Golf Traders Newsletter, 27th August, 2012

G’day Golfers,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 30th Golf Traders Newsletter, enjoy the read…..

Golf News:

Congratulations to Nick Watney for winning the Barclays Championship this morning (Australian time).

Watney turned a two-shot deficit against Sergio Garcia into a three-shot lead in a decisive four-hole stretch around the turn at Bethpage State Park Black Course, and no one got closer than two shots the rest of the way. Watney made a 10-foot birdie putt on the last hole for a 2-under 69 to capture the opening event in the FedExCup Playoffs.

With the win, Watney takes over the top spot in the FedExCup standings for the first time since the final week of the 2011 Regular Season. With the top spot in the FedExCup standings, Watney is assured a shot at the $10 million prize at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola next month. It could also be a big step toward an event that doesn't pay anything at all -- the Ryder Cup.

The Tour now heads onto the Deutsche Bank Cup in the race for the Fed Ex Cup.

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This Week's Golf Tip:

Want to wedge it close like Tiger, take a look at these wedge tips from Golf Coach Jim McLean, as seen in golf digest.

FEEL IT WITH THE FEET

Look at Tiger's left foot: It's not flared out toward the target, which is something a lot of golfers do. Setting the front foot square at address helps the lower body shift toward the target on the downswing so you can squeeze the ball off the turf. If you flare out the foot, the tendency from a narrow stance is to spin open and not shift. I also see a relaxed right leg here. He has pushed off his right instep, indicating a good weight transfer. You feel good wedge shots with your feet.

CHECK THE RIGHT ARM

Notice how Tiger's right arm has moved across his chest and matches his shoulder plane: This right-arm-across move proves he has maintained the width of his swing and has swung the club on the correct in-to-in path. Unlike many amateurs, Tiger has no impulse to scoop the ball, which is why you see no bend in his right arm.

STAY DOWN THROUGH THE SHOT

Tiger still has the same upper-body tilt toward the ground that he created at address. This is commonly referred to as "staying down through the shot." That doesn't mean keeping your head down. It means your spine angle doesn't change. If it does change, your chances of making solid contact really drop. Like Tiger, you can watch the shot fly without coming out of your address posture--simply rotate your head.

MAKE A THREE-QUARTER SWING

Tiger is posing in a cut-off finish. This three-quarter swing is great for any lie, but it's definitely the way to hit a controlled wedge to an uphill green, as Tiger's doing here. If you go full out on a wedge swing, the ball flight balloons, making distance control a guessing game. You want the lower, boring ball flight you get from a three-quarter swing. Just remember to take one more club and grip down slightly because you won't hit it as far with this shot. A shorter swing will help you make ball-first contact--ball then divot. After impact feel as if you're posing with the shaft pointing to the sky. Don't let it continue on and wrap around you or hit your back.

McLEAN is ranked No. 3 by his peers on Golf Digest's list of America's 50 Best Teachers. He's based at Doral Golf Resort & Spa, in Miami.

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Golf Traders Newsletter, 13th August, 2012

G’day Golfers,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 28th Golf Traders Newsletter, enjoy the read…..

Golf News:

Congratulations to Rory McIlroy for winning the US PGA Championship this morning. The talented 23 year old McIlroy fired a flawless final round 66 to win the Championship by a record 8 strokes, becoming a two time major winner.

McIlroy seized control with back-to-back birdies Sunday morning to complete the storm-delayed third round with a 67 and build a three-shot lead. No one got closer than two shots the rest of the way, and McIlroy closed out a remarkable week by playing bogey-free over the final 23 holes of a demanding Ocean Course.

With his win, Rory has become the world’s number 1 golfer and has moved up to number 2 on the USPGA Tour money list with $4, 905, 492 in prize money.

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The Final 2012 US PGA Championship Leaderboard

Rory McIlroy -13

David Lynn -5

Justin Rose -4

Keegan Bradley -4

Ian Poulter -4

Carl Pettersson -4

Blake Adams -3

Jamie Donaldson -3

Peter Hanson -3

Steve Stricker -3

Ben Curtis -2

Bubba Watson -2

Tim Clark -2

Geoff Ogilvy -2

Graeme McDowell -2

Tiger Woods -2

Adam Scott -2

Top Australians 2012 US PGA Championship

T11th Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott

T27th Marc Leishman

T32nd John Senden, Greg Chalmers

T42nd Aaron Baddeley

T66th Marcus Fraser

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Golf Traders Newsletter, 6th August, 2012

G’day Golfers,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 27th Golf Traders Newsletter, enjoy the read….

Golf News:

Congratulations to Keegan Bradley for winning this WGC Bridgestone Invitational this morning. Bradley fired a final round 64 to edge out Jim Furyk and Steve Striker by a shot. His win rockets him up to 7th place on the Fed Ex Standings and up to number 8 on the PGA Tour money list with more than $3,200,000 in earnings.

The Tour now moves to Kiawah Island for the years final major, the US PGA. There are 10 Australians in the field, as listed below:

Robert Allenby; Aaron Baddeley; Greg Chalmers; Jason Day; Marcus Fraser; Brendan Jones; Marc Leishman; Geoff Ogilvy; Adam Scott & John Senden.

Good luck to all involved.

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Above: Kiawah Island Ocean Course. The venue for this week's US PGA Championship

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A Little History about the US PGA Championship

In February 1916 the Professional Golfers Association of America was established in New York City. One month earlier, the wealthy department store owner Rodman Wanamaker hosted a luncheon at the Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle. This gathering of Wanamaker with the leading golf professionals of the day prepared the agenda for the formal organization of the PGA.

The new organization's first president was Robert White, one of Wykagyl's best-known golf professionals of the time. Golf historians have dubbed Wykagyl "The Cradle of the PGA". The first PGA Championship was held later in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Eastchester, New York.[3] The winner, Jim Barnes, received $500 and a diamond-studded gold medal donated by Rodman Wanamaker. The 2011 winner, Keegan Bradley, earned $1.445 million. The champion is also awarded a replica of the Wanamaker Trophy, which was also donated by Wanamaker, to keep for one year, and a smaller-sized keeper replica Wanamaker Trophy.

Initially a match play event, the tournament was changed to stroke play in 1958. Network television broadcasters, preferring a large group of well-known contenders on the final day, pressured tournament organizers to make the format change.[4] During the 1960s, the PGA Championship was played the week following The Open Championship five times, making it virtually impossible for players to compete in both majors. In 1965, the PGA was contested for the first time in August, and that move was made permanent in 1969, save for a one-year move to February in 1971, played in Florida.

The PGA Championship is primarily played in the eastern half of the United States, only ten times has it ventured west. The last championship played in the Mountain Time Zone was in 1985 and the last in the Pacific was 1998 at Sahalee near Seattle; no western venues are currently scheduled through 2018, which will be the 100th PGA Championship.

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Golf Traders Newsletter, 30th July, 2012

G’day Golfers,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 26th Golf Traders Newsletter, enjoy the read…..

Golf News:

Congratulations to Scott Piercy for winning the RBC Canadian Open. Piercy birdied four of his last five holes and held off some stiff competition to claim his 2nd win on the PGA Tour. The win has moved Piercy up to 13th on the Fed Ex standings and may move him inside the world’s top 60. Meanwhile, the Tiger is looming at becoming the world’s number 1 player again, he currently sits in 2nd spot behind Luke Donald.

In other new Fred Couples closed with back to back birdies to win the Senior British Open by two strokes. ‘I’ve never won a British Open, so this is the next best thing’ Couples said. With his win, Couples is awarded a spot in the British Open next year at Muirfield.

Will Freddie turn back the clock in next year’s event?

This Week’s Golf Tip:

Here’s a tip from this week’s Senior British Open Champion, Fred Couples, as seen in Golf Digest:

Driving it a long way has always come naturally to me, but now I'm hitting it straighter than ever. Some of that's the new equipment, but I've improved my mechanics with Butch Harmon. My swing is less dependent on timing these days, and that's made the driver probably my best club.

I'm also more comfortable hitting the driver at different speeds. I might bomb it on a par 5, but on a tight par 4, I'll smooth one out there at 80 percent. One thought that has helped me with the driver is, ‘Smash It’. I don't mean swing hard; I try to compress the ball with a dead-solid hit. That image works at any speed.

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Golf Traders Newsletter, July 23rd, 2012

G’day Golfers,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 25th Golf Traders Newsletter, a British Open Special, enjoy the read…..

Golf News: British Open

Congratulations to South African Ernie Els, winning the British Open this morning (Australian time) with a sizzling 4 under par last 9 hole performance. Our commiserations ofcourse go out to Aussie Adam Scott, who played well for the majority of the week only to fall short by 1 shot.

With his win, Els has re claimed his spot as one of the best in world golf. The win was Els’ 4th major and comes 10 years after his last major triumph in 2002. ‘I’m still numb” remarked Els after his win and added “It’s a crazy, crazy game. I can’t really believe I have won. I have been on the other end more times than I have been on the winning end so I know what Adam is feeling like. I really feel for my buddy, Scotty,” he added. “I’ve been there before. I’ve blown Majors before and I just hope he doesn’t take it as hard as I did.”

Scott’s response to his tough day was both graceful and gallant, a fitting response from a man Australians have grown to love as a true gentleman in our game. When the tears are shed, and the talented Aussie has time to reflect on what he’s learnt this week, one has to believe that his major day will come.

Tiger Woods finished 3rd at 3 under, while the other Aussies finished as follows:

Geoff Ogilvy 9th; John Senden 34th; Greg Chalmers 45th and Aaron Baddeley 69th.

A bit about Open Champion Ernie Els

Did you know, Ernie grew up just east of Johannesburg in Kempton Park, South Africa, he played rugby union, cricket, tennis, and, starting at age 8, golf. He was a skilled junior tennis player and won the Eastern Transvaal Junior Championships at age 13. Els learned the game of golf at the Kempton Park Country Club where he started carrying for his father, Neels. He was soon playing better than his father (and his older brother, Dirk), and by the age of 14 he was a scratch handicap. It was around this time that he decided to focus exclusively on golf.

Els first achieved prominence in 1984, when he won the Junior World Golf Championship in the Boys 13–14 category. Phil Mickelson was second to Els that year. Els won the South African Amateur Championship a few months after his 17th birthday, becoming the youngest-ever winner of that event, breaking the record which had been held by Gary Player.

Els married his wife Liezl in 1998 in Cape Town and they have two children, Samantha and Ben. In 2008 after Els started to display an "Autism Speaks" logo on his golf bag it was announced that their then five year old son was autistic.[5] Their main residence is at the Wentworth Estate near Wentworth Golf Club in the south of England. However, they also split time between South Africa and their family home in Jupiter, Florida in order to get better treatment for Ben's autism.

This years Open was the first time The Big Easy has contended for a major in some time, and caps off a great comeback from some years out of the world golfing limelight. At one stage during Ernie’s drop off from the top of world golf, during the beginning of his comeback, his goal was to break 40 for 9 holes. After shooting 4 under the last 9 holes this week, it looks like he’s come along way back since those days!

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Golf Traders British Open Special Newsletter, 16th July, 2012

G’day Golfers,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 24th Golf Traders Newsletter, a British Open Special, enjoy the read…..

Golf News: British Open Week

The Wait is almost over, the British open starts on Thursday night (Australian time). Below is a full list of the Australians playing:

Geoff Ogilvy will be looking for his 2nd major this week

The Other Aussies are:

Robert Allenby ~ Aaron Baddeley ~ Greg Chalmers ~ Nicholas Cullen Marcus Fraser ~ Ashley Hall ~ Brendan Jones ~ Brad Kennedy ~ Marc Leishman ~ Geoff Ogilvy ~ Adam Scott ~ John Senden & Aaron Townsend.

A Typlical British Open lie

The History of Australians at The British Open

Historically, the Australian perform well in the British Open. Here is a list of past Australian winners, including Peter Thompson who has won the Open 5 times:

1993 - Greg Norman (Royal St. Georges) 1991 - Ian Baker-Finch (Royal Birkdale) 1986 - Greg Norman (Tunberry) 1965 - Peter Thomson (Royal Birkdale) 1960 - Kel Nagle (St. Andrews) 1958 - Peter Thomson (Royal Lytham and St. Annes) 1956 - Peter Thomson (Royal Liverpool) 1955 - Peter Thomson (St. Andrews) 1954 - Peter Thomson (Royal Birkdale)

Number 15 for Tiger? He says he’s looking forward to the week

Three-time Open Champion, Tiger Woods returns to England’s North West this week, the scene of his last Open Championship victory in 2006 at Hoylake. Speaking on his blog on his official website, Tiger spoke of his love for links golf, and labelled The Open as his favourite Major. “You can have so many different weather conditions. You just don’t know. That’s one of the unique things about the British Open and why it’s my favourite Major championship. It’s the only tournament besides the sand-belt courses in Australia that we can actually use the ground as a friend and bounce the ball into the greens,” said Woods. Woods, who recently claimed his 74th career victory at The A&T National, will be making his 3rd appearance at Royal Lytham and St Annes, and has fond memories after finishing as low amateur in 1996, and a top 25 finish in 2001. “I like the golf course, but I know they have made some changes since we played there in ‘01. I think they lengthened a few holes, so it will play different. Plus in ‘01, it was pretty dry and firm. They’ve had a very wet summer, as we saw at Wimbledon, and the golf course is pretty soft,” he said. Weather plays such a huge role in the tournament. It will be interesting to see how the course is set up. It’s different, because we’re not really on the water — we’re slightly inland. That train track that runs right along the golf course gets a lot of use that week.” Woods will be eager to perform well this week after missing last year’s Championship at Royal St George’s through injury. Woods has not recorded a top 10 finish at The Open since his last victory at Hoylake in 2006, and will return to England’s North West hungry for a fourth Open triumph.

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