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Google Says They Will Take Down Blasberg Site

August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

There are tons of great golf-related items to get to this week, but let’s start with something a little bittersweet.
Regular readers of this blog may remember my post from last week about how it appears some people are using Google as an unwitting accomplice to profit from Erica’s name and her death. The folks at [...]

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Phil Mickelson Putting Drill

August 26th, 2010 · No Comments

This is a great video of Phil Mickelson doing one of his “6 foot” putting drills just before Medinah in 2006. Is your putting a problem? Try this and see how quickly it improves.

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Tags: Phil Mickelson · Putting

Google Helping Slimeballs Profit from Golfer’s Death

August 24th, 2010 · 16 Comments

This is one of the most despicable things I have seen in a while.
As we all unfortunately know, golfer Erica Blasberg died earlier this year, from what we now believe to be suicide. Whenever a young person dies, it is always a tragedy, and for some reason this case seems particularly so, maybe due to [...]

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Tags: Erica Blasberg · Uncategorized

Jamie Sadlowski Long Drive Tip

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments

This is a fantastic video from the Golf Channel where long drive champion Jamie Sadlowski shares one of his secrets to building more clubhead speed and power. This is another keeper.

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Tags: Amazing Golf Shots · Downswing/Follow-through Drills · Driving · Jamie Sadlowski · Lessons and Drills · The Big Break · Tips

Padraig Harringon Shares Secret of Consistent Chipping

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments

This video is awesome!
Taken from a recent Wilson golf clinic, Harringon explains why so many amateurs have problems chipping the ball, and then shows how to fix the problem; by setting up with 90 to 95% of your weight on the left side (for right handed golfers). Unfortunately, he doesn’t run up to the ball [...]

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Tags: Chipping · Padraig Harrington · Videos

Dustin Johnson Swing Sequence

August 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Depending on how you look at it, he either got screwed at the PGA Championship or screwed himself. However, one thing everyone should agree on when it comes to Dustin Johnson is that the man’s a beast. When Tiger Woods calls someone “stupid long” you know that guy has some serious chops.

A couple things I [...]

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Tiger Woods Struggling Digitally, As Well As In Real Life

August 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Looks like you can add another item to the long list of areas where Tiger Woods is struggling this year, the Xbox.
According to NPD Group, a company tracking sales of video games, demand for the latest installment featuring El Tigre are down 32% from the previous. EA Sports, the game’s maker, is trying to spin [...]

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Jack Nicklaus Sinks Putt From Two States Away

August 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Ok, maybe it wasn’t technically that far, but the only thing that would make this 100 foot bomb even more impressive is if it were at Augusta

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Tags: Amazing Golf Shots · Jack Nicklaus · Putting · Videos

Congrats to Geoff Ogilvy for winning the SBS Championship

January 13th, 2010 · No Comments

I know it’s a little late to the party, but congratulations to Geoff Ogilvy for winning last weekend’s SBS Championship at the Plantation Course in Kapalua.
He beat out Rory Sabbatini by shooting six-under on the final day of the tournament.
What’s really interesting about this win for Geoff is that it is going to put him [...]

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John Daly has a point

January 8th, 2010 · No Comments

As most of you know by now, John Daly was denied (aka ‘not given’) an exemption to this year’s Bob Hope Classic. He was apparently pretty upset by the decision, going so far to call it a slap in the face.
When I originally read the news, I was hardly surprised. Daly’s sins and transgressions have [...]

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Tags: JBob Hope Classic · John Daly