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OAKLEY SHOES TODAY'S GOLF - Wednesday, May 19, 2004"Tips... News... And More... All For The Love Of The Game" ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. PGA TOURS - Schedule 2. GOLF CHUCKLE 3. PRO REPORT - GOLF SCIENCE PGA TOURS EDS Byron Nelson Championship -- Site: Irving, Texas. -- Schedule: Today-Sunday. -- Courses: TPC at Four Seasons Resort (7,017 yards, par 70) and Cottonwood Valley Course (6,846, par 70). -- Purse: $5.8 million. Winner's share: $1,044,000. -- Television: USA (Thursday, 4-6 p.m.; Friday, 3-6 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.). LPGA TOUR Franklin American Mortgage Championship -- Site: Franklin, Tenn. -- Schedule: Friday-Sunday. -- Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club, Ironhorse Course (6,458 yards, par 72). -- Purse: $900,000. Winner's share: $135,000. -- Television: ESPN (Friday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 4-6 p.m.). CHAMPIONS TOUR -- Next event: Allianz Championship, May 21-23, Glen Oaks Country Club, West Des Moines, Iowa. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Most Powerful Small Business Software Package Around is Now FREE For A Limited Time... You read it correctly... For a limited time, Small Business Pro, which normally sells for $29.99 is yours for just s&h. Whether you're just getting started in business or well on the way to success, get the help you need to keep it legal with Small Business Pro. This CDRom contains six bestselling business books that are in a searchable online format: - Tax Savvy for Small Business - Legal Forms for a Small Business - Starting and Running a Small Business - Employer's Legal Handbook - Marketing Without Advertising - How to Write a Business Plan But the meat of Small Business Pro is the inclusion of the forms and contracts (over 125). Don't wait to pick this piece of software up, because it will instantly start saving you money the moment you use it. Plus with it being just the cost of s&h, supplies won't last long. To get your copy visit: Small Business Legal Pro ------------------------------------------------------------ GOLF CHUCKLE Four men went golfing one day. Three of them headed to the first tee and the fourth went into the clubhouse to take care of the bill. The three men started talking, bragging about their sons. The first man told the others, "my son is a homebuilder and he is so successful that he gave a friend a new home for free." The second man said, "My son was a car salesman and now he owns a multi-line dealership. He's so successful that he gave a friend a new Mercedes, fully loaded." The third man, not wanting to be outdone, bragged, "My son is a stockbroker and he's doing so well that he gave his friend an entire stock portfolio." The fourth man joined them on the tee after a few minutes of taking care of business. The first man mentioned, "We were just talking about our sons. How is yours doing?" The fourth man replied, "Well, my son is gay, and dances in a gay bar. I'm not totally thrilled about this, but he must be doing well. His last three boyfriends gave him a house, a brand new Mercedes and a stock portfolio. ------------------------------------------------------------ Good-Bye... Old-fashioned Mouse Pads Here is the FUN and PRACTICAL new concept in mouse pads. Not only does this mouse pad work great with a regular or optical mouse, but it doubles as a calendar and note pad with 40 sheets for taking notes, and displays a convenient list of common keyboard shortcuts. No more sticky notes on the side of your monitor... get the GopherCentral Mouse Pad. Just $4.99 for one or SAVE on two or more, $3.99 ea. VISIT: GopherCentral Mouse Pad ------------------------------------------------------------ PRO REPORT GOLF SCIENCE In 2003, the Mayo Clinic published a study of the yips and, as you can read below, it didn't sit too well with Chuck Hogan, one of the most original thinkers in the golf business. Chuck believes that the yips are just a piece of learning, not a disease. It's human nature to seek pleasure and avoid pain, and in most cases the choice is clear-cut: We see a snake and run; we see a comfy chair and curl up in it. But when it comes to a short putt, the brain of the yipper is in a quandary. It must stroke the putt to finish the hole and get its reward, but it doesn't want to experience the pain of the miss, a pain that the golfer has blown so completely out of proportion that it must be avoided. Enter Mr. Hogan and his open letter to the clinic: "It is well-documented that golf went from a game played in Scotland to a matter of money, politics, bio-mechanics and a self-esteem issue in the United States. I must say that your recent article regarding the 'yips' was a giant step backward for golf and golfers. "The yips syndrome, regard- less of research by the Mayo Clinic, is simply a learned behavior. The human system ... moves away from pain and toward pleasure. When golfers 'learn' that a 2-foot putt is dangerous, the perception generates a vascular shutoff. While the golfer's subconscious is moving away, the golfer's conscious mind still moves 'toward' to execute the putt. The simultaneous 'toward-away' demands are manifest and expressed as a spasmodic response. "Then, along comes ... the Mayo Clinic to 'discover' the 'problem.' What they find, sure enough, is evidence of fear in the brain-scan imagery. Now they give it a name -- 'dystonia.'" "No solution was offered .. so the golfer is left with the idea that s/he could be the victim at any moment. And, there is no controlling this monster. This is another ADPD (Attention Deficit Putting Disorder -- don't you just love labels?). Isn't it enough that Americans have taken a game (G-A-M-E) and turned it into a job? Isn't it enough that your self-esteem and pecking order is at stake and all about a putt? Well, apparently not -- now they've invented a disease. "Suffice it to say that you (Mayo) have taken more joy out of Muddville and added more anxiety to golfers. Since the brain researchers are more interested in research for the sake of research, can't we just keep it in academia where it won't give little golfers nightmares?" ------------------------------------------------------------ Questions? Comments? Email us: mailto:golf@gophercentral.com Email your comments ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://news.gophercentral.com/s/?a=u&n=440&s=49160041 Unsubscribe You are subscribed as: tff@flashmail.com If you are having problems unsubscribing please email us at: Problems? * PLEASE allow 48-hrs for removal from this list * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Fun and Amusement by emailL: http://www.gophercentral.com More F-R-E-E Newsletters ____________________________________________________________ END OF TODAY'S GOLF Copyright 2004 by PENN LLC. All rights reserved. Please forward this, in its entirety, to others. 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OAKLEY SHOES TODAY'S GOLF - Tuesday, MAy 11, 2004"Tips... News... And More... All For The Love Of The Game" ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. TEEING OFF - Don't get wristy 2. PRO REPORT - A chip without the flip 3. QUOTE OF THE WEEK TEEING OFF Don't get wristy A wrist- or hand-dominated motion can be useful in certain situations around the green, where less-than-perfect lies mandate a conscious manipulation of the clubhead. However, being wristy or handsy on the tee, where the objective is to generate maximum power and distance, is a definite no-no. With the big stick, you should strive to keep your hands and wrists as quiet-or passive-as possible. That's especially true during the backswing. The club should be taken away in a one-piece motion with a full shoulder turn and with the big muscles in the legs and torso controll- ing the swing. Only when the golf club reaches the waist level should the wrists begin to hinge. For many golfers, there's a temptation to control the club with the hands. That's the "hitting instinct" taking over- the preconditioned idea that we somehow have to supply all the power with our arms and hands. Bag that instinct and let the golf club do the work. That's what it's designed to do. The hands and wrists should remain passive through the beginning of the downswing, which is triggered by a weight shift and turn toward the left side. Only after the arms have started their downward route-a move more or less dictated by gravity-should you attempt to create accelera- tion with the arms and hands. At that point-defined as "pre-impact"-the sensation with the hands and arms should be that of cracking a whip or hitting a smash with a tennis racquet or ping-pong paddle. The key is to think "faster," not "stronger." The best way to achieve this is to have relaxed wrists throughout the swing and not try to force anything. More relaxed arms and wrists always equals more power. Until the moment of truth, keep your smaller muscles out of the picture and allow the bigger muscles to take charge. ------------------------------------------------------------ Stop ignoring your body. You need the POWER WRIST Power up your wrists and forearms with the Power Wrist. People constantly ignore this important part of their work out routine. Wrist and forearm strength helps improve the power needed for golf, tennis, bowling, basketball and most any other sport. Plus, there is no mistaking that firm, powerful handshake that comes from a strong wrist and arm. Don't waste time with wrist curls - just slip the adjustable power wrist over your forearm and start blasting those wrists. Foam-padded for comfort and designed for maximum results. Carry it anywhere and work out any time of day. SAVE $20 -- Get it here for $9.99 at: http://ads.gophercentral.com/al/a?aid=7&ent=1934 The Power Wrist ------------------------------------------------------------ PRO REPORT A chip without the flip The most common error amateurs make while chipping is flipping the club head past their hands. This error leads to a myriad of bad results, including skulls, fat shots, sky balls and spinners. To stop the flip, you must quiet your hands. Imagine your hands are clamps, not for crushing but for securing the club so it can respond to the gentle rotation of your chest and the swinging of your arms without any self- hinging. To feel this synchronized motion, use a drill suggested by shot game specialist David Pelz: Put both hands on your hips (thumbs toward the front) and squeeze your elbows toward each other to fuse your upper and lower body. Keeping your weight centered in your front hip, pivot back and through so you finish facing the target with all your weight on the front foot and just the toes of the back foot on the ground for balance. Do this as many times as it takes for you to feel the synchronization. This motion allows you to control the distance of your shots by simply changing the length of your swing. You need not use your hands or wrists for power. ------------------------------------------------------------ Take Our Educational Survey-Get FREE Webster's Encyclopedia This is the largest educational survey ever undertaken in the US. Please take 90 seconds to fill out this exclusive survey and we will send you a FREE Webster's Encyclopedia on CD ROM. Thank you for participating. Just visit: http://www.takepolls.com/survey/edu.asp?aid=6822 Take the Educational Survey ------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTE OF THE WEEK "You hate to say that as a player. But I was thinking, if I make a bogey it's going to cost me 100 grand at one point." - Joe Ogilvie ------------------------------------------------------------ Questions? Comments? Email us: mailto:golf@gophercentral.com Email your comments ------------------------------------------------------------ To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-golf.html Subscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://news.gophercentral.com/s/?a=u&n=440&s=49160041 Unsubscribe You are subscribed as: tff@flashmail.com If you are having problems unsubscribing please email us at: Problems? * PLEASE allow 48-hrs for removal from this list * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Fun and Amusement by emailL: http://www.gophercentral.com More F-R-E-E Newsletters ____________________________________________________________ END OF TODAY'S GOLF Copyright 2004 by PENN LLC. All rights reserved. Please forward this, in its entirety, to others. |
