Michelle Wie to come back

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Michelle Wie made some big headlines a couple of years ago, having earning more than 10 million dollars off the field and competing in the men’s events. Many will say that the young Michelle could not handle all the pressures and expectation when she decided to go pro.

A great player at the right age and drives some 300 yards for a lady golfer, obviously she has a lot to promise in the LPGA and ladies golf. But soon after that no much has been heard from the super star who has yet to win any single tournament yet.

In fact after just before the retirement of Anikka Sorenstam, many great players emerged whom we had not heard off, like Yani Tseng, Jiyai Shin who could be the real next best thing to happen in ladies golf. In fact these girls were not even thought to be in the world top 10, but their hard work and efforts paid.

We like to see Michelle come back again to prove herself in the LPGA. She is one of the natural talented players and good physique that any good players need to be the best in the world.

In the game of golf, we need more than just talent or physique, but there are other things which are more important like your mental strength either in the field or off the field. Michelle maybe a little bit unfortunate to be the one who just not able to make it, but we are sure that at this age she still has a very long way to go. What going to happen is up to Michelle to decide how she is going to go about it.

Ryo Ishikawa’s swing

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Japanese rising star and one of the world longest hitter has one of the best swing in the world. Being just a teenager, Ryo has the advantage to have a very flexible body in order to create a fast swing speed at impact. Below are the videos of Ryo’s swing. Hopefully those who still has the body flexibility can try to follow the swing, if not at least half of it.

Live and die with Taylormade

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Golfers seems to have their favourite choice of golf club brands and some golfers will stick to just 1 single brand. There are many good clubs from well known club makers nowadays. During the pro tournament on TV we can see our favourite players swinging drivers made from the same club we have in our bag. We start to out our club and try to make the same swing, but did not arrive quite the same.

One of the most successful club maker is Taylormade. I am a big fan of Taylormade. I used to have an R7 driver and now I’m using a limited edition of R7 forged iron. It is a limited edition, sold mostly in Japan and made to the finest finishing.

Taylormade is no doubt one of the best maker of golf driver in the world. At any professional tournament we could easily see almost half of the players are swinging the Taylormade brand. The latest in the new R9 driver which made the debut in early January. Now long after that we saw Sergio Garcia wearing the R9 cap obviously showing that Sergio is hitting with the new driver. Sergio Garcia is the best driver hitter in the world. The world number 2 player always find his ball right in the middle of the fairways with miles from the tee box.

With the new R9 and Taylormade’s ever improving technology it will not be surprising if Sergio can tipped Tiger to be number 1 this year, now that Tiger still has not fully getting to his best touch yet.

Many European PGA players also seems to be doing quite fairly with Taylormade. Some of the top 10 finishers in any tournament will have at least 5 would have Taylormade clubs in their bags.

So will we amateur or weekend golfers maintain our love for Taylormade. I would certainly maintain my iron and we try to get the new R9 or any later versions of Taylormade drivers. Well it all depends on the current economic situation.

Until then, we do hope that Taylormade will keep improving on their club technology and keep their price low enough to be affordable by many.

Old putter helps the Goose to win the Transition Championship

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Retief Goosen is back winning again and today at the Transition Championship carding 8 under par. The South African has a very unstable year last year dropping from the top 10 players to 40th in the world rankings.

Goosen used the old putter he used to win the US Open and it worked. Last year we saw Retief used the longer belly putter and failed to produce some good results. He changed back to his old swashbuckler putter which he has resigned to the back of his garage and managed to find back his touch.

Why would want to change our putter after it helped us to win a major championship. With the win We should see more of Retief Goosen in the near future. Now that he decided to play more in the US PGA, we do hope that Retief will play more tournaments in Europe and Asia.

Bunker play-secrets revealed

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Author: Dave Curran

Everyone knows how frustrating they can be if you don’t know the proper mechanics to get out of them. But the bottom line is, for the pros, bunker shots are some of the easiest shots on the course.

These steps will ensure that you have the right mechanics for getting out of bunkers. Once you’ve read these steps, practice them and get used to hitting out of bunkers, and they will become just as natural as a regular short game shot. These steps will give you the solid foundation that you need for bunker success.

Here are the steps: (note: These steps apply to a normal sand bunker. Not wet or hard sand)

1. Choke down on the golf club (Have your right index finger about an inch from the bottom of the grip). Choking down gives you the control with the club and also allows you to “feel” the shot rather than hitting it.

2. Narrow your stance a little and play the ball a few inches forward in your stance. This will also aid in controlling the shot, and it will contribute to higher ball flight.

3. Dig into the sand with your feet a little and get comfortable.

4. Keep your body completely still throughout (no twisting hips).

5. Start your swing with your arms and keep your swing vertical. The end of the grip butt should be pointed at the ball at the top of your backswing. (Don’t bring the club straight back, remember steep is better here!)

6. Your left arm should be parallel to the ground and fully extended at the top of your swing.

7. Then start your downswing at the sand focusing to hit 1 inch behind the ball. Don’t focus on hitting the ball, hit the sand an inch behind and the ball will get out every time!

8. Your arms and body follow the ball as it leaves the sand.

9. Remember steep angle into the sand is key here, however you don’t have to swing too hard, we are not blasting the ball out we are advancing it.

Drill:

Go into a bunker and take 3 clubs your pitching wedge, sand wedge, and a lob wedge(if you have one). Remember that you can get creative with shots; just because it’s a sand wedge doesn’t mean that you’ll “feel” the most comfortable or give you the best results. But I want you to notice the difference in design and performance.

Regardless, hit a few shots with each club and really notice the difference in how the ball comes out of the sand. Then choose the club that bests suits you. But remember on all these clubs swing steep and hit 1 inch behind the ball. You can even draw a line 1-2 inches behind the ball and aim for that line.

At home, office, or at the course take practice swings and focus on bringing the club up at a steep angle. Watch as your grip end points to the ground. And stop there – this is the position that you want to be in. A great way to see if the grip is pointed over the ball is sticking a tee in the grip handle. Do that a few times to ensure that you know where to stop the golf club and start your steep downswing. Then the downswing is easy! Just hit an inch behind the ball.

Practice this for a few days then go have fun in a bunker!

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Tiger Woods still the Greatest Player

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Now nobody can deny that Tiger Woods is the world greatest player and yes ever at this moment. Even if we compare him to the great Jack Nicklaus, he is far greater the Jack and it will remain that way for a while before we see another great player maybe 20-30 years time.

Maybe will debate that Tiger will lose his number position in a few weeks or month time judging from his recent performances on 2 events. We don’t expect Tiger to come back and win tournaments right away, it is common that he needs sometimes to get back to his best.

In fact there are many players who also went through surgeries and managed to come back and win tournaments again, in golf or in other sports. We know that Tiger is veryexceptional athlete and he will come back stronger than anyone else.

Welcome to the site

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Welcome to the site and lets have a nice 2009 of plenty of golfing events for all of us. There are going to be a lot of events that is going to happen this year, starting with the come back kid of Tiger Woods to competitive golf after a good 1 year rest since he went for the knee operation.

Well, we should say, welcome back Tiger and hopefully we will see some more of that wonderful play of yours and accomplish your dreams to be the best ever golfer ever born (well you are actually) despite many people are saying that you will not be able to get back to the original Tiger a year ago and things will never be like before and you will be able to retain that number one position any much longer.

But we do believe that Tiger is not just another athlete or golfer who could be easily defeated by injuries. He has such a strong mentality and we should be surprise if he will win this year masters or the US open.

So much for Mr. Woods now, what about the local scenes of golf at our neighbourhood. We are in the midst of a serious financial problem, a recession that is worst in decades. Many of us are tighthening our belt and many skip their weekend golf or delay the intentions to get a new sets.

Lets is not let the situation effecting our game and our passion for it. It is just too nice game to let go in a situation like this. Let us hope that the situation will improve very soon and we will get to our feet and hitting the ball again.