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Weekly Ezine Nov.8/04
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Tour Results, Schedules, and News:
Retief Goosen's win at The Tour Championship gave him a truly remarkable year that has been overshadowed by Vijay Singh's incredible year. His 6-under final round come form behind victory over Tiger Woods added the last big event of the year to his Major win at the U.S. Open, making him the closest to winning two majors this year. His sixth place finish on the PGA Tour money list also goes with a second place finish on the European money list behind Ernie Els who finished second on both tours crowning him as the undisputed best international player in the world.
Scott Verplank and Bob Tway will represent the U.S. in Spain for the WGC World Cup in two weeks. The host country will be represented by Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Annika Sorenstam pulled off a rare 4-peat in style by winning the Mizuno Classic in Japan by nine shots.
PGA Tour:
2004 The Tour Championship Presented by Coca-Cola:
1.
Goosen, R. -6 18 -11
2. Woods, T. +2 18 -7
3. Kelly, J. -5 18 -6
4. Ames, S. E 18 -5
4. Hensby, M. -3 18 -5
4. Weir, M. E 18 -5
7. Haas, J. +5 18 -4
7. Verplank, S. -3 18 -4
9. Singh, V. -5 18 -3
10. Els, E. -3 18 -2
10. Sabbatini, R. -2 18 -2
10. Toms, D. -3 18 -2
European
Tour:
2004 Seve
Trophy click here
for results
Champion's
Tour:
No Event
Scheduled click
here for results
Nationwide
Tour:
Season
Complete click here
for results
LPGA Tour:
2004 Mizuno Classic click
here for results
For full field scores and stats on all the tours, go to PGA
Tour.com.
This week:
PGA tour:
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2004
Franklin Templeton Shootout |
TV
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European Tour:
No event
scheduled
Champion's Tour:
No Event Scheduled
Nationwide
Tour:
Seaon Complete
LPGA Tour:
2004 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions
Nov 11-14
RTG Golf Trail
Semmes, Alabama
Defending: Dorothy Delasin
Purse: $800,000
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Computer/Video practice:
Quite by accident a few years ago, I started playing golf on my computer. I used both "Tiger Woods Golf" and "Links". What I found was that these new games actually replicate a round of golf quite well.
If you use the three click swing with your mouse, you can actually work on your tempo. The more I studied, the more I realized that the same flaws in a person's swing tempo on the course, tend to be replicated on the computer mouse. You could see the people who took the club back too fast, and the people who "hit" at the ball and came down to quickly.
In addition to timing, these games can help you with patience, course management, and especially concentration. You can set it up to be competitive and build pressure into it.
The one key is to set your distances the same as you would on the course for real. In other words, if you hit your driver 240 yards, don't use the driver on the video game, use the club that will hit it 240 maximum. Same with the other clubs. Make it as realistic as possible.
People laugh at me about this, but give it a try. It will help your mental and strategic game if nothing else.
For
more golf tips click
here.
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Do you have relevant questions, comments, or opinions about golf that
you would like to be heard? Have any suggestions to improve this ezine?
Please email them to sean@lowerscoregolf.com
2004 PGA Tour Final Money Leaders Through Tour Championship:
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Vijay Singh 29 events $10,905,167 |
$376,040
per event
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Good Golfing,
SEAN HARDER