Earlier this week I made a post about who I thought Nick Faldo was going to choose for his two captain’s picks. Unfortunately I had a server issue and lost my database and did not have a back up of that post. I presented four possible choices: Darren Clarke, Colin Montgomerie, Paul Casey, and Ian Poulter. I predicted that Darren Clarke and Paul Casey would be Nick Faldo’s picks. I had a poll at the end of the post where you could have voted who you though he would pick. Most votes going to Darren Clarke (50% of votes), Paul Casey and Colin Montgomerie tied for the next spot (25% of votes), and Ian Poulter did not get a vote.

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Sergio drops the Barclays playoff, a caddies loyalty, and get a grip.

Sergio Garcia Pleads for drop but still loses to Vijay. To find out why and how Sergio pleaded case check out this post at Average Golfer

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Captain’s Pick Monday is September 2 this year for the [tag]2008 Ryder Cup[/tag]. I am still used to the Captain’s Pick falling on the Monday after the PGA Championship. Right now the US team has its 8 qualifiers set and Paul Azinger will get to pick 4 players as his Captain’s Picks. Who do you think he will pick?

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How often in a round do have an approach shot you know that your 7 iron will end up short but your 6 iron will go too far? My guess it is too many. There are times where we set up to play to a certain part of the fairway but we do not execute well. However most times we just aim at a target and try to hit the ball as far as we can. Now if you have been playing golf for a while you will probably have a good idea of how far you hit each club. Knowing your distances for each golf club is not enough.

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Links to other interesting posts:

Is there a difference between Learning and Practicing? Check out The Wedge Guy

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Came across a product yesterday claiming to add 73 yards to your drive with pin point precision. Wow, 73 extra yards. And I gain pin point accuracy also. Like anything that sound too good to be true…then it probably is. But wait that’s not all you get all the benefits without wasting time by practicing.

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Here a few news stories that may interest you.

“Is Annika Already Planning Comeback?Earlier this year, [tag]Annika Sorenstam[/tag] announced her retirement effective at the end of the 2008 season. Scratch that - she pointedly didn’t use the word “retirement…”

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Can’t say that I watched the [tag]PGA Championships[/tag] this year. Not that I did not want to but I was in the hospital having surgery. So I did not have a TV near me and even if I did I would not have been coherent enough to understand what was happening. At one point I remembered it was on but it was Saturday afternoon and they were showing the 2000 PGA Championship because there was a weather delay.

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Where you play is there a hole that you can never conquer? How about a golf course that for what ever reason you do not perform as well as you should? How would you feel if your name was Jack Nicklaus, winner of more professional major tournaments than anyone else in the world, and there was one tournament that no matter how hard you tried you could never win that event. The Canadian Open was that tournament for Jack Nicklaus. In the 27 times he played the event he never won but he was runner up 7 times.

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