Watch this shot of the month!
Richard Finch was playing his 3rd shot on the last 18th hole - par 5 on the European PGA tour tournament Irish Open 2008. He played out of hazard and ended in the water! However, his shot ended on the green. And he ended as a tournament winner!
Some Golf Myths About Equipment And Performance
Compiled by Dick Rugge Senior Technical Director of the United States Golf Association
Myth 1. Faster Swing Golfers get greater distance advantage from new golf balls introduced after 2000.
False. Scientific tests and results on the PGA Tour confirm that faster swing players have not gained any amount of distance from these modern golf balls. Example: Corey Pavin, the shortest player in 2000, gained almost the same amount of distance between 2000 and 2005 (7.4 yards) as the longest golfer (John Daly at 8.7 yards).
Myth 2. Golf ball distance is not currently limited.
False. Golf ball distance is being regulated since 1976. All golf balls that are played on PGA Tour and the majority of golf balls sold have passed the USGA’s distance limit test.
Myth 3. Driving distance on the PGA Tour is increasing rapidly
False. Average Tour driving distance increased over the past 10 years, but it has also leveled off during last three. The average distance increase since 2003 to 2006 is only about 1 yard per year.
Myth 4. The longest PGA hitters finish higher on the money list.
False. Some long-driving professionals are very successful, but on average, the top 10 driving distance golfers have been falling down on the money list in few recent years.
Myth 5. Most of the PGA Tour golf professionals swing at 120 mph or even more.
False. The average golf player swing speed on Tour is approximately 113 mph. Some swing at or higher than 120 mph, but these are clearly in the minority.
Myth 6. The average 5-irons distance on Tour 200+ yards.
False. PGA Tour Shotlink system records all shots throughout the season. It shows that avg. 5-iron fairway shots to green are approximately 185 yards. And from the tee on 3 pars, the avg. 5-iron distance is about 197 yards.
Myth 7. You get more distance if you put topspin on your drive.
False. Every normally struck drive create a backspin. Backspin generates lift and helps to keep the ball in the air. You can put topspin on a ball only if you ‘top’ the ball. That will create a very short distance plus it dives your ball into the ground.
The Alps Golf Pro Tour is a professional golf tour orginized by the national golf associations of Switzerland, Italy, Morocco and Austria.
The Alps pro golf tour is 3rd level european tour, the highest europe golf level is the European Tour, and the 2nd level european pro tour is the Challenge Tour. This tour is created for young golf
professionals to give them opportunity to play and also to win some category on the European Challenge
Tour and also fore some exemptions from the European Tour Qualifying School stage 1.
Other 3rd level european golf tours are the PGA EuroPro Tour in UK and also the EPD Tour in Germany.
The Alps Golf Tour events are in 5 countries mentioned above. There are +/- 20 events per season and the total prize money are approx. one million Euros. Most of the tour players come from hosting countries. The top tour players of the Alps tour Order of Merit win admission to the European Tour Qualifying School - stage 2 (there are total 3 stages), plus top 5 golfers get to play at Challenge Tour with limited privileges.
Official website of the Alps Golf Tour is here
Definition - Golf Scramble Term Glossary: it is one of primary tournament forms that are played at golf associations or charity events and other similar events.
A scramble is normally played with 4 person teams, also 2 person scrambles are very popular. When played 2 person scramble format, handicaps usually apply; if played 4 person scramble format, handicaps usually do not apply - only if it is an Ambrose style scramble format.
Scramble rules say that each player must tees off on each hole. The best of all tee shots is then selected and all players then play second shots from that spot. Next, best of all second shots is determined and all players play third shots from that spot, and it goes on until the ball is finally holed.
When scramble is played as with 4 players, teams are constructed as an A player, B player, C player and also D player, based on their handicaps. The A player would be the lowest handicapper, the D player would be the highest handicapper.
A golf scramble might require players A and B to tee off from the back tees and players C,D from the middle tees. Or another format is that A’s tees from the back, players B’s and C’s from the middle and players D’s tees from the front. The tournament organizers can specify that all players will play from the same tees.
There are also other scramble variations:Texas Scramble and also Ambrose Competition.
Known As: Ambrose Competition when is a group handicap used. Texas Scramble is when at least 4 tee balls of every group member must be used. “Fort Lauderdale” - synonym term.
Golf pro player and expert Rickard Strongert will show you how to pick up your ball with club when you play golf. Knowing that makes playing golf much more easier, fun and you can also impress your golfing friends with your tricks.
Trick One
Standard pickup. Place the leading club edge right behind your ball so it can go underneath.
Then twist your wrist and open the clubface and pick the ball up.
See the video for step by step guide for this trick.
Trick Two
Another way to pick your ball up is to put the back club edge behind the ball.
After that, you pull the club against you and make your ball to pop up into the air.
Watch the video for more golf tricks for picking your ball up, even with driver.
Golf Course Club de Brive
Address: Golf Club de Brive Planchetorte, Vallée de Planchetorte, 19100 Brive-la-Gaillarde
Phone: +33 5 55 87 57 57
Fax: +33 5 55 87 48 28
Email accueil@golfdebrive.com
Club Website: http://www.golfdebrive.com
Number of Holes: This is a 18 hole golf course with very old trees and is crossed by the Planchetorte stream. The second part of this course is quite hilly but there are fewer water hazards.
Course Yardage: 5847m
Course Par: 71
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Watch this exellent slow motion video of Tiger Woods driver shot. It was on the first tee during the last day of the US Open held at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania in June 2007.
Perfect drive, learn from it, analyze it and improve your swing, plane and distance.
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Philip Alfred Mickelson - was born on June 16, 1970 in San Diego, California, USA. He is known as nicknamed “Lefty” because he is playing left-handed swing, otherwise he is right-handed in his life. Phil Mickelson is a famous American professional golfer. Phil is one of the best players of his generation, because he have won 3 major championships and 34 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a top career high by world ranking of 2nd in multiple years.
His residence is in Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA. He graduated from Arizona State University.
Phil is 191 cm tall and his weight is 91kg.
He turned pro in 1992.
The reason why Phil playes left handed golf swing is that he learned to play golf by watching his father, so hi was mirroring his moves.
