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September 8, 2015
3 or 4
The numbers don’t lie. The newly minted “Big Three” of world #’s, 1, 2 and 3, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day forgot to put on their capes this week and returned to mortal form. Playing in the second PGA Tour FedEx playoff event, the Deutsche Bank Championship, all three superstars were not at […]
August 30, 2015
Next Day Delivery
The first event of the PGA Tour’s 4-event FedEx playoffs is the Barclays Championship. The elite field of 125 players represented the Top 125 of the 39-event season-long FedEx Cup (the 2016 season begins again in October 2015 in the “wraparound” events). Those 125 players will be trimmed down to the Top 100 after this […]
August 23, 2015
Turning Back Time
The Wyndham Championship is one of the PGA Tour’s secondary tournaments, but this week it became the center of the golf world. It was a week in which the hands of Time were turned back and some old familiar faces were once again front and center. The Wyndham is the last event of the 2015 […]
August 17, 2015
Carpe Diem
Heading into Sunday’s final round of the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits GC, the usual cast of characters had assembled on top of the leaderboard. The superstar ensemble was led by Jason Day, who had improved each day to shoot 68, 67 and 66 to be at 15-under par for the tournament. Day has […]
August 9, 2015
Golf Fitness: What to Do About Cardio?
Who are currently the ten best golfers in the world? 1. Rory McIlroy, 2. Jordan Spieth, 3. Bubba Watson, 4. Dustin Johnson, 5. Ricky Fowler, 6. Jim Furyk, 7. Henrik Stenson, 8. Justin Rose, 9. Jason Day, and 10. Sergio Garcia. What do they have in common? Strong physical condition. While none are regulars in […]
August 2, 2015
Choosing a Golf Instructor
Bobby Jones, designer and founder of the Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, has been widely quoted for saying, “Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots—but you have to play the ball where it lies.” […]
July 27, 2015
Pauline Lockard
Pauline Lockard has had a pretty amazing few weeks this summer. We first met Pauline 5 years ago and she had a handicap well in the 30’s and had never broken 100. Pauline, who is taught by our amazing East Coast Head Professional, Tim Peightal, has worked really hard on her game in the ensuing years. In […]
July 26, 2015
Front 9-Edition 12
1. In one of the classiest gestures you will ever see, Jordan Spieth waited for an hour to congratulate Zach Johnson for winning the Open Championship last Sunday. Spieth who had painfully missed the 3-man playoff by one shot, thereby losing his chance for a historic Grand Slam, was even greater in defeat than he […]
July 22, 2015
Sydni Rose
Sydni Rose has loved golf since she was 4 years old! Sydni’s parents brought her down to do a school at our Las Vegas, site PAIUTE Golf Resort in spring of 2014. Sydni spend three days working on her game with BGA’s Shirley Furlong and made giant strides as the year progressed with her average score go from […]
July 20, 2015
A Worthy Champion
The 2015 Open Championship began with a farewell. Living legend, 65 year old Tom Watson, was playing in his final Open Championship at the home of Golf, St. Andrews. A rain delay earlier in the day meant that Watson and his playing partners, Ernie Els and Brandt Snedeker, would finish their second round […]
July 12, 2015
True To His Word
Jordan Spieth has not played in a tournament since his thrilling victory in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay three weeks ago. Spieth of course has won the first two Majors of the year, having captured the Masters in April and is looking to do what nobody else has ever done; to win all four […]
July 6, 2015
Front 9-Edition 11
1. There are less than 6 months left for players using the anchoring method to putt. Beginning on January 1, 2016, anchoring is officially banned on all professional Tours and R & A and USGA (amateur) events. Most players who have anchored for years have already made the transition to a shorter putter, most notable […]
