Archive for September, 2008

Weekend Reading September 26, 2008

Team USA wins the Ryder Cup. Can you putt from a bunker? And the Tour Championship.

How did Paul Azinger manage his underdogs to beat the favored Europeans in the 2008 Ryder Cup.

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USA Wins 2008 Ryder Cup

I did not give Team USA much of a hope at winning this year’s Ryder Cup. Team USA did prove me wrong. What really surprised me were the players that were clutch under pressure. And it was not the players you would have expected. It was also a change seeing Team USA play as a team rather than 8 individuals paired together in the foursomes and fourball matches.

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Weekend Reading September 19, 2008

The Ryder Cup has started and the Team US, won the Friday morning foursomes. The first Team USA has won the morning matches since 1991. To keep up with the Ryder Cup theme check out these sites.

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3 x 3 Pitch Matrix Demonstrated

Just saw a video from iGolfVideos that demonstrates the 3 x 3 Pitch Matrix I wrote an article on over two years ago. It covers how to control your distances with your wedges giving you ore options around the greens.

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Weekend Reading September 12, 2008

Vahalla preview, Cleveland’s new line up, and are all golf statistics are important.

Valhalla has hosted 2 PGA Championships and this year will be the host site for the 2008 Ryder Cup. Down the Middle previews Valhalla.

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Vijay Singh Wins FedEx Cup

With one event to go Vijay Singh will win the 2008 FedEx Cup. After the Deutsche Bank Championship Vijay had collected 120,500 FedEx Cup Playoff points. Since he is playing the BMW Championship the worst point total Vijay will finish with is 122,602, this is assuming a last place finish at The BMW Championship (2102 points) and not playing in The Tour Championship. If Vijay plays the Tour Championship and does withdraw or get disqualified he will gain at least 2000 points for a last place finish.

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Weekend Reading September 5, 2008

Tiger injury update, former US Open Champion passes away, and basic English skills are needed for the LPGA Tour.

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Ryder Cup 2008 Will Europe Defeat USA Again?

Now that the teams have been finalized predictions of which team will win the 2008 Ryder Cup begin. Team USA has been badly beaten in the past two Ryder Cups and have not won since 1999. Can Faldo lead the European Team and retain the cup?

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Ryder Cup 2008 Team USA Captain’s Picks

This morning Paul Azinger completed Team USA’s lineup with his captain’s picks. Last week I predicted who I though would make the team from a list of possible candidates posted on PGA.com. How did my pick and the poll conducted by PGA.com compare to Paul Azinger’s actual picks?

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