Posts tagged PGA Tour

Understanding the new USGA Groove Rule

Cleveland Golf has put together an excellent video explaining the new controversial  USGA groove rule.  It does it clearly and concisely and explains how and why the USGA wanted to increase accuracy off the tee.  Take a look and let me know your thoughts.

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Spotlight Swing: Anthony Kim

Here is a nice Face On view of Anthony Kim with a driver. (Driver)

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Tiger Woods, first athlete to a billion

So Tiger’s got another honor.  First athlete to earn 1 billion dollars.  That’s 1,000,000,000, or 1 thousand million.  Crazy.

He has earned it.  He has an amazing track record, legions of fans, has singlehandedly kept the golf industry alive, and even when he doesn’t play, he almost wins the tournament (except for the British Open, or The Open as it is called, where he missed the cut).

As someone who is working toward becoming a scratch golfer, Tiger’s accomplishments seem so unreal.  Don’t get me wrong, the man is not perfect, and he is not a saint.  He is a human being, with an enormous amount of talent, at the right place, and the right time, and has an incredible work ethic to top it off.

It just amazes me that anyone could accomplish what he has.  I think human potential is virtually unlimited, and for the most part untapped, except for a few people who somehow make extraordinary things happen.

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