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Last Week on the tours:

The Target World Challenge is becoming one of my favorite tournaments, on one of my favorite golf courses. The field of sixteen not only includes most of the best players in the world, but because it is so small, you get to see everyone on television.

Davis Love had big 10 shot lead over Tiger Woods with ten rainy holes to play. Some Love lipouts and a raging Tiger, forced Love to make a long bomb putt on the 16th hole to get a one stroke victory over Tiger. Tiger had six birdies in seven holes to close the gap. Arguably, the best two players this year finished one and two at this season ending event. Davis Love walked away with a bid 1.2 million for the victory, his biggest check ever.

In case you missed it, Tiger Woods was voted Player of the Year by a small margin over Vijay Singh. Ernie Els was named European Tour player of the Year.

Tour results:
PGA Tour:
Target World Challenge, Sherwood Country Club

1. Davis Love III $1,200,000.00
2. Tiger Woods $700,000.00
3. Padraig Harrington $500,000.00
T4. Mike Weir $317,500.00
T4. Justin Leonard $317,500.00
6. K.J. Choi $225,000.00
7. Vijay Singh $205,000.00
8. Robert Allenby $195,000.00
9. Fred Couples $185,000.00
T10. Nick Price $177,500.00
T10. Chris DiMarco $177,500.00
12. Shaun Micheel $170,000.00
13. Jay Haas $165,000.00
14. Ben Curtis $160,000.00
15. Kenny Perry $155,000.00
16. Darren Clarke $150,000.00

For full field scores and stats on all the tours, go to PGA Tour.com.

This week:

PGA tour: 2003 Wendy's Three Tour Challenge, Dragon Ridge CC, Henderson, Nevada. Televised Saturday and Sunday on ABC.

Golf Books and Magazines:

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Quote/Joke of the week:

"The only in my bag that works is the bug spray. - Bruce Lansky

Tip of the week:

Hitting Fairways:

Drive for show, putt for dough? Well don't be so sure. Hitting fairways is the most important thing for recreational golfers to do. Sure the tour players can get away with missing some fairways once in a while because they have skills that can help them recover. For most of us though, missing a fairway is like the pros missing them in a U.S. Open setup, pretty much an automatic bogie or worse.

 

There are two things to keep in mind hitting off the tee. 1) Get the ball in the air, 2) Hit it straight. The next question is which is the longest club I have that I can do this at least 70% of the time. Don't be afraid of say something like 5 or even 7 iron. If you are playing the correct tee for your ability, and you have to hit 7 iron off the tee, chances are your average par 4 will only be about 340 yards. Even if you only hit your 7 iron 130 yards, three 7 irons will get you on to the longest par 4 and you will be putting for par. Same goes for the par fives. Now your ego may not deal with this very well, but I bet your score will look good for your ego. This is not to say that you can never hit woods off the tee, that would not be much fun, but until you can consistently hit it straight and high, only use the woods when you know you will not be penalized too severely off the tee. If you hit 10 fairways a round and hone your short game, you will be making a lot of pars. Can you say that now?

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Golf equipment and training aids:

• The best golf equipment does not have to break the bank. I use clone golf clubs from Pinemeadow Golf, and I have used many name brands. Custom clubs that fit your game is the way to go. Gift certificates are a great idea for any golfer.

• The best site I have seen for golf fitness is here, for having the most golf specific programs for all season. There are also great pre-game stretching routines. Too many people neglect the stretching and fitness components of golf and it can really affect your scores. Use every advantage you can, go to Golf Fitness now.

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Season ending statistics:

Money list:

1 Vijay Singh $7,573,907
2 Tiger Woods $6,673,413
3 Davis Love III $6,081,896
4 Jim Furyk $5,182,865
5 Mike Weir $4,918,910
6 Kenny Perry $4,400,122
7 Chad Campbell $3,912,064
8 David Toms $3,710,905
9 Ernie Els $3,371,237
10 Retief Goosen $3,166,373

Good Golfing and Happy Holidays,

SEAN HARDER

sean@lowerscoregolf.com

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