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The Week on the tours:

Three birdies on the first three holes was more than enough for Vijay Singh to cruise to victory at the ATT Pebble Beach Pro-am. Vijay looked relaxed as he knocked down pins all day. The victory gave him his 12th consecutive top ten finish, joining Jack Nicklaus as the only other player in history to do so.

Vijay Singh is arguably the best golfer in the world at present, and where is Tiger Woods. In my opinion Tiger should be at Pebble for one of the best tournaments at one of the best golf courses in the world. It makes it hard to judge who is the best golfer right now because Tiger simply does not play enough. Vijay Singh is probably already a lock for the money title again if he stays injury free, because he plays so much. Maybe he doesn't like Pro-ams but he has been at Pebble in the past, maybe he is too tied down by sponsorship deals. I don't know, but I would like to see him play more, especially now that he has some legitimate challengers

Ernie Els picked up his third straight win at the Heineken Classic in Australia. After being totally control of the tournament after an opening round 12 under 60 he was six over par on the front nine on Sunday while Adam Scott charged to within one shot with a 67. Els was able to recover and shoot 4 under on the back to hold on fro the one shot victory. Els commented on feeling helpless on the front nine, can anyone relate?

Jimmy Walker won the first Nationwide tour event of the year with a wire to wire win in Panama. He had a five victory over Tom Scherrer on a course that only allowed three players to shoot under par.

Laura Davies will play in ANZ Championship next week in Australia and will become the first woman to play in an Australasian/European tour sanctioned tournament.

Tour results:

PGA Tour:
2004 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am:

1 Vijay Singh -16 ($954,000)
2 Jeff Maggert -13
3 Phil Mickelson -12
T4 Mike Weir -9
T4 K.J. Choi -9
T4 Arron Oberholser -9
T7 Jesper Parnevik -8
T7 Mark Hensby -8
T7 Tom Pernice, Jr. -8
T10 Kent Jones -7
T10 Corey Pavin -7
T10 Scott McCarron -7
T10 Bill Glasson -7

European Tour:
2004 Heineken Classic click here for results

Champion's Tour:
2004 Royal Caribbean Golf Classic click here for results

Nationwide Tour:
BellSouth Panama Championship click here for results

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

This week:

PGA tour:

European Tour:

2004 ANZ Championship
Feb. 11 - 14
Horizons Golf Resort - Salamander Bay
Port Stephens, Australia
Defending: Paul Casey
Purse: $1,027,000 ($184,000 to winner)


Champion's Tour:

2004 The ACE Group Classic
Feb. 13 - 15
The Club at TwinEagles
Naples, Florida
Defending: Vicente Fernandez
Purse: $1,600,000 ($240,000 to winner)


Nationwide Tour:

2004 Jacob's Creek Open Championship
Feb. 19 - 22
Kooyonga Golf Course
Adelaide, Australia
Defending Champ: Joe Ogilvie
Purse: $630,000 ($115,000 to winner)


LPGA Tour:

March 11 - 14
Welch's/Fry's Championship
Randolph Golf Course Complex
Tucson, Arizona

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Quote/Joke of the week:

Two avid golfers were sitting in the clubhouse. One said to his friend, "I'm sorry to hear that your uncle passed away last week. I understand it was while you two were playing golf. I hear you carried him all the way back to the clubhouse. That must have been hard for you considering he weighed over two hundred pounds."

"Oh, carrying him wasn't that hard," said his friend, sadly. "The difficult part was putting him down ... and then picking him up again after each stroke." - Roger Bates

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Tip of the week:

Long Putts:

The key on the long putts is always speed. You are rarely going to make a put of ten feet or more (even the pros make a low percentage of these), so you want to make sure that you are close to the hole for the next one. Speed is even more important than line on the longer putts especially if they break considerably.

People don't practice long putts enough. A good way to do this is to practice before your round on the practice green. Stand at one end and putt balls to the farthest fringe, the goal being to get it as close to the fringe line as possible. By hitting to the fringe instead of a target you focus only on the speed. It doesnt hurt to practice your shorter putts like this as well. You then leave the green to your round without the possible frustration of missing several putts on the practice green before your round.

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Good Golfing,

SEAN HARDER

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