Alan Martin here, with a 60 second Thumbs Down method golf tip titled: The Truth Be Told. Pros control the clubface and control their shots …by letting the club do all the work. ALL great ball strikers use their hands and wrists for hidden power, whether they know it or want to admit it. A [...]

Who do you think will finish second at the PGA Championship?
In 2000, I just began a new job and remember the first time meeting my new Regional VP at a local sales meeting and talking golf. After the initial introduction, the above question was the first I asked him. Of course back then I was [...]

For all those who criticize golf and insist it’s NOT a real sport, what have you been watching for the past forty + years? Ever since I was ten years old and watched Arnold Palmer win the 1964 Masters, I’ve been glued to the TV every year, four times a year during the majors: Masters, [...]

U.S. Open
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont, Pennsylvania
June 14-17, 2007
Defending Champion: Geoff Ogilvy
Everyone remembers Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championships and Tiger Wood’s relentless pursuit to break it. After watching Tiger move up on the leader board only to come up short to finish second, like he also did at the Masters I quickly remembered how [...]

The best golfers, most dedicated fans and media from around the world are in Oakmont, Pennsylvania to see this season’s second major championship, the U.S. Open at famed Oakmont Country Club, for a record eighth time. The last time the Open was played at Oakmont was in 1994. Ernie Els claimed the first of his [...]

LPGA Tour
Sybase Classic
Upper Montclair Country Club
Clifton, New Jersey
Defending: Lorena Ochoa
Purse: $1,400,000
This week the LPGA made their annual stop in New Jersey, but instead of the usual Shopright Classic from Seaview Marriot, the Sybase Classic took center stage. Playing for the first time at Montclair Country Club, defending champion and the No. 1 player in women’s [...]

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During the next few weeks this blog will be [...]

Enjoy the recap of this week’s feature event and a Thumbs Down method instruction tip.
WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship
The Gallery at Dove Mountain (South Course)
Tucson, AZ
February 21 - 25
Defending Champion: Geoff Ogilvy
A golf tournament is typically like a four day marathon. You can’t win it on the first day, but you can lose it. [...]

On Super Bowl Sunday the final round of these pro tour events were played:
PGA TOUR
FBR Open
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona
Aaron Baddeley shot his second straight 7-under 64 and took advantage of Jeff Quinney’s collapse down the final four holes to win the FBR Open by one shot. Trailing by three strokes with four holes to play, Baddeley made [...]

This week on the pro tours:
PGA TOUR
Buick Invitational
SAN DIEGO, CA
Jan 25-28
Tiger Woods won his third straight Buick Invitational, for his seventh consecutive victory on the PGA TOUR, the second-longest winning steak in history. Byron Nelson set the record in 1945 with 11 in a row, another one of those records nobody thought was in reach [...]