-Na Yeon Choi (NYC, for short) leads the CME Group Titleholders tournament down in Orlando. She shot -6 in the first round and is one shot ahead of Morgan Pressel and Karrie Webb. Michelle Wie, at -4 through eleven holes, bogeyed three of the last seven to finish at -1 and in a tie for 20th place. Of note: The tournament purse is $1,500,000. Of that, $500,000 goes to the winner. Nice, right?! Also of note: Lexi Thompson, the 16 year old long drink of water and also long driver of the golf ball, birdied #2, triple bogeyed #3, then managed to go three under for the rest of her round to finish at -1. That's a nice recovery.
-The Big Boys played to a draw at the Presidents Cup (scores here) with Tiger, this time pairing up with Dustin Johnson, losing to Aaron Baddeley and Jason Day, 1 up. As Bob Harig mentions (among others, I am sure), TW is now the only golfer on the American squad without a tally in the scoring column. Got to say Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk have been super as have Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson. But... Yesterday's competition was really between the players on both sides up against Mother Nature and the course. As one of the players mentioned, it was fun but only because it was match play (paraphrase). Match 2 details here. Match 3 pairings/predictions from the Golf Channel here.
-As I was 'watching' the Presidents Cup on the computer (updates), came across this instructional video from Wayne Defrancesco (first heard of this guy just recently from a short conversation with Tom McAtee). He walks us through Tiger Woods' putting set up and stroke in this video which he labeled "Tiger Woods: The Best Putter in the World". Worth the watch if you're interested in copying a technique that could make you the best putter in the county, maybe. Note that the instructor, Defrancesco, admitted to speeding up his putting swing after metronoming TW's stroke and comparing it to his own metronomic timing. We've probably all been aware of our own putting strokes slowing down (or speeding up) and going off target as a consequence.
-Local football: The Linton team goes up against Indy Scecina tomorrow. Think everybody involved is looking forward to the state championship and a possible match-up between the unbeatens - Lafayette Central Catholic and Linton, each of whom will be 14 and 0 if they win tomorrow. First things first though. Bracket here.
-Lady Lions and the Shoals girls tip off the basketball season tonight at 7pm at JBA. I'll be there.
-A ton of congratulations to Hannah LaMar for her selection to the Academic All State volleyball team. Do you think maybe her time at the golf course gave her a bit of a break and helped her excel both in the classroom (first in her class) and on the court? Of course it did... :) See photo below where she is actually golfing.
-No golf the past two days. Maybe later today with the sun high in the sky and the temps in the 50's. Tomorrow for sure. Btw, Saturday Morning Scramble at 11.
-Getting on with the day...
Photo: Hannah on the right playing in the St. John's Youth Scramble in early October with partners Gary Arvin, Patrick Allbright and Bryant Ackerman.
-The Big Boys played to a draw at the Presidents Cup (scores here) with Tiger, this time pairing up with Dustin Johnson, losing to Aaron Baddeley and Jason Day, 1 up. As Bob Harig mentions (among others, I am sure), TW is now the only golfer on the American squad without a tally in the scoring column. Got to say Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk have been super as have Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson. But... Yesterday's competition was really between the players on both sides up against Mother Nature and the course. As one of the players mentioned, it was fun but only because it was match play (paraphrase). Match 2 details here. Match 3 pairings/predictions from the Golf Channel here.
-As I was 'watching' the Presidents Cup on the computer (updates), came across this instructional video from Wayne Defrancesco (first heard of this guy just recently from a short conversation with Tom McAtee). He walks us through Tiger Woods' putting set up and stroke in this video which he labeled "Tiger Woods: The Best Putter in the World". Worth the watch if you're interested in copying a technique that could make you the best putter in the county, maybe. Note that the instructor, Defrancesco, admitted to speeding up his putting swing after metronoming TW's stroke and comparing it to his own metronomic timing. We've probably all been aware of our own putting strokes slowing down (or speeding up) and going off target as a consequence.
-Local football: The Linton team goes up against Indy Scecina tomorrow. Think everybody involved is looking forward to the state championship and a possible match-up between the unbeatens - Lafayette Central Catholic and Linton, each of whom will be 14 and 0 if they win tomorrow. First things first though. Bracket here.
-Lady Lions and the Shoals girls tip off the basketball season tonight at 7pm at JBA. I'll be there.
-A ton of congratulations to Hannah LaMar for her selection to the Academic All State volleyball team. Do you think maybe her time at the golf course gave her a bit of a break and helped her excel both in the classroom (first in her class) and on the court? Of course it did... :) See photo below where she is actually golfing.
-No golf the past two days. Maybe later today with the sun high in the sky and the temps in the 50's. Tomorrow for sure. Btw, Saturday Morning Scramble at 11.
-Getting on with the day...
Photo: Hannah on the right playing in the St. John's Youth Scramble in early October with partners Gary Arvin, Patrick Allbright and Bryant Ackerman.
