Big Wins for Rory and Alvaro this weekend.

The Ryder Cup this year will be held October 1-3 at the Celtic Manor Resort, in the City of Newport, Wales.

I am really looking forward to this Ryder Cup more than any Ryder Cup before. Especially after this weekend.

In the 2008 Ryder Cup, the USA won convincingly at Valhalla. It was nice to see USA victorious since the Europeans had been dominating this competition winning in 2002, 2004, and 2006. So now the Americans are coming off of an '08 victory which is good for us but the Europeans are coming off of one heck of a weekend for them. Rory McIlroy or Ireland won at The Quail Hollow Championship on the US PGA Tour, and Alvaro Quiros of Spain won the Spanish Open.

The Euros have really gotten some new fire power which adds to the excitement of it all. Go to www.rydercup.com/2010 for information on this year's Ryder Cup.


Go to the Global Golf Post for more information on this weekend's wins of Alvaro and Rory.

Global Golf Post - May 3, 2010 - Page 9


Have a great week!

 

Here you go folks, take a look at this picture of Rory Swinging the golf club.  Way To Go Rory!  What a great Backswing Postition Rory sets into.

• Great Retention of his spine angle from the address position into his backswing.
• Great Shoulder Turn.
• Great Positions of his right arm and left arm.  
• Beautiful Swing Plane, not too much Up and not too much around ... just the perfect combination of both.
• Looks like Great Balance and Great Concentration on the ball.

Great Swing and Great Win Rory, What a great fresh look to the PGA Tour Season! 

From the C.H.O. - A Great Video to Make You Feel Good ... Which Might Make You Play Good Too!

A big part of having success in golf is being happy and confident.  When you feel good physically, and you feel good in your heart and in your head, and when you have a smile on your face ... who cares what your score is right?  I know when I am smiling, I am happy, relaxed, and confident.  If I am smiling and relaxed the odds are great that I will hit it close, make the putt, or hit a really nice long drive.  So either way you win right - If you are happy your score does not matter and if you are happy most likely your scores will be better.  Win Win!


So, watch this video.  It will make you smile and make you feel good.  Click the Friday Spoing Link Below.

Friday Spoing!

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Kodak Swing in HD - Callaway Golf:en-US:Special Offers:Kodak Swing in HD

This is the greatest deal in golf right now for sure. My two favorite things (Callaway Drivers and my Kodak Pocket HD Video Camera) in a buy one get one free deal.

If you scroll down in my blog to the post that shows my driver swing, the still frames of my swing were taken with my Kodak Pocket Video Camera that I bought in December. I bought one of these Kodak HD Pocket Video Cameras when my daughter was born to capture her and her brother smiling, laughing etc. I thought it was the greatest thing I ever bought, now you can get one free. This camera is really awesome because it is so super easy for me to take pictures or video my kids when I am at home or golfers during a lesson. It is super easy to download the pictures and videos to my computer ... super easy, and like I did, you can actually take a video and break the video down frame by frame to analyze your swing. So the free part of this deal is super good, the part you pay for is even better. The Callaway Driver line up this year is not only the best Drivers that Callaway has ever made but also the best line up of drivers on the market right now from any manufacturer. So, if you are thinking about upgrading your driver this year, you are lucky because you truly can't beat this deal. Click on the link below and let me know if you need help getting one these great drivers and taking advantage of this great offer from Callaway.

Have a great day!

Brian


Kodak Swing in HD - Callaway Golf:en-US:Special Offers:Kodak Swing in HD

BBC SPORT | Golf | Oliver Wilson's guide to chipping

This year in the 2010 Accenture World Match Play Championships it came as a suprise to some people that Oliver Wilson beat Miguel Jimenez in the 1st Round, Rory McIlroy in the 2nd Round, and Luke Donald in the 3rd Round before finally losing to Sergio Garcia 4 & 3 in the Quarter Finals. Many people are also suprised to hear that Oliver Wilson was a member of the 2008 European Ryder Cup Team.

Well, with Oliver simply laying back and enjoying his relaxed profile, it's no shock that he brings a nice relaxed style to this lesson about hitting high soft pitch shots. Perfecting the shot he shows you here is a matter of 3 ingredients in my opinion.

Ingredient #1. Proper Method
Ingredient #2. Trust To Open The ClubFace and Take A Bigger Swing
Ingredient #3. Practice That Involves The Proper Method, and Gaining Confidence and Trust In The Shot

BBC SPORT Golf Oliver Wilson's guide to chipping

5 Secrets to Holing More Putts - full - Instruction - Golf.com

This is a really nice instruction article by Dave Stockton about better putting.

They say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Well I guess I am flattering Dave by putting this link to his article in my blog and in his article he flattered the late Ernest Jones.

Ernest Jones for those of you who do not know is revered by many Golf Professionals as the God Father of Modern Golf Instruction. In 1937, in his book Swinging Into Golf, Jones introduced the example that if you wrote your name without conciously thinking about it too much in a nice, easy, free flowing manner, your signature would look better and the process would be smoother than if you tried copying your name on to paper from a signature that you had previously written. Dave mentions this almost verbatim in the 5th point of his article.

The bottom line is, even though I believe that Dave got some of his material from a 73 year old book (that may be the finest golf book ever written), this information original and otherwise is still very much valid today. I think that your mental approach and physical/overall putting will be better after reading this article.

Dave's topics of discussion in this article are:
1.  Get A Better Read
2.  Get A Routine
3.  See The Line
4.  Stroke, Don't Hit
5.  Don't Try To Make It ... you have to read the article for this statement to make sense.
Click on the Link, Good Golfing to You, Good Putting to You, Good Luck, and God Bless!

5 Secrets to Holing More Putts - full - Instruction - Golf.com

How to Fix a Bad Driving Day - Instruction - Golf.com

If your driving goes south on you and you start getting too hung up on worrying if the ball will go left or right to the point that you are no longer swinging the club freely. Try this drill.

Thinking like this will give you the confidence to swing aggressively again, worry less, and stop hesitating.  IF you are not worried, and it is not in your head, but actually just simply in your swing.  Refer yourself to the post below as I explain what makes a driver swing ... A Good Driver Swing.  

Check out the link below if it is in your head, check out my previous posting if it is in your swing.

Thanks Golf Magazine for more great golf instruction ...

How to Fix a Bad Driving Day - Instruction - Golf.com