2011 PGA Championship Second Round Highlights
Technorati Tags: 2011 PGA Championship Second Round Highlights
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
What Loft You Need On Your Wedges- Phil Bonham, Wilson Tour Truck
Technorati Tags: Phil Bonham Wilson Staff Tour Truck Clubmaking Guide,Padraig Harrington
Phil Bonham Wilson Staff Tour Truck Clubmaking Guide, Padraig Harrington
Doc Explains A Golf “Stinger” Injury: How Rory McIlroy Hurt His Wrist
What is a golf stinger injury?
A golf stinger is basically a nerve injury. It can be extremely painful. The nerves in the arms and hands and fingers originate in the spinal cord. Travelling under the collar bone and into the shoulder these nerves form a complicated weave or mesh.
What happened Rory McIlory was that during the shot, the direct blow to the wrist and forearm (for a split second) severely compressed these nerves underneath and triggered an intense discharge of electricity. For Rory, it felt like an instantaneous bolt of electricity shooting down through nerves from his fingers, through his forearm and up to his shoulder. He may also have damaged a tendon during the impact, another common injury that accompanies the stinger.
After the first electrical jolt, the body kicks in to restrict the function in the arms. Rory will have felt a weakness in the muscles, the tendons in the wrist and a tingling in his arm. Hence the name “stinger”. Usually the pain goes away quickly but the muscles remain weak for some time.
In Rory’s case the actual stinger injury would be considered relatively minor. The worst stinger injuries happen in contact sports like rugby, where a player takes a massive impact to the shoulder and seriously damages the nerves and muscles. The real worry might be damage to the tendons in the wrist, not the stinger. Only an MRI scan will detect the extent of this.
Depending on how he himself feels, Rory should be able to tee it up today. The Tour physios will assess his sense of feeling, strength, motion and reflexes. If they have returned to normal or near normal, he should be good to go. Strapping may be also be used as a precaution to protect the muscles and tendons.
What cant be strapped is the players “commitment to the shot” when injured. The brain sends a message to the body a millisecond before impact saying “this is going to hurt. Let go!”. It’s basically the body protecting itself. Rory’s ability to play through his body’s cautioning will be critical as the week progresses.
2011 US PGA Championship First Round Highlights
2011 US PGA Championship First Round Highlights
Technorati Tags: 2011 US PGA Championship First Round Highlights
Thursday, August 11, 2011
“Swampass” To Put Dampener on PGA Championship
USPGA officials are meeting in crisis session in a bid to stave off the growing threat of “swampass” which could overshadow the 2011 PGA Championship. In steaming temperatures of 100 degrees in the Georgia region, up to 97% of all local men suffer from the condition. Swampass is defined in the urban dictionary as “the nasty feeling when your butt crack is sweaty, causing your underwear and pants to stick, or an occasional itching feeling. Usually caused by elevated temperatures or humidity while working or excessive walking.”
A senior USPGA official said earlier “We are doing everything we can to plug this situation. An articulated lorry load of talcum powder is on its way from the Johnson & Johnson factory. Each player before going onto the course will be required to drop his pants to be powdered up. It’s very similar to the delousing process that takes place in prisons. We are also banning any white or beige trousers today as a precaution.”
Known in Europe as “crotch rot”, regular PGA Tour sufferer Robert Garrigus has been working as a consultant to tournament organizers. Garrigus was the first player to highlight the dangers of swampass at the 2010 St Jude Classic, when the foul sight of his soiled trousers sent male and female golf fans throughout the world scurrying for cover. Garrigus now helps swampass sufferers all over the world through his website schwettycrack.com.
One of the favourites for the event, Lee Westwood, has also had his plans for the tournament disrupted by the threat. “I was planning to wear my transparent white trousers this week. They have been very lucky for me in the past. The pockets normally do a great job of covering the nasty stuff, but now they are banned. I can understand the precautions though. There’s no amount of Persil Non-Bio to shift that level staining. I normally wear, then bin immediately.”
Surely this swampass story is set to run and run.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tiger Practicing at 6.30am at the PGA. Five Advantages
- Couldn’t sleep anyway and the Adult Channel ends at 5am.
- He can move around in the dark virtually undetected.
- The shoes don’t look so bad in the dark.
- Can’t see where the ball is going. Which is very useful at the moment.
- No media or photographers. Well………..maybe one.
Technorati Tags: 2011 us pga chmpionship,tiger woods 6.30am practice ground
2011 US PGA Championship Betting Tips: Computer Predictions
When every possible factor is thrown into a huge big pot, swirled around and put into the form of a great big equation, here’s what the world’s best golf predictor computer program chugs out for the 2011 US PGA Championship.
Click here to see how they tally with my own PGA Championship tips or bet now
.
Technorati Tags: 2011 US PGA Championship Betting Preview and Tips,computer golf prediction
Click here to see how they tally with my own PGA Championship tips or bet now
Sorry, I had to remove this.
The Hot and Sweaty US PGA Championship. Dont Forget Your Roll On Deodorant, Marked “A” for Ass
The Final Major
Yep, but God only knows why. The US PGA has little going for it except for the huge Wannabie or Wannamaker or whatever it’s called trophy. Past champions include Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem and Mark Brooks. They call it “Glory’s Last Shot”, “Shot” being the operative word.
The Course
Long. Very long. Awful long. Darren Clarke spoke yesterday to Brian Keogh about the 15th. It’s 265 yards from the back to a green surrounded by water. Big D says he will need a three wood to play it. Bring back the postage stamp, 120 odd yards, yet much more dramatic. Atlanta Athletic Club, bah, you’ll need to some athlete to even walk to that green not alone hit a ball onto it.
The Dramas
Martin Kaymer defends- yawn
Small breakaway Russian republic at war with Motherland, I mean Stevie at war with Tiger
Tiger’s chin minge and webbed footwear
Adam Scott would make a great ventriloquist wouldn’t he?
Rory looking for a pad in the States, preferably with a tennis court
The Weather
Think Monty in a steam room on a treadmill. Think Good Morning Vietnam, little monks just bursting into flames. There you have it. The first item every player packs in his bag for the PGA every year is the roll on deodorant, marked “A” with a sharpie, for “Ass” not armpit. This tournament is crotch rot central every year!
Technorati Tags: 2011 us pga championship Golf Betting Preview and Tips,funny storyl
Naked Woman Golfer Angers City- After City Has A Good Look
This is a 100% true story sent in by our American friend Angela Downes.
City officials in Woodward say they're "offended" that a woman stripped naked during a charity golf event at a city-owned golf course.
The local Elks Lodge hosted the event in July at Boiling Springs Golf Course as part of its annual rodeo. Event Chairman Neal Day told The Oklahoman the woman stripped naked as part of a challenge on a putting green.
Day says the woman was not asked to strip. He said she was a last minute recruit when another volunteer couldn't attend.
City Manager Alan Riffel says he and other city leaders are "offended" and that their anger has been relayed to the Elks and the golf course operator.
Day said the woman will not be asked again to volunteer for Elks events.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
What’s In The Bag 2011 Richard Green
Profile:
Full name Richard George Green
Born 19 February 1971, Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Residence Williamstown, Australia; Bagshot, Surrey, England
Turned professional 1992 (plus 2)
European Tour Wins 3
Bet you didn’t know:
Richard may seen quiet and unassuming on the golf course but off it he is a fanatical motor racing fan who loves to race Porsches. He even competed in the 2009 and 2010 Australian Grand Prix GT Category. Last season he drove a white Porsche 996GT3 Cup Car. The car is No. 63 and has the same sponsors as his golf game – Valvoline, Toll and Orix Australia. Asked why it is No. 63 Green says “Well, I wanted 62 because that’s my lowest score in golf (BMW Open, Germany), but some other clown out here has 62, so I have to put up with 63!”
Greeny as he known to his friends cites Ayrton Senna and Jason Richards as his favourite drivers. “His (Richards) dedication and obsession with racing and working hard is something I look up to and have tried to convert into my golf game and any things I do basically” says Green.
Whats In Richard Green’s Bag 2011
Taylormade R11 Irons Review
This year TaylorMade made one of the biggest splashes ever in the world of golf equipment with the launch of their white headed R11 driver.
This autumn sees the release of the R11 irons. Without the gimmick of having a white head, the question is can these R11 irons become a worldwide sensation like the big stick.
A glance at the testing stats shows the new R11 irons have many of the same capabilities as the TaylorMade Burner 2.0 irons. Like the 2.0’s the R11 are designed to have 15 yards difference in every club, they have the same launch and ball flight results on the trackman and both irons carry almost identical distances in testing.
The R11 irons have a cast stainless steel head and an undercut channel which gets progressively bigger in the long irons for more forgiveness. Each irons has a a precision weight port at the back to optimize launch angle and induce faster ball speed, all leading to increased distance and more forgiveness.
The weight s are set to to ensure each club’s center of gravity is in line with the sweet spot. Weighing from 2.5 to 17 grams the weights are made of aluminium, steel and tungsten and are fully adjustable.
Add to that add the “inverted cone technology” you have all TaylorMade’s more recent irons to deliver forgiveness on off centre hits and end up with the R11 irons.
Will they be as ground breaking as the R11 driver? No, but they are yet another quality alternative to add to TaylorMade’s ever growing number of models.
Technorati Tags: taylormade r11 irons review
Fit and Able Week 15: Make A Full Backswing
With top Irish amateur and TPI certified fitness instructor Robbie Cannon of Harrington Golf. To book a session call Robbie on 086-6002432.
One of key differences between amateurs and professionals is that pro’s make a much bigger backswing. One of the key factors that limits the range of the backswing is having really lat muscles in the shoulders. Here’s a really great exercise to improve the range of motion in the lat muscle.
Firstly kneel down in the prayer position. With the knees pointing forward, reach out your left hand as far over to the right side as possible. You will really feel a stretch in your let muscles. Hold the stretch for 25-30 seconds or as long as is comfortable. Repeat on the other side. Do this exercise every day and you will notice a huge improvement in your backswing turn.
Technorati Tags: tpi fitness,robbie cannon,harrington golf,john kelly,instructional video,tiger woods stinger
The Dublin East Coast Golf Alliance Premier Voucher Quiz
For the next four week’s we are running our biggest quiz ever. From four weekly winners, one overall winner will be drawn to receive a Dublin East Coast Golf Alliance pass worth €499 which entitles them to a round on all nine premier courses in the alliance. From the Palmer Course at the K Club, to Druids Glen to Carton House it’s the prize of a golfing lifetime. For more info on purchasing a voucher check out www.dublingolfalliance.com
Enter through the widget on the right hand column by answering the question:
In what year did the K Club stage the Ryder Cup?
Congrats to last weeks winner Siobhan Feehan,Kildinan.Co Cork who wins a fourball in Killarney Golf and Fishing Club.
Thanks to all who entered.Technorati Tags: The Dublin East Coast Golf Alliance Premier Voucher Quiz
Karl Morris Golf Brain: Best Laid Plans
Karl Morris: Best Laid Plans…
Okay so you didn’t win any of the big blub competitions this year and now your mind is turning towards swing changes you might make or fitness regimes you might undertake at the end of the season to make you a whole different player in time for next year’s campaign. The problem is that 99.9% of us will make absolutely NO CHANGE whatsoever!
That is not me being negative or dismissive of you or myself. It is just a fact of human life. Most people do not change. They stay the same. The biggest predictor for most people of where they will be in twelve months time is to look at exactly where they are now. They will still be there!
There are obviously tremendous exceptions to this and some people do change but in the main it is as you were. Golf is a great reflector of this life scenario. After playing golf for more than a couple of years how many people continue to keep getting their handicap down and reducing their scores? Very, very few.
Why is this? Why do so many of us want to change but find it almost impossible. Would we change if we absolutely HAD to? If it was a matter of life or death? Surely?
Well perhaps not!
Okay so you didn’t win any of the big blub competitions this year and now your mind is turning towards swing changes you might make or fitness regimes you might undertake at the end of the season to make you a whole different player in time for next year’s campaign. The problem is that 99.9% of us will make absolutely NO CHANGE whatsoever!
There are obviously tremendous exceptions to this and some people do change but in the main it is as you were. Golf is a great reflector of this life scenario. After playing golf for more than a couple of years how many people continue to keep getting their handicap down and reducing their scores? Very, very few.
Why is this? Why do so many of us want to change but find it almost impossible. Would we change if we absolutely HAD to? If it was a matter of life or death? Surely?
Well perhaps not!
Monday, August 8, 2011
2011 US PGA Championship Betting Preview and Tips with Shotlink Stats
2011 US PGA Championship Betting Preview and Tips, Atlanta Athletic Club
Odds from Stan James
2011 US PGA Championship Betting Preview and Tips
Odds from Stan James
Zach Johnson 50/1
Zach Johnson specializes in going under radars. My intelligence sources however say he has to have a great chance at Atlanta Athletic Club to add to his 2007 Masters green jacket. According to shotlink stats last week Zach’s final round driving accuracy of 78.57% was over 20% better than the rest of the field average. His tied sixth at the WGC tallies with his tied third at the John Deere and shows he’s bang in form. Zach has been in the top 10 in the last two PGA Championships, finishing tied third alongside Rory McIlroy last year, just one shot behind Kaymer and Watson. Hasn’t won since last May at the Crowne Plaza but I bet he still remembers how.bet now
Jason Day 25/1
There something about Jason Day, something gritty, something determined. For a guy to hit 42% of the fairways last week at the WGC and still tie fourth is pretty darn impressive. Add to that he has come tied second at The Masters and then second outright at the US Open (where there are no fairways!) and you have a relatively experienced 23 year old who doesn’t seem to be fazed by being at the top of the leaderboard. Has to have learned a lot also from the final round last year when his 74 dropped him from a chance to win into a tie for 10th. Surely an each way punt here is prudent betting.bet now
Lee Westwood 12/1
You just never know with Lee Westwood. His final round of 65 shows he’s simmering nicely but you also get the feeling that this “best player never to win a major” collar is starting to cut into his neck. If Westwood is to win this week, he needs to hit the Athletic Club running. Final round charges like last weekend, or at Congressional where he surged to tie third will not suffice. Has the final piece of the Chubby slam been prophesied? Stan thinks so at 12/1 and so do I!bet now
Rory McIlroy 10/1
Rory McIlroy is the bookies favourite this week and it’s easy to see why. The way the PGA set up the courses seems to suit Rors. He tied third at Hazeltine in 2009 when Yang won and had the same finish last year at Whistling Straits when Kaymer took the spoils. Cruised into a tie for sixth last week without really trying. His greens in regulation stats are other worldly but it is Rory’s putting that will determine success or otherwise this week. At the US Open he putted brilliantly, but he hasn’t reproduced that since. Last week at the WGC he needed 1.8 putts per green as opposed to the whole field’s average of 1.77. So in a nutshell, if he putts he wins! bet now
Dustin Johnson 22/1
I’m going to disregard Dustin Johnson’s 48th or whatever it was last week and say I think he’s a good each way shout this week. Not because he was (arguably) robbed of a place in the playoff last year but because he is rapidly proving he has a Major championship game. Okay so he imploded when GMac won the US Open last year but he was, again, in contention. And how admirably did he stick to his task at St. Georges in tying second. If a US player is to win, no one is more deserving than DJ. The man hits the ball a country mile!bet now
Best Of The Rest
2011 Irish Open Champion Simon Dyson flew out to the USA last week after only four hours sleep. His whirlwind journey took its toll with a first round 77 but he got back into the groove thereafter with three rounds in the 60’s. With better preparation and greens that will suit him this week, I think an each way punt from 100/1 is in order. He tied 12th last year and has a career best tied sixth in 2007. Another man who caught my eye last Sunday was Aaron Baddeley 66/1, who certainly has the putting game for this course. The only problem for the Northern Trust champ is that he has never finished in the top 10 in a Major. And finally a couple of caddies have told me that Francesco Molinari is starting to find a bit of form again after a very lean spell. You can get him at 80/1. bet now
2011 US PGA Championship Golf Betting Preview and Tips, stanjames golf tips, best european tour tipster
New Caddie, Old Putter, New Shoes, New Old Putter, I Give Up!
On Thursday at the WGC it looked like the old Tiger Woods was back. Old grip, old swing and OLD PUTTER! Yep Tiger even had his trusty old Scotty Cameron back in action, the one he used to win 13 of his 14 majors. During round one, he took just 27 putts. That 27 quickly became 33 by round three and Woods sent out an SOS call for the Nike Method putter he's used for the past year.
Nike Tour reps duly obliged delivering it to him on the practice green. So how did he do with the new putter? Well after a patchy start, Woods made two putts of over 15 feet in the last four holes, leading us to believe he’ll start with the Nike at Atlanta this week.
Early in the week it was less his putter that had people talking than his prototype Nike Free golf shoes which he himself helped develop. Woods had been using Nike Free shoes in the gym and was keen to develop a pair that could be worn for golf.
Working with Tobie Hatfield, from Nike's Innovation Kitchen and inventor of the original Nike Free shoe, they came up with the golf version. The golf shoe borrows technical innovations from the Nike Basketball Hyperfuse 2011 as well as a Free-inspired outsole taken from the Special Field Boot designed for the military.
So to summarize, new caddie, old putter, new shoes, new old putter, same old result. I give up!
Technorati Tags: tiger woods funny pic
Williams Winning Cheque Double That Of Woods!
Oh the irony! On the week Tiger Woods returned to the fray with his new pot-bellied friend/caddy Bryon Bell, it’s his jilted ex Stevie Williams who wins the tournament with Adam Scott. But then came the coup de gras. Williams, in all the time he worked for Woods, never gave a post round interview. He would stare down the production assistants and say “I do not do media”. Yet Sunday night, not 30 seconds after Scott had sunk the final putt, there was Stevie doing his first about of 15 interviews for every network wishing to listen. And they did. "It's been the most fun thing,'' he said. "It's the greatest week of my life caddying, and I sincerely mean that'' Williams beamed as if to say ‘Tiger are you listening?’.
Asked if Tiger sacked him face to face at the AT&T Williams said "That is incorrect. I was told on the phone that we needed to take a break. At the AT&T, the details of the firing were discussed."
Williams indicated that Woods was not happy with Stevie caddying for Scott while he himself was injured.
"He didn't agree with it and thought it was time to take a break," Williams said. "I was told on the phone that we needed to take a break. And in caddie lingo, that means you're fired. Simple as that."
To add insult to injury, Williams 10% cut of Scott’s purse came to $140,000 plus salary, more than double Woods cheque of just under $70,000 for tied 37th place.
Technorati Tags: stevie williams tiger woods adam scott earnings
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Ross Fisher Will Play USPGA After Son Harry Gets Good News
Ross Fisher was on a plane to America last night, after receiving good news about his son. Three month old Harry became ill in Killarney last Saturday night, was taken to hospital and remained there for most of the week. The entire Fisher family had been in Killarney in the lead up to Ross’s defence of his Irish Open title. However a good prognosis towards the week meant that Dad could head to Lake Nona for some practice on his way to Atlanta Athletic Club. All the best Ross. Pic: Eve and Harry from Ross’s Tour Diary
2011 US PGA Championship Pairings
With 30 Major champions in the field and 100 out of the top 102 players in the world at Atlanta Athletic Club, the last major of the year is set to be cracker.
Padraig Harrington and Davis Love however are no doubt crying into their Corn Flakes at the news that they are to paired with Tiger Woods fro the first two rounds of the 2011 PGA Championship.
The three major winners McIlroy, Clarke and Schwartzel can discuss tactics as they are also paired.
Defending champ Martin Kaymer is grouped with 2009 winner YE Yang and 2003 Wannamaker wannabie Shaun Micheel.
Best of the rest includes: Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia; Luke Donald, Alvaro Quiros and Nick Watney; and Matteo Manassero, Ryo Ishikawa and Adam Scott.
The 93rd PGA Championship features the strongest field in golf, and currently includes 100 of the top 102 ranked players in the world. There are 14 PGA champions and 30 major champions currently in the field.
Technorati Tags: 2011 US PGA Championship
Brian Keogh on Rory and the Irish at the WGC
Brian Keogh from Irishgolfdesk noted that Rory McIlroy had only 28 putts in his third round at the WGC, while GMac, Podge and Darren are making up the numbers. Full article click here
2011 Irish PGA Championship Results - Seapoint
Well done to Simon Thornton who was crowned the 2011 Irish PGA Champion at Seapoint yesterday. Playing 36 holes on the final day Simon ended on 19 under par, which included three rounds of 66. In the end he won from six from Gary Murphy and veteran and six time winner Des Smyth.
Technorati Tags: 2011 Irish PGA Championship Results leaderboard
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)