Breaking 90

Phil Mickelson may or may not still be relevant, but he still has a hell of a swing.
I was watching his slow-motion swing sequence on PGATour.com and was particularly impressed at how wide his swing is. As you can see from the image below, Mickelson keeps his right-arm straight well after starting his backswing.

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When was the last time Phil Mickelson did something that really mattered in a big golf tournament?
Was it the 13th hole at Torrey Pines?
Maybe I should have been more specific.
This question occurred to me earlier today as I was getting excited for this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship. Sure, he’s won a couple times this year, [...]

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Hey did you hear this thing about the LPGA threatening to suspend players who fail an English proficiency test?
I’m not sure about you, but this has got to be one of the dumbest things I have heard in a long, long time.
Does the LPGA need to make sure it’s players can speak English to help [...]

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Just when you thought Tiger couldn’t amaze you again

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If all my experience and research into golf and the golf swing has taught me anything, it’s that success in golf starts with the right grip. Your grip is the only part of your body that comes in contact with the ball (which as we know, is the only thing that comes into contact the [...]

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I’ve been doing a lot of work lately with the shaking hands with the target drill I described a couple weeks ago, and so far, the results have been AMAZING
All summer long, I had been spraying the ball all over the place, and my slice was particularly bad. However, since I have been working on [...]

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Want to be able to hook and fade the ball? On purpose?
This great video from the Golf Channel will definitely get you started. Mark Lye goes over the fundamentals of both of these shots to get you carving the ball in no time.
How to Draw and Fade
Here is a breakdown of the video:
Hitting a Fade: [...]

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An excerpt on shaking hands with yoru target from Butch Harmon’s article for Golf Digest “Eight Things I Taught Tiger”

Shake hands with the target
After impact, your arms should extend toward the target. I like to think of it as shaking hands with the target with your right hand. Some people think of release as the [...]

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Now that Padraig Harrington has won the PGA Championship, we’re starting to see some buzz building as to whether or not he is the second-ranked golfer in the world behind you-know-who.
I’m not sure how that will sort itself out yet, but I thought it would be interesting to see how the two stacked up, statistically:

Statistic
Mickelson
Harrington
Edge

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This is one of my favorite golf videos, Brad Faxon , in an excerpt from the Golf Channel’s “Playing Lessons with the Pros”, talks about  the fundamentals of the putting grip.
Brad knows what he’s talking about. He lead the Tour in Putting Average in 1996, 1999, and 2000. In 2000, he also set the single-season [...]

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