Tiger’s latest golf tip is Pay attention to short putts. It’s a great tip, but I don’t like the timing of it’s release. With the way John Daly lost to Tiger Woods in last week’s American Express Championship, it just seems like a slap in the face.
I’m sure Woods has plenty of other golf tips to share with the world, so why not wait to share this one?
Titleist’s Vice President of Golf Club Marketing, Chris McGinley, answers questions about the Titleist 735.CM irons.
What type of golfer are the 735’s geared towards?
The Titleist golf club line is designed for the competitive and better player, and we have seen these clubs attracting a wide range of better golfers.
We recommend that any golfer, no matter what their talent level, be custom fit by a well trained, professional club fitter to find the appropriate model and personal specifications that work the best.
I would also recommend getting custom fit for golf clubs. When I took lessons at the beginning of the summer, the instructor took a look at my clubs and we found out I needed a thicker grip because I have such large hands.
The Open really is now truly open.
British Sports Minister Richard Caborn
It was announced today that women will be allowed to qaulify for the Men’s British Open. How long will it be before Michelle Wie qualifies? She is already eligible to attempt qualifying for next year’s Open.
More details at ESPN.com.
Tiger Woods has won 20 of the 50 highest-rated tournaments (according to the Official World Golf Ranking) over the past seven years. He’s won three Masters, two PGA Championships, two U.S. Opens and two British Opens, as well as the 2001 PLAYERS Championship. He’s also won 10 World Golf Championships — four American Express Championships, four NEC Invitationals and two Accenture Match Play Championships in that span.
Second best on the list is the quartet of Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and Retief Goosen. Each of them has won twice.
PGA Tour Weekly
Think about that for a minute…
Tiger was supposed to be going through a slump over the previous year or two. He still managed to win 40% of the toughest golf tournaments played around the world in the last seven years.
As a Michigan golfer I’ve had to live with a shorter golf season than the more southern states. For the past 3 years I’ve gone on a 3 day golf tip to Boyne at the end of August where we play 36 holes a day. After the trip I’m usually sick of golf for at least a week and usually 2 weeks. That puts the season into September. During the month of September things start to pick up at work and the weather begins to change.
I usually golf a few times during September, but with the weather changes and everything else going on, I’m just about done. I haven’t played 9 holes in at least 3 weeks and don’t know if I’ll get any golf in for the rest of the year. October is a month of cold rainy days and that’s not my idea of fun on the golf course. Courses run all kinds of specials during this time, but it just isn’t worth it to me. I need to move somewhere warmer…like California!
According to ESPN.com the TCP at Sawgrass will undergo renovations costing an estimated $25 million. Plans involve changes to the stands on the 16th, 17th, and 18th holes, a new water drainage system, and new technology around the course. Technology improvements would include video screens around the course as well as a radio system for fans to listen to the action (maybe XM since they broadcast the PGA Tour).
Hopefully, it translates to a tournament that all of our tournaments can look at as a model, and that’s where the bar is set in terms of fan experience, player experience and sponsor experience.
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem
For full details visit ESPN.
Golf is like a love affair. If you don’t take it seriously, it’s no fun; if you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart.
Arthur Daley
I play in the low 80’s. If it’s any hotter than that, I won’t play.
Joe E. Louis
Forget your opponents; always play against par.
Sam Snead
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Mark Twain
I miss. I miss. I miss. I make.
Seve Ballestero
My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.
Lord Robertson
A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don’t give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?
Lee Trevino
Is my friend in the bunker or is the bastard on the green?
Anonymous
When I’m on a golf course and it starts to rain and lightning, I hold up my one iron, ‘caus I know even God can’t hit a one iron.
Lee Trevino
If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
Bob Hope
Chile’s 21-year-old Nicole Perrot finished the Longs Drugs Challenge at -14, good enough for a one stroke victory over Hee-Won Han. With her victory Perrot becomes the tenth first time winner on the LPGA Tour this year. While looking through her bio I noticed she shares a birthday with me…December 26th.
2005 has been quite the year for the young women in the golf world. Paula Creamer made headlines by going pro after graduating high school, winning a tournament, and then dominating another tournament. Earlier this week Michelle Wie announced she was going pro at the age of 15. It’s great to see the game of golf becoming more and more popular for the younger females. Maybe the big TV networks will take notice and show LPGA tournaments in prime time a little more often.
I enjoy watching Annika Sorenstam play because she’s such a phenomenal golfer, but what’s up with her player profile photo on LPGA.com? It looks like she crawled out of bed, someone said “Smile!” and snapped her picture. For one of the greatest to ever play the game of golf they could at least update the photo. She’s much better looking than what they show.
Titleist has posted an excellent article on their site titled Where’s the Harm? which challenges the idea that golf ball technology is harming the game of golf.
For those who deem a distance “problem” exists, to identify the golf ball as the sole contributor to and the solution for is an over-simplification. While the professional game has experienced a paradigm shift toward the “Power Game” in the past two decades, it has been the result of six contributing variables, five of which are continually overlooked by the media and antitechnology pundits. In addition to lower spinning, high performance golf balls, other factors include larger, thinner-faced titanium drivers with graphite shafts; improved golf course conditioning and agronomy; bigger, stronger and better conditioned athletes; improved technique and instruction; and launch monitors and customization of equipment.
This summer I bought some mint condition Titleist Pro V1 golf balls off eBay and I can assure you they didn’t improve my scoring by much, if at all. I like the feel of the ball and the confidence I have hitting them, but I’m not sure they’re worth the money.
Nick Momrik 