their accomplishments in 2003, a
number of players have concluded they can not only loosen
Tiger Woods' grip on Tour dominance, but can also replace it
with their own in 2004. Any comments?
rod@golfhelp.com
In this issue:
>> EVENTS
>> THE TIGER HUNT IS ON
>> YOU CAN TOP THESE
>> KZ DRIVERS NOW ALLOWED ON TOUR
>> SITE TO SEE (PGA.COM/VALUEGUIDE)
>> NOTEWORTHY (BIG BERTHA IRONS)
>> PRAISE FOR MAYS
>> HE SAID
>> GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
>> IT'S THE LAW (OF GOLF)
>> IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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THIS WEEK
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PGA
Sony Open
Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan. 12-18
2003 WINNER: Ernie Els (-16) $810,000
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THE TIGER HUNT IS ON
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Among the players who think they can best Tiger Woods in 2004
are the obvious suspects: Davis Love III ("Tiger is the best
player, but now, everybody has their share of something from
last year. It got spread around a little bit.") Vijay Singh
(He won more money than Woods did last year.); Ernie Els (Two
wins and seven top-ten finishes in 2003.); Mike Weir (2003
Masters winner.); Jim Furyk (2003 U.S. Open winner.) And
there are others who will join the hunt, like David Toms and
Kenny Perry, whose 2003 seasons weren't too shabby. As for
the prey and his 2003 season, Tiger says, "I won five golf
tournaments and some people said I had a terrible year. If
that's my terrible year, I'll take that for the rest of my
career." He doesn't sound worried.
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YOU CAN TOP THESE
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If you frequently "top" the ball, look for these as the
probable causes: hands not relaxed on the grip; ball not
centered in your stance; knees not flexed, stance too upright;
not returning hips as you follow through; lifting head and
body in follow through; left arm bent at impact.
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KZ DRIVERS NOW ALLOWED ON TOUR
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On appeal by KZ Golf president Jennifer King and club designer
Clay Long of Nicklaus Golf, the U.S. Golf Association has
reversed an earlier decision to disallow the use of
double-face drivers on the Tour. A double face driver
conceals an inner face behind a conventional face, which is
said by the maker to provide extra distance for golfers with
slower swing speeds. The design was initially rejected by the
USGA on the incorrect assumption that it was an attempt to
circumvent the established spring-effect standard. What made
the reversal possible was the new pendulum test, which, in
fact, showed the club as conforming.
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NOTEWORTHY (BIG BERTHA IRONS)
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Called the most user-friendly irons Callaway Golf has ever
made, Big Bertha irons were announced last month, and should
be available, if not now, then sometime in January. What
makes these irons even more forgiving than the earlier version
is Callaway's Notch Weighting Technology, borrowed from its
Steelhead X-16 line. This design feature "takes weight from
the center of the clubhead and repositions it to the heel and
toe areas of each iron, thus increasing perimeter weighting
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PRAISE FOR MAYS
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Art Rosenbaum, the former San Francisco Chronicle sportswriter
who died at age 91 (in late December), once said that Willie
Mays was the most memorable athlete he covered in his 60-year
career. But not for what Mays did on a baseball field.
"I was playing golf with Willie in a foursome at Lake Merced,"
the Chronicle quoted Rosenbaum in the story announcing his
death. "We came to a par-3 hole, about 200 yards, and he gets
up and takes a terrific swing, but tops the ball. It skims
along the ground and hits a tee box and comes right back at
him at about 110 miles an hour.
He catches the ball, and, with one flowing motion, puts it
back on the tee and hits it onto the green. It was the most
athletic feat I ever saw."
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HE SAID
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"I think the Tiger effect is not as strong as it used to be. .
. . I think guys go into a week and feel, you know, if they
play their games, it might be good enough." - Ernie Els
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GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
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About Fred Couples' suggestion that the PGA season is too
long:
". . . have to respectfully disagree with Fred Couples about
the length of
the PGA season. In the Boston area we were without the Tour
for a number of years. It
was not due to (lack of) fan interest, but politics more then
anything. If you cut the length of the season, which cities
and states are going to be without tournaments?" AP
". . . Tiger plays about 15-16 times a season, and he would
not play more if the season was shorter, nor would many other
top players. . ." WT
". . . Fred Couples is right on. The world of professional
golf will survive and be better for it. When the name of the
lowest million dollar golfer is not recognizable, something's
wrong." PWO
". . . I think that all players should play in each event at
least 1 time in a three-year period. This would help each
tournament and their charities at least once during their
contract. This would place value on playing well all year long
and allow lesser known players to play at earlier tournaments.
If they do well the first couple of days then they will become
known and be a bigger draw later in the year. . ." Glen
Flanagan
". . . no, the season is not too long for me. And, for the
sponsors who put up the prize money that pays the top pros
very well (if they play very well), as long as I am there to
support the event either on the tube or in person, I'm sure
they don't care if Freddie Couples wants to take some time
off. As for the charities that are supported by the PGA
events, I'm sure they don't consider the season too long
either. . . ." DR (Phoenix, AZ/Pembroke, Nova Scotia)
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IT'S THE LAW (OF GOLF)
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You can hit a 2-acre fairway 10% of the time, and a 2-inch
branch 90%
of the time.
(Proposed by DS reader/legislator Andrew Finley.)
Become a Different Strokes lawmaker by submitting (in one
sentence) what you know should be a "law of golf."
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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= Australian Stuart Appleby won the 2004 Mercedes
Championship, his second victory in his last four starts.
= Overall pre-registration for the 2004 PGA Merchandise Show,
January 29 - February 1 in Orlando, Fla., is up 21 percent
over last year.
= The use of Callaway drivers on the PGA Tour nearly doubled
in 2003, thanks to the success of the Great Big Bertha II
Titanium Driver and the tour debut of the new ERC Fusion
Driver
= South African Harold Henning, winner of more than 50
worldwide golf tournaments, died on Dec. 25 at the age of 69.
= Australian Open champion Peter Lonard will miss the first
six weeks of the new golf season after breaking a rib while
doing stretching exercises before a training session.
= Legendary caddie James "Tip" Anderson, who carried for
Arnold Palmer in all of Arnie's UK outings, was laid to rest
on January 5th in his hometown of St. Andrews.
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