August 13, 2003


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Quote of the week:


"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will
command the attention of the world."

George Washington Carver
1864-1943, Scientist and Educator


Golf Quote of the week:

”Golf is like a love affair: If you don’t take it seriously,
It’s not fun; if you do take it seriously, it breaks your
Heart.
Arnold Daly


Comment from purchaser of Body Golf Videos:


I received your package on Saturday afternoon and I
have briefly looked through the books. I did have an
opportunity to watch the tape and without a doubt it
is the BEST tape that I have seen on the golf swing.
I should know, because I probably have the largest
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Golf Hall of Fame.

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positions that everyone tries to emulate on their
tapes and books. Your method, in my opinion, would
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It truly is a philosophy on how to play the game.
Your methods make the game easier to understand,
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ELSE I HAVE SEEN. The golf swing is truly a beautiful
thing to watch with your method. You have put the
swing back into the golf swing. Everyone else seems
to take the swing out and complicate it to perpetuate
the need for more lessons.

I only term that you use that I think should be banned
from golf terminology is grip. Unfortunately, grip
denotes strength in the minds of most people. While
many people have good grips (look good or look
proper), the tension (which may not be seen or felt in
a picture) generally cannot be seen and this is what
creates so many bad shots.

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Monthly Comments from Jennifer Scott

Consistency.

Consistency is one of the most important words in golf as well as
life. Why is it so hard to stay consistent? Because most people don't
realize they have the power to create the HABIT of consistency.



That's right, Consistency is a habit just like brushing your teeth or
saying "thank you" when someone pays you a compliment.
In golf, you
can really "be there" for each shot, no matter what happened
before.
You can do this if you ingrain consistency as a habit through the
power of your Subconscious Mind.

Here's what you can do: practice Self Hypnosis three times
a day --
once before you go to bed, once before you get out of bed
and one more
time during the day. Just close your eyes for a few moments and talk
out loud. Here's one possible scenario. You create your own.

"I always feel positive before I start my round of golf. No matter how
I swing or where my ball lands, I always go to my next shot feeling
good. I always take a breath and think 'Level B, Relax Now' to get
myself focused and relaxed. I always take a breath and think 'Peace,
Harmony, Relax, Relax' whenever I catch myself with a negative
thought. I love this game and promise myself to stay the course. My
attitude is always positive. I always feel great after each round of
golf."

Notice that this scenario is all in the present tense - not in the
future. Because thinking about it in the now tells your Subconscious
Mind that it is real. If you will do this faithfully for three weeks,
you'll find that -- instead of having your usual love/hate attitude
toward golf -- you'll be playing more consistently and feeling more in
love with the game.

Always wishing you the best,
Jennifer
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Questions and Answers from our Resident Golf
Pro Joe DeLorenzo


Hi - I hope this question is appropriate. I purchased
a 9 wood but can't seem to find the proper setup ball position.
Most of the time I end up hitting it off the toe or chunk it.
I use this club on a 140 yard par 3. Can you help me?


If you are hitting all your clubs well except your
9-wood, I suspect it simply does not match the rest of
your set. The shaft flex may be too little or too
much compared to the rest of your set. See if you can
exchange the club for another one with a different
shaft flex. Most 9-woods have a very thin profile, so
it may not be a very forgiving club, you have to hit
the sweet spot just right, or else the results may not
be any better than using a 5-iron. If you use a
9-wood off a tee, the risk is high for a popup.




My question: Is there a drill I can work on that will
keep me from rolling out on my right ankle when trying
to hit my driver. I am a pretty straight ball hitter,
but I hit my 3 wood farther than my driver. If i keep
my right heel off the ground i can crush my driver but
i feel to awkward. Thanks for your help. Joe


If you are rolling the right ankle during the
backswing, your stance may be too narrow. If you are
rolling the ankle on the follow-thru, you may be
swinging too hard. I would recommend the 2-club drill
as presented by Sensei Mark Anthony in the Body Golf
tapes. While doing this drill, the right heel should
only come off the ground when finishing the
follow-thru. I do not think it is a good idea to have
the right heel off the ground during the backswing,
you might lose balance. Instead, during the
backswing, let the inside edge of your right foot feel
the weight shift, and push off from there to start the
downswing.



hi,richard.i have a question for joe.i`m a 6-7 handicap,
but i want to add distance with the driver,so as to shorten
my approch shots.i`m using a cobra,350,with a stiff shaft.
i`m usually fairly accurate, but only get it out there 250-260.
can you give me some ideas on getting more power?
thanks,rob duckworth,harbor oaks golf club.



Hello Rob,
If you can consistently and accurately drive 250-260
yards, that is pretty darn good. The craving for more
power will always be there, but if you want to lower
your handicap you may be looking in the wrong area. I
would suggest you keep statistics on how many greens
you hit in regulation, and how many times you fail to
get up and down, and work on those areas first. That
being said, take your Cobra to a store where they have
a computerized hitting bay, and compare results
against other brands of demo drivers with different
lofts, shaft lengths and flexes. A longer shaft
theoretically can give more distance, but the extra
length could make it more difficult to hit the sweet
spot every time, which is most important. Also, even
if you can hit it longer, do not sacrifice accuracy or
consistent ball striking for the occasional home run.
Don't trade in the Cobra, you may want to come back to
it if the others cannot perform as accurately and
consistently on the course. 250-260 consistently may
be in the 99th percentile of all golfers. Lots of
people can hit it that far, but not consistently or
accurately.

HELP!
I am a 66 year young lady,swing speed of 85,
I have a Titilest Driver, Cleveland Irons(off set) Ti,
I hit my Driver about 175 to 180, I need to get more
distance to get me closer to the hole,So My second
shot will get me there on the par 4's.
Can you suggest the proper club head ,shaft,for my
swing speed, one that will get me the most distance ?
My irons are ok, but is steel better for me than the
titamium?Mine are ti,s.
Thank you.
Shirley


Hello Shirley,
I can only guess that you are having no problems with
accuracy or consistent ball striking. I am also
guessing you seldom get worse than a bogey on any
hole, if that is not the case, then extra distance may
not help you. But for now, let's say my guesses are
correct. In that case, you can go to any large golf
store like Golfsmith or Golf Galaxy where they have a
computerized hitting bay that can measure your swing
speed, and also show your ball flight and distances
using different brands of demo drivers, including your
own Titleist. Test your Titleist against other
brands. My crystal ball says the winning driver will
have a shaft with regular flex, ten degrees loft, and
the leading contenders might be the Cleveland Launcher
400, and the Ping TiSi. Good luck, and let me know
what happens.
Joe DeLorenzo

Thank you Joe for taking your time.





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Golf on TV Isn’t What it Could be
by
Mac Stevenson
The television coverage of the PGA, LPGA, and Senior tour
leaves a great deal to be desired. And that’s unfortunate
because there are a lot of golf fans who don’t get near the
enjoyment they should out of the telecasts.

TV broadcasts of all three tours have one thing in common:
They show way, way too much putting. We have to watch while
the players painstakingly line up their putts with the help of their
caddies. While the preparation ritual goes on and on,
the broadcasters are whispering to each other what they
think the putt will do. “Curtis, I think that putt will break
a little to the right if he doesn’t hit it firm.”
The whole scenario is tiresome.
What TV needs to do is show us more short shots close
to the greens that we can both identify with and see clearly.
Viewers could do with a lot fewer of the 325-yard drives
that you can’t see on TV. We can all hit the short shots
correctly at times, and very few of us can ever duplicate
the long drives.

Second only to putting in the dull category are the seemingly
interminable interviews that are conducted with players who
have finished their rounds. These take place while play is
ongoing on the course. Most of the questions directed to the
players are stupid beyond belief. How the players find the
patience to answer them courteously is a mystery.

If you tune in late to the telecast and don’t know where the
tournament is being played, you’re out of luck. You can
watch for long periods of time and the announcers will talk
incessantly, but they won’t tell you where the tournament is
being played. They’ll mention the name of the golf course,
but if you don’t happen to be familiar with that particular course,
you won’t know where the tournament is being played.

Television should give the fans a guided tour of the course,
the clubhouse, and points of interest in the town where each
tournament is played. They never show the inside of the
clubhouse, and that would be entertaining to numerous golf fans.

Almost all of the announcers evidently think that an occasional
moment of silence would be offensive to the TV viewers.
Au contraire. At least part of the time, they should describe
the situation facing a player on a particular shot and then
shut up while he hits it. Curtis Strange and Gary McCord
are especially abrasive because of their arrogant and
self-important broadcasting.

While it could be greatly improved, golf on TV has many
positive aspects that viewers enjoy:

* Many of the overhead shots from the blimps on courses
like Pebble Beach are spectacular.

Detailed instruction on short shots is both beneficial and
interesting to the golfers who watch the tournaments. Having
the players give us more technical advice on how to hit short
shots instead of the dreadful interviews would be a huge
improvement in golf telecasts.

Golf should be a lot more interesting to watch on TV.
As it is, putting takes up the majority of the live action
during the telecast and that’s both boring and a shame.

If you concur with any or all of these findings, whip off an
e-mail to ESPN, ABC, CBS, or USA and tell them how you feel.
If they receive enough e-mails from golf fans across the country,
someone will sit up and take notice.


Instead of Richards thoughts this week, I am reprinting
an article that
Someone sent me. It’s a great article and please take
your time to read it.



Ben Curtis is like the guy standing at a bus stop when
the burglar comes
running up to him with a Hefty bag full of hundred-dollar
bills and says,
"Hold this a second, will ya?"

Curtis didn't win the British Open. He happened to be
the only one left
standing after everybody else ran out of luck or sand.

If golf's rules weren't moldier than Madame Curie's underwear
drawer, Thomas
Bjorn would have been the winner. Or possibly Mark Roe.
Let's just test your
knowledge of the dumbest set of rules in sports. (The proper
response to
each item is, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!")

1. Bjorn would have won the Open by one shot if not for a
two-stroke penalty
he got in the first round on Thursday. After he left a bunker shot in the
bunker, he slammed his wedge into the sand in disgust.
That's considered
"testing the condition" of the sand (Rule 13-4/35 in The Rules of Golf). Of
course, that's dumber than dirt, because Bjorn wasn't testing the surface at
all -- he'd just played a shot from the stuff! Bjorn now becomes Best Player
Ever Penciled Out of a Major.

2. "But the rules do not see gray areas," you say. Oh, yes, they do. If
Bjorn had leaned on his club in the sand to keep from falling? No penalty
(13-4/2). If he'd absentmindedly stuck an umbrella or a rake in the bunker
before he played? No penalty (13-4/20). Of course, this is a game that lets
you move a dead snake, but not a live one (23-6.5), so go figure.

3. Also on Thursday, Phil Mickelson (0-for-45 in majors compared with
Curtis's 1-for-1) was nicked with a one-stroke penalty because his ball
moved in the 35-mph wind as he was addressing it with his putter (18-2/a).
Mickelson said the wind moved his ball six or seven other times that day
when he wasn't ready to putt. So what do you do,
have your manager call God?


4. Roe shot the best round of the Open, a 67 on Saturday,
to sneak to within
two shots of the lead. Except he'd forgotten to exchange
scorecards with his
playing partner, Jesper Parnevik, who, being loonier than a $1 Canadian
coin, also forgot. In the end, Roe mistakenly signed the card for Parnevik's
81 and Parnevik signed for Roe's 67, and both were disqualified (6-6d/4).
Can you imagine this happening in other sports? Uh, Shaq, you signed for 38
points and you only scored 36, so the Pacers win the title!

5. On Sunday of this year's Masters, leader Jeff Maggert hit a bunker shot
that ricocheted off the lip of the bunker and hit him in the chest. He got a
two-stroke penalty (19-2b) and missed the playoff by four shots. But why?
Did he do it intentionally? Did he think, You know what I'll do? I'll bank
this one off the lip, off my forehead and 125 yards onto the green. Please!

6. "Ah, but the rules can't assume intent," you say. Oh, yes, they can. The
rule book is full of references to "intention." If you "flick" a range ball
out of your fairway, it's fine. If you intentionally hit it as though to
practice, it costs you two shots (7-2/5). Why didn't the rule makers
consider the intent in situations like the ones involving Bjorn and Roe?

7. At this year's U.S. Women's Open, Alison Nicholas, a Florence Nightingale
sort, gently nudged a spider out of her putting line with a tee. She was
assessed a two-shot penalty (16-1/a). Yet if she had moved the spider with
her hand or her putter or her seven-iron, no penalty.

8. "Do you realize," says Tour pro Tom Lehman, "that if your ball is hanging
on the lip of the hole, you only have 10 seconds to putt it in [16-2]?
Sometimes, you can even see it rolling forward, but you have to putt it in
10 seconds, or it's one shot [penalty]. So they're telling you to hit a ball
that's moving, which is also illegal."

9. You make a hole-in-one. You find that the ball is trapped between the
flagstick and the edge of the hole, but it's not in the bottom of the cup.
Jubilant, you pull the ball out and kiss it. Too bad that you've actually
made a 3: one, the shot; two, a one-stroke penalty for picking up the ball;
three, you have to place the ball on the lip of the hole and putt out
(17-4/1). You remove the laces from your golf shoes and hang yourself.

10. The whole rule book is just dumber than Elimidate. Having to hit out of
a divot in the middle of a fairway is the "worst rule in golf [13-1]," says
Tiger Woods. And do you realize you can get 100 members of the gallery to
move a 2,000-pound rock off a green (23-1/3), but you can't shake the water
off the branch of a tree before hitting (13-2/23)?

Meanwhile, the rule that's killing golf goes ignored. That's the one that's
supposed to keep the distance of the ball down (Appendix III/5). Golf's
out-of-control equipment companies have so juiced the balls that our best
courses -- Pebble Beach, Pine Valley, Merion -- are obsolete, not long
enough for major tournaments now. Did you know that guys like Curtis were
hitting driver, sand wedge to the par-5 7th hole on Sunday?

Someday the lumps of dandruff who run golf are going to realize they're
worrying about spiders while elephants are stomping the game flat.

Great article!

Good golfing!!

Richard C. Myers
www.thinkandreachpar.com

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Greenville, SC 29615

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