Golf

[Simo86]

Snedeker 30/1

D Johnson 45/1

Z Johnson 45/1

Kuchar 30/1

Haas 60/1

 

All e/w, PP paying 6 places

[Bobby Hundreds]

 

 

1) Your grip. when you look down on your grip on the club, how many knuckles on your left hand do you see? and where do the ''v's'' created by your thumb and index finger on both hands point to? are they at your chin? right shoulder? outside your right shoulder etc

 

2) When you set up to the ball, relative to your front foot, how far forward in your stance is the ball?

 

3) Do you slice EVERYTHING? do you find that when you get into your shorter clubs, like an 8 iron for instance, your slice just becomes a straight pull to the left?

 

1. 2 knuckles and at my chin.

 

2. Half way

 

3. Shorter clubs go straight but am prone to the odd slice, especially longer irons.

[Donut]

1. 2 knuckles and at my chin.

 

2. Half way

 

3. Shorter clubs go straight but am prone to the odd slice, especially longer irons.

 

It sounds certainly like grip is an issue for you. Strengthen the grip first, by making the v's in your grip point more toward your right shoulder.

 

Do not move the ball further forward or back in your stance, simply make this grip adjustment for now. It will feel awkward at first.

 

 

Once you have changed your grip, when you are at the range, focus on these two, simple things:

 

1) Visualise a line, or piece of string extending from the target, over your ball, and behind the ball as well, about 1 foot above your ball. Try to hit the ball WITHOUT cutting through this ''imaginary'' string on BOTH sides of the ball, ie coming into impact, and after impact.

 

2) If you are on a grass range, use an umbrella.....but if not, put something like another ball, ON your target line, in front of where you are hitting to. Your objective is to make each shot you hit start to the RIGHT of the intermediate target. If it misses the actual target, that is ok for now, but the ball must start slightly to the right of the immediate target on the ground.

 

 

Adjust the grip, and put these two things into action during a range session, and report back with the effect you have experienced.

[Ric Flair]

Z Johnson 45/1

S Stricker 50/1

E Els 90/1 e/w

G-Mac 66/1 e/w

H English 125/1 e/w

S Moon-Bae 350/1 e/w

M Jiminez first round leader 125/1 e/w

Hoping my decision to not back Dufner and Haas doesn't come back to haunt me

[ScouseFox]

Got on Paul Casey FRL @ 100/1. Praying nobody goes on a late surge and Jimenez or Scott drop a few so he hangs onto the e/w money. Would be profit for the weekend no matter what if he can. 

[SOCCERROO FOX]

Scott and Kuchar had a good start for me, so hoping they can kick on.

 

http://picktheholechallenge.pga.com/

 

I voted A, looks the toughest with water and bunker in play.

[Ric Flair]

Fook off Jiminez that double bogey up 16 cost me £250, not to mention his other double bogey. Twat!!!!!

[ScouseFox]

Stricker, Casey, Day, Dufner and Stenson the 5 I backed. All under par so far so here's hoping they all continue this form.

My Casey FRL bet returned about 8 quid because he was tied 5th with about 6 others haha.

[Bert]

Early USPGA fancies? Stenson's in incredible form but 25/1 is too low for me. I like that Dufner's had two top 5's in recent weeks.

Some shout this!

[Super_horns]

A few low scores around - is that unusual for the PGA?

[Bert]

A few low scores around - is that unusual for the PGA?

The greens have been easier to attack in the afternoon because of the rain in the morning, the ball is just sticking so you can go at the flag a bit more.

[ScouseFox]

Tiger's getting angrier and angrier out there haha. 

 

Dufner with a real chance of a 62. 

[Donut]

Tiger's getting angrier and angrier out there haha. 

 

Dufner with a real chance of a 62. 

 

One of the players who currently has a major 63 that may be broken is local midland man Paul Broadhurst at the 1990 Open Championship at St Andrews

A few low scores around - is that unusual for the PGA?

 

Course is very very soft.

 

Makes the fairways play very wide, and means the players can get aggressive when they go for the pins

[ScouseFox]

One of the players who currently has a major 63 that may be broken is local midland man Paul Broadhurst at the 1990 Open Championship at St Andrews

 

 

Well his record still stands .

 

Dufner bags a 63, joint record and new course record, goes into the weekend with the lead in the major and yet still looks a bit disappointed he left his birdie putt short on 18. A chance of real history. Still, I've backed him and would like him to get that out his mind and power on through the weekend and win us both a bit of money. Cheers Jase. 

[Super_horns]

Scoring certainly doesn't seem to be so easy...shame to see Rose fall away a bit.

[ScouseFox]

Jim Furyk better just fúcking fúck off because I really considered backing him but went for Dufner, Stenson and Stricker instead who are the others up there and are gonna win me money. Pls. Thanks Jim. 

[Ric Flair]

Early USPGA fancies? Stenson's in incredible form but 25/1 is too low for me. I like that Dufner's had two top 5's in recent weeks.

Why the fook did I go against my gut feeling? Stricker my only real hope left. Twat

[separator]

I've got a tenner ew on Stenson @ 30's. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

It sounds certainly like grip is an issue for you. Strengthen the grip first, by making the v's in your grip point more toward your right shoulder.

 

Do not move the ball further forward or back in your stance, simply make this grip adjustment for now. It will feel awkward at first.

 

 

Once you have changed your grip, when you are at the range, focus on these two, simple things:

 

1) Visualise a line, or piece of string extending from the target, over your ball, and behind the ball as well, about 1 foot above your ball. Try to hit the ball WITHOUT cutting through this ''imaginary'' string on BOTH sides of the ball, ie coming into impact, and after impact.

 

2) If you are on a grass range, use an umbrella.....but if not, put something like another ball, ON your target line, in front of where you are hitting to. Your objective is to make each shot you hit start to the RIGHT of the intermediate target. If it misses the actual target, that is ok for now, but the ball must start slightly to the right of the immediate target on the ground.

 

 

Adjust the grip, and put these two things into action during a range session, and report back with the effect you have experienced.

Cheers, I'll try these next time I range.

[ScouseFox]

Furyk vs Dufner is superb golf. Toe to toe, birdie for birdie, big putt for big putt, wayward drive to wayward drive. Great to watch. 

 

Stenson not going away a few shots back and Scott trying his best to post a clubhouse score to worry the two leaders as they come down 17 & 18 later on. 

 

Gonna be a cracking finish I reckon.

[ScouseFox]

If Dufner had been a bit more aggressive (easy to say from my bed, not the back 9 of a major on a Sunday) he'd have this won by now. 3 birdie shots he's left 6 inches or so short with the perfect line. Unlucky or showing nerves? 

 

5 holes to go for the leaders, Dufner -11, Furyk -9. G'won Jason. 

[Jordan]

Wow, did Furyk ever need to sink that birdie putt on 16... A lot can happen on 17 and 18 here but Dufner really should put this one to bed.

[Bert]

Somewhere in London Ric Flair is having a very bad night

[kingfox]

No word of a lie, I was actually going to bet on Dufner, but as I've had such an up and down week with personal problems, I didn't get round to it.

 

Gutted.

[ScouseFox]

Dufner should still win unless he seriously loses his bottle on the final tee. Bit gutted he didn't go a full final 18 in the last pair without a bogey though. That would've been some special round.