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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
GOLF is AIKI by Mark Anthony
http://www.jumpusa.com/taoofgolf2.htm
I do tai chi. It is powerful. I won't bore you with what I know. This guy mark caught my eye. He is selling a book about golf. I have not bought it. I like the pictures on this webpage about golf swing and his training for newbies.
"We all have the potential to hit the ball on target. We just need to train the body to move in the proper mechanics, without muscular tension and strain. Grunting will not produce more power in a golf swing. In fact, any chiropractor will tell you that muscular tension destroys the body's natural alignment. Since muscular tension inhibits the natural alignment of the spine, it therefore directly effects the golf swing. Precise alignment at the point of impact is essential to hitting the ball straight. "
http://www.jumpusa.com/taoofgolf2.htm
golf swing tips
I do tai chi. It is powerful. I won't bore you with what I know. This guy mark caught my eye. He is selling a book about golf. I have not bought it. I like the pictures on this webpage about golf swing and his training for newbies.
"We all have the potential to hit the ball on target. We just need to train the body to move in the proper mechanics, without muscular tension and strain. Grunting will not produce more power in a golf swing. In fact, any chiropractor will tell you that muscular tension destroys the body's natural alignment. Since muscular tension inhibits the natural alignment of the spine, it therefore directly effects the golf swing. Precise alignment at the point of impact is essential to hitting the ball straight. "
http://www.jumpusa.com/taoofgolf2.htm
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Arnold Palmer
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ASK THE GOLF EXPERT
By Jim McCabe
NBCSports.com contributor
Updated: 10:50 p.m. ET April 09, 2004
Q: For those of us who never saw him play competitively, why is Arnold Palmer so revered? Why did he do so well at the Masters?
A: Chris, how much time do you have? Truly, we could spend a long weekend discussing the reasons why Palmer is such an icon. But keep in mind that his appeal spreads from the generation that saw him play in his prime, to the generation that only watched him turn for the twilight of his career, to a generation that knows of his legend only from stories passed down from parents and grandparents. That ability to connect with people of all ages is what defines the Palmer legend and it is hard to put into words.
Surely, Palmer is beloved because he was such a fierce competitor on the golf course, one who refused to back down from a challenge, no matter the odds. That's how he won the 1960 U.S. Open, and oh, how we love that spirit in our athletes; but it's also that fire that lost him the 1966 U.S. Open and several other big tournaments, and, oh, how we admire the way he accepted defeat with class and humility.
It is essential to understand about Palmer that for all his success -- and he won more than 60 tournaments, seven of them majors, and he's the one who revived the British Open and invented the Grand Slam -- what made him so universally embraced is that he was one of the first big-name athletes who showed us that it was OK to fail, so long as you maintained dignity and gave it your greatest effort.
Palmer, who played his 50th and final Masters this year, has said on many occasions that his life has been shaped not as much by the wins, but by the defeats that tested his character. Like Jack Nicklaus, it can be said of Palmer that he not only was a terrific winner, but a great loser and who among us doesn't need to understand better how to handle the situations that don't go our way?
Beyond all that, Palmer touched people because he wanted to.
"The first time I played with him, he told me it was important 'To look 'em in the eye,' " said Brad Faxon, now in his 21st year on Tour. "I thought he meant the other players, but he meant the people in the gallery."
That is why Palmer caught on and has remained a rage for more than 40 years -- because he reached out to them and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't have an autograph by the man simply known as "The King."
His style of play was effective at Augusta National; he hit the ball hard, often low, and frequently with a right-to-left shape that worked well at the par-5s. He was a bold, aggressive player, at a course that is one of the ultimate risk-and-reward venues, and in his prime no one made more long putts that mattered.
Q: In his new book Ken Venturi is accusing Arnold Palmer of a rules violation at the '58 Masters. What are your thoughts?
-- Alan Rae from Vancouver, British Columbia
A: Quite honestly, it's sad.
We are talking about something that happened 46 years ago and three of the gentlemen who have been dragged into it -- rules official Arthur Lacey and Masters architects Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones -- have been dead for years.
What is Venturi's motivation? It's smacks of a bitter man who has carried around the heartache of three squandered chances (1956, 1958, 1960) to win a tournament he was passionate about. He claims that Palmer was credited with a 3 at the par-3 12th and not a 5 "because he didn't know the rules," yet Venturi knows the golden rule in golf -- that once the rules officials enter the discussion, other players are excused from participation. The rules official's decision is final. End of story.
Palmer was deemed to have been entitled to playing a second ball because his ball was embedded and a local rule was acceptable.
He played within the rules of golf; it is Venturi who has played outside the rules of good taste.
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ASK THE GOLF EXPERT
By Jim McCabe
NBCSports.com contributor
Updated: 10:50 p.m. ET April 09, 2004
Q: For those of us who never saw him play competitively, why is Arnold Palmer so revered? Why did he do so well at the Masters?
A: Chris, how much time do you have? Truly, we could spend a long weekend discussing the reasons why Palmer is such an icon. But keep in mind that his appeal spreads from the generation that saw him play in his prime, to the generation that only watched him turn for the twilight of his career, to a generation that knows of his legend only from stories passed down from parents and grandparents. That ability to connect with people of all ages is what defines the Palmer legend and it is hard to put into words.
Surely, Palmer is beloved because he was such a fierce competitor on the golf course, one who refused to back down from a challenge, no matter the odds. That's how he won the 1960 U.S. Open, and oh, how we love that spirit in our athletes; but it's also that fire that lost him the 1966 U.S. Open and several other big tournaments, and, oh, how we admire the way he accepted defeat with class and humility.
It is essential to understand about Palmer that for all his success -- and he won more than 60 tournaments, seven of them majors, and he's the one who revived the British Open and invented the Grand Slam -- what made him so universally embraced is that he was one of the first big-name athletes who showed us that it was OK to fail, so long as you maintained dignity and gave it your greatest effort.
Palmer, who played his 50th and final Masters this year, has said on many occasions that his life has been shaped not as much by the wins, but by the defeats that tested his character. Like Jack Nicklaus, it can be said of Palmer that he not only was a terrific winner, but a great loser and who among us doesn't need to understand better how to handle the situations that don't go our way?
Beyond all that, Palmer touched people because he wanted to.
"The first time I played with him, he told me it was important 'To look 'em in the eye,' " said Brad Faxon, now in his 21st year on Tour. "I thought he meant the other players, but he meant the people in the gallery."
That is why Palmer caught on and has remained a rage for more than 40 years -- because he reached out to them and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't have an autograph by the man simply known as "The King."
His style of play was effective at Augusta National; he hit the ball hard, often low, and frequently with a right-to-left shape that worked well at the par-5s. He was a bold, aggressive player, at a course that is one of the ultimate risk-and-reward venues, and in his prime no one made more long putts that mattered.
Q: In his new book Ken Venturi is accusing Arnold Palmer of a rules violation at the '58 Masters. What are your thoughts?
-- Alan Rae from Vancouver, British Columbia
A: Quite honestly, it's sad.
We are talking about something that happened 46 years ago and three of the gentlemen who have been dragged into it -- rules official Arthur Lacey and Masters architects Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones -- have been dead for years.
What is Venturi's motivation? It's smacks of a bitter man who has carried around the heartache of three squandered chances (1956, 1958, 1960) to win a tournament he was passionate about. He claims that Palmer was credited with a 3 at the par-3 12th and not a 5 "because he didn't know the rules," yet Venturi knows the golden rule in golf -- that once the rules officials enter the discussion, other players are excused from participation. The rules official's decision is final. End of story.
Palmer was deemed to have been entitled to playing a second ball because his ball was embedded and a local rule was acceptable.
He played within the rules of golf; it is Venturi who has played outside the rules of good taste.
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Woods Finishes Training at Fort Bragg - golf swing tips news
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For years, Tiger Woods heard his Green Beret father talk about life in the military and felt the stir of curiosity.
After spending four days at this sprawling Army post, the golf great now knows some of what Earl Woods experienced as a soldier 40 years ago.
Woods trained with various Army units, fired weapons, awoke early for 4-mile runs and twice jumped from a plane.
By Friday, he was back on familiar ground, hosting a junior golf clinic and providing one-on-one instruction for eight young golfers. He seemed completely at ease, smiling often as he tutored the youngsters and talked about his crash course in the military.
"My father shared a lot of his military experiences with me as I was growing up," Woods said. "For me it was neat to look back on history. It's not that I didn't understand what my dad did, but to physically see what he did just shed a whole new light on it."
That his training was a watered-down version of what his father went through during two tours of duty at Fort Bragg in the Vietnam era hardly mattered to Woods. He said the experience alone reinforced many of the lessons his father taught him.
Earl Woods first trained at Fort Bragg in 1963 following a tour in Vietnam. The elder Woods also was assigned to a Special Forces unit here before leaving for another tour in 1970.
On Monday, after finishing 22nd at the Masters, Tiger Woods flew by private jet to Pope Air Force Base, which is next to Fort Bragg. Woods was issued a uniform, received briefings on the installation and attended several social functions on the post, Bragg spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Buckner said.
By Tuesday morning, Woods was in uniform for three days of training. The schedule began with physical fitness training at 6:30 a.m. each day.
On Thursday, he completed two tandem jumps with the Golden Knights, the Army parachute team based here. Woods was attached to an instructor for the jumps from 13,500 feet.
Reporters were barred from covering the training sessions after Woods said he wanted the experience to be a private one.
Members of the Golden Knights presented Woods with a plaque Friday adorned with a photo of the jump. In it, Woods is wearing a yellow jumpsuit and goggles with his arms outstretched. He's smiling broadly.
"I was so excited. I couldn't wait to go," Woods said. "I'm one of those people who love to ride roller-coasters, so to me it's like the ultimate roller-coaster.
"It's an experience I'll never forget. You're going 120 miles per hour, but it still feels like you're floating."
Also on Thursday, Woods participated in a 4-mile run with members of the 18th Airborne Corps. Woods and 400 members of the unit finished the cadence-call run in just over 31 minutes, four minutes better than the standard time.
Woods saw many similarities between military training and the preparation he does to compete on the PGA Tour.
"The only difference (in the run) was yelling at the top of my lungs and singing along with the guys," Woods said. "I'm used to running alone with my MP3 player."
"Throughout the week, I think everyone was impressed with his physical abilities," Buckner said. "He's a good soldier."
Woods' competition on the golf course will be disappointed to learn that Woods may have picked up something that will help him on the putting green during firearms training. Earl Woods said his son discovered while trying to aim the guns that he is left-eye dominant.
"He's found that out for the first time in his life — here," Earl Woods said. "It's applicable to golf because you use your dominant eye to determine the break on a putt. And he could never do that. Now he has that capability."
After conducting the youth clinic Friday, Tiger Woods gave a skills exhibition for about 4,300 soldiers, students and invited guests, some of whom won tickets in a lottery.
He arrived in a Humvee, sitting at the helm of a machine gun, to cheers from the audience.
Bragg is one of the nation's largest Army posts, with nearly 47,000 soldiers. Thousands are currently deployed to places like Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites).
"I'm just trying to hit the ball into a little bitty cup that's 400 yards away," Woods said. "These people here are putting their lives on the line. That to me is the ultimate dedication. They're doing it for our country to keep all of us safe."
After spending four days at this sprawling Army post, the golf great now knows some of what Earl Woods experienced as a soldier 40 years ago.
Woods trained with various Army units, fired weapons, awoke early for 4-mile runs and twice jumped from a plane.
By Friday, he was back on familiar ground, hosting a junior golf clinic and providing one-on-one instruction for eight young golfers. He seemed completely at ease, smiling often as he tutored the youngsters and talked about his crash course in the military.
"My father shared a lot of his military experiences with me as I was growing up," Woods said. "For me it was neat to look back on history. It's not that I didn't understand what my dad did, but to physically see what he did just shed a whole new light on it."
That his training was a watered-down version of what his father went through during two tours of duty at Fort Bragg in the Vietnam era hardly mattered to Woods. He said the experience alone reinforced many of the lessons his father taught him.
Earl Woods first trained at Fort Bragg in 1963 following a tour in Vietnam. The elder Woods also was assigned to a Special Forces unit here before leaving for another tour in 1970.
On Monday, after finishing 22nd at the Masters, Tiger Woods flew by private jet to Pope Air Force Base, which is next to Fort Bragg. Woods was issued a uniform, received briefings on the installation and attended several social functions on the post, Bragg spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Buckner said.
By Tuesday morning, Woods was in uniform for three days of training. The schedule began with physical fitness training at 6:30 a.m. each day.
On Thursday, he completed two tandem jumps with the Golden Knights, the Army parachute team based here. Woods was attached to an instructor for the jumps from 13,500 feet.
Reporters were barred from covering the training sessions after Woods said he wanted the experience to be a private one.
Members of the Golden Knights presented Woods with a plaque Friday adorned with a photo of the jump. In it, Woods is wearing a yellow jumpsuit and goggles with his arms outstretched. He's smiling broadly.
"I was so excited. I couldn't wait to go," Woods said. "I'm one of those people who love to ride roller-coasters, so to me it's like the ultimate roller-coaster.
"It's an experience I'll never forget. You're going 120 miles per hour, but it still feels like you're floating."
Also on Thursday, Woods participated in a 4-mile run with members of the 18th Airborne Corps. Woods and 400 members of the unit finished the cadence-call run in just over 31 minutes, four minutes better than the standard time.
Woods saw many similarities between military training and the preparation he does to compete on the PGA Tour.
"The only difference (in the run) was yelling at the top of my lungs and singing along with the guys," Woods said. "I'm used to running alone with my MP3 player."
"Throughout the week, I think everyone was impressed with his physical abilities," Buckner said. "He's a good soldier."
Woods' competition on the golf course will be disappointed to learn that Woods may have picked up something that will help him on the putting green during firearms training. Earl Woods said his son discovered while trying to aim the guns that he is left-eye dominant.
"He's found that out for the first time in his life — here," Earl Woods said. "It's applicable to golf because you use your dominant eye to determine the break on a putt. And he could never do that. Now he has that capability."
After conducting the youth clinic Friday, Tiger Woods gave a skills exhibition for about 4,300 soldiers, students and invited guests, some of whom won tickets in a lottery.
He arrived in a Humvee, sitting at the helm of a machine gun, to cheers from the audience.
Bragg is one of the nation's largest Army posts, with nearly 47,000 soldiers. Thousands are currently deployed to places like Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites).
"I'm just trying to hit the ball into a little bitty cup that's 400 yards away," Woods said. "These people here are putting their lives on the line. That to me is the ultimate dedication. They're doing it for our country to keep all of us safe."
