Nike Method Core Weighted Putters

Nike Method Core Weighted Putters:

See close-up images of Nike's new Method Core Weighted putters and see the technologies that make them unique.

See close-up images of Nike's new Method Core Weighted putters and see the technologies that make them unique.

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Tour Tip: Get out of any bunker on your first swing

Tour Tip: Get out of any bunker on your first swing:

Angus Murray

1. Play the ball forward, not back or in the middle. 2. Make sure you get plenty of wrist hinge in the backswing. 3. Mirror the same wrist hinge in the finish.

THE PROBLEM
When your ball lands in a bunker, you don't have a solid method for getting it out. Your two problems are that you either chop down into the sand behind the ball (burying the clubhead too deeply and failing to get any loft on the shot), or you make a swing that's too shallow and blade the ball into the face of the bunker. In both instances, you're unsuccessful in escaping the sand, and it's costing you strokes.

THE SOLUTION
The bottom line is, standard bunker shots are not that difficult once you have a reliable method you can use every time. My simple technique has worked for me on the LPGA Tour and will work for you as well. Here's how to do it:

STEP 1
Make sure you set up with the ball well forward in your stance, just off your left heel.

STEP 2
Make a short, compact backswing with minimal shoulder turn, so that your hands are no more than waist high. Hinge your wrists to create a 90-degree angle between the clubshaft and your left arm.

STEP 3
Swing down steeply by pivoting your hips, but keep your hands and arms close to your body. Allow your wrists to unhinge fully and then hinge again after impact. This hinging and rehinging action will get your clubhead through the sand easily and create plenty of loft on the shot.

(Via GOLF.com)

When All Else Fails…

When All Else Fails…:

Try these 9 tips every golfer needs

We all love golf for certain shots: The downhill drive, the perched-up lie in the first cut, the last swing of the day with the sun about down and no one around. This article isn’t about those shots. It’s about those other shots: the ones that make you panic. We picked nine situations that golfers dread and called in our top teachers. The assignment: Give us a tip that golfers can remember when they’re freaking out. Here are their one-liners, and how they work. If you buy in, you’ll have a secret weapon you can count on in a pinch–or in a bunker, or over a lake, or on the first tee. You get the idea.

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(Via Golf Digest CA)

iPhone Golf Apps: Are they the ideal solution, or impractical on the course?

iPhone Golf Apps: Are they the ideal solution, or impractical on the course?:

At Gorilla Golf, we take a lot of interest in what our users are interested in an apparently the best iPhone Golf Apps, or Apps for Android devices are amongst the most popular items our readers look for.

Certainly, we’ve used and reviewed many of these products and while many of the golf apps we review are not designed to be used on course, some of the most popular ones are purported to be ideal to have on your iPhone or iPad to take with you out when you play, but is this really the case?

 

 

 

In this article, we are going to focus in on these apps; those that come in many different forms and offer a variety of uses, from scorekeeping and analysis, to distance measurement, rules clarification and more.

The question we ask is do these Android and iPhone apps actually really help you play better, more accurately and more quickly on course, or are they just a gimmick and a tad cumbersome to use in a real-life golfing situation?

Are they likely to be used once and then condemned to sit taking up space on your phone until you delete them, or will they actually be of benefit to the golfer every time they go for a round at the local course?

 

 

Having tested these items; here’s what we found:

 

The Pro’s

• 1. Judging distance – If you’ve ever wondered whether a shot is 160 or 170 yards, 130 or 140 and constantly underhit or overhit shots, then if your app comes with a GPS system that can tell you how far your next shot is, we have found this extremely useful when it comes to club selection. This is especially the case if your app can measure the distance of your last shot, allow you to input the club you used and then save it so over time, you build up an accurate, on course record of how far you hit each club.

 

• 2. Round analysis – When reviewing a round from memory, it can be hard to analyse it meaningfully. However an iPhone app that records the data of your round, how many putts you had, how many times you hit the fairways and greens in regulation (or didn’t), how many times you found the bunker or rough etc, is extremely useful as a diagnostic tool to dissect your game.

 

• 3. Rules clarification – Occasionally in golf, especially if you are a beginner, you may need a clarification on a certain rule. Accessing the rules quickly via your iPhone or Android device is a great, quick way to clear up any on course issues you have fairly and quickly.

 

• 4. Preview before you play – If you have downloaded an app that has access to thousands of courses around the globe, then we found it useful to preview the course you are playing on through the app. Some apps have excellent descriptions of each hole, the subtle nuances of the green and even how to tackle each hole and where to avoid playing. This is very useful to any golfer seeking to think their way around the course.

 

The Cons

• 1. Time – The problem we found with some apps is that the amount of time to input your data at each hole can be time consuming. Especially if the software isn’t particularly intuitive. This can result in slow play at times and be inordinately frustrating for both the user and those playing behind. On the plus side, we have found many apps are increasing in both their ease of use and the speed of use as developers work to improve them.

 

• 2. Lack of courses – A common complaint for many users is that they have gone to play a local course and found out that the data for that course doesn’t exist. This is a tad frustrating when you have paid for the app particularly for the courses near your home. Some companies offer you the chance to map your own course and send them the data, or they’ll map it for you for, but there’s no saying how long this will take or if there will be an extra fee involved for the service.

 

• 3. Battery – If you use your iPhone or Android device heavily then battery life does become a problem. Using features such as the GPS system to measure the length of your next shot also can drastically reduce battery life and there are many reports of people’s devices running out of battery before they have completed their round. The rule here seems to be to make sure your device is fully charged before heading out to play.

 

• 4. Some apps are better than others but in different scenarios – What is patently clear however is that some apps are far better used on course than others, while others are far better when used at home to analyse a round. Frustratingly, these two things seldom are in the same app. We’ve found the best analytical apps tend to be more awkward to use on course, and the better apps used on course, lack the detail in the analysis of your game when you get home.

 

In conclusion, our advice is that apps can help you improve your game and be of benefit on the course, but it is incumbent upon the user to get to know the app well, learn to use it quickly and then how best to analyse the data it provides.

If you have an iPhone or Android device or similar, they are well worth checking out – see our list of top iPhone golf apps for more details on the ones we’d recommend!

 

Photo’s courtesy of Surburban Men website and Applie iPhone 5 Facebook page.

 

(Via Gorilla Golf Blog)

RocketBallz Rescue

TaylorMade Golf RocketBallz Rescues

TaylorMade Golf RocketBallz Rescues

TaylorMade Golf today is unveiling the longest, most innovative high performance fairway woods and Rescues we’ve ever created with the introduction of RocketBallz. The new RocketBallz metalwoods are years in the making, a byproduct of extensive research and development to find breakthrough performance in fairway woods and Rescues, most specifically increased ball speed.
“The RocketBallz fairway woods and Rescues represent a game-changing breakthrough in performance comparable to few products in the history of our industry,” said Sean Toulon, Executive Vice President of TaylorMade. “To hold a RocketBallz metalwood in your hands is to possess confidence, power, speed and distance potential that will regularly and quite literally redefine the long game for golfers.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction of RocketBallz Technology
Major challenges had to be surmounted to develop RocketBallz technology, including the need to create a durable yet flexible sole/face structure with a deep sole pocket. Additionally, we needed a deeper face design and low CG to maintain excellent playability off turf. Lastly, the products needed a front-low CG without sacrificing playability and control.
To achieve these qualities, the RocketBallz fairway woods and Rescues were developed with a high-strength 455 steel face plate welded to a cast body. They incorporate improved sole geometry and a “Speed Pocket” to improve overall head and face flexibility and a.slightly deeper face with a further-forward CG location than traditional designs.
RocketBallz fairway heads are shaped more traditionally (compared to Burner Superfast fairways) yet are still extremely forgiving. We lowered the CG and pulled it forward to promote a higher launch angle and lower spin-rate – launch conditions that promote greater distance.
Compared to our previous fairway woods, RocketBallz fairways have a larger, deeper face and a large appearance at address. Combining an exceptionally deep face with an exceptionally low CG was a challenge we met thanks to our Ultra-Thin Wall casting process and our Thick-Thin Crown construction.
The incorporation of deeper face, low-and-forward CG and RocketBallz technology has allowed us to create the first steel fairway that reaches USGA/R&A speed limits. In addition, employing Pull-Face construction, and a high-strength 455 alloy steel face allowed us to combine high MOI with an exceptionally large face/hitting area, and more area for mis-hits above the center of the face.
The flat white crown color and black PVD face provides optimum contrast to make it easy to align the face accurately at address. The white crown color also eliminates the glare and “hot spots” that are a common issue with gloss-finish metalwoods.
 

RocketBallz Rescues

Much like in the fairway wood category, hybrids have yet to benefit from a technology that adds significant speed to the face — until now.
Two models of RocketBallz Rescue are being offered, standard and Tour. The standard model incorporates a lightweight shaft and lightweight grip to promote increased swing speed. The clubface is large and deep, yet the CG is located low and forward, a combination that’s desirable yet difficult to achieve, made possible employing both our Ultra-Thin Wall casting process and our Thick-Thin crown design. The resulting combination of the afore-mentioned attributes promotes faster ball speed, a higher launch angle and lower spin-rates for significantly greater distance.
The RocketBallz Tour Rescue has a comparatively smaller address appearance, a slightly open face angle, a toe-weighted CG, and is equipped with a heavier, stiffer, tour-grade shaft.
The overall weight of the standard RocketBallz Rescue is less than 350 grams, making it exceptionally light. As with the RocketBallz fairway woods, we’ve rebalanced the Rescues to a highly higher swingweight to help players generate more swing speed, and we redesigned the head’s mass properties and the shaft to promote playability.
This length, combined with the lightweight shaft and grip and the effect of RocketBallz technology on the COR, makes it one of the longest hybrids in company history.
Both the standard RocketBallz Rescue and the Tour version will feature a flat white crown color and black PVD face provides optimum contrast to make it easy to align the face accurately at address. The white crown color also eliminates the glare and “hot spots” that are a common issue with gloss-finish metalwoods.

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SHOOT OUT! – High Tech Swing Trainers

SHOOT OUT! – High Tech Swing Trainers:

:: Launch Monitors For Anyone & Everyone!

(Written By: GolfSpy Matt) One of the most exciting new product categories that emerged from the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show was “high tech swing trainers.”  It’s also one of the most requested products for us to review.  These swing trainers have gotten more requests than the RocketBallz…ok that was a little bit of an embellishment but it’s pretty damn close.  Why? Well…
These little gadgets promised to be the “launch monitor” for the common man: small, easy to use, and highly affordable.  The potential for what these can do for golfers and golf instruction is immense: imagine taking a lesson, having a pro tell you what you should be trying to accomplish, and then having an objective, measurable way to know whether or not you’re improving.  Take that a step further: how much better would your next lesson be if your pro could know exactly what you’d been doing since he saw you?
We have been working on this review for a long time, but we wanted to make this as comprehensive, fair, and thorough as possible.  All three devices that you see here have been tested against FlightScope.  They have also been tested by Golfspy Dave, Golfspy Tim, and me so that you will know how each device might suit different types of players.  So if you’re ready to cut through the hype and find out which of these devices is worthy of your hard earned cash, read on.

:: Features Offered (vs) How We Graded Them

One last word about this review: for this head-to-head review, we’ve had to break the mold from our normal review format.  The biggest problem is that these devices all offer different features so it’s hard to make an apples-to-apples comparison.
What we’ve done instead is to create two charts for you to compare (features offered (vs) feature grades:
:: The first chart outlines the features that each product claims to have
:: The second chart shows how well we feel they deliver on each feature (grades A through F)
The overall grade is not an average, but rather a summary of the usefulness and value of the device.

PRODUCT #1 – Golf Sense

Here’s the bottom line with Golf Sense: the features are limited, but what they give you is good information.  I’ve talked to the CEO of Golf Sense extensively, and their philosophy is (I’m paraphrasing), “We could give you a bunch of numbers, but they wouldn’t be as accurate as they should be.  We will give the user only what we can accurately measure.”  This makes a lot of sense to me, and I have a lot of respect for that philosophy.
Now, does that make this a great device?  In its current state, probably not.  The tempo and club head speed are good, and I can appreciate the value of those.  The 3D image is good, but doesn’t currently include a “Bird’s Eye” view, so you can’t really see the horizontal club path – a KEY element, in my opinion.
They recently released a number of new features: swing plane comparison, wrist rotation speed, and hand and club speed graphs.  All of these are great and work well, but I’m not sure how the average golfer would use them to improve.  Even for me, the wrist rotation speed is meaningless because I have no context for what it means.
The hip turn feature is cool and unique, but the honest truth is that all of these devices are a bit of a pain to begin with (set it up, swing, go look at phone, repeat).  When you add “put phone in pocket, take phone out of pocket” to that process it becomes really laborious.
The biggest thing that Golf Sense has going for it is that the sensor is attached to the glove which makes it very easy to use.  I think that as the Golf Sense team continues to add features and improve the app, it might become a stronger contender.  As it stands today, it gets a B-.

GRADE: B-

PRODUCT #2 – Swing Byte

Swing Byte…well…it bites.  It promises the most but delivers the least on the promise.  It all boils down to two fundamental problems:
1) Sensor and method of attachment: I can forgive the chunkiness of the Swing Byte sensor, and I can even overlook the fact that it’s clearly visible when the club is in a playing position.  What I cannot accept is that the sensor moves significantly on virtually every swing.   It forces you to re-align the device after every swing.  Oh, and if you really want accurate numbers, you should re-calibrate it, too.  So as if “swing-turn around-look at phone” wasn’t bad enough, now you can add “re-align sensor, re-calibrate sensor.”  You might finish hitting that large bucket sometime next Tuesday.  Also, it adds a weird rattling sensation to your impact.
2) The key numbers (swing path, face angle, and angle of attack) bear no resemblance to the numbers you will see on FlightScope or Trackman.  As such, they are unrelated to any of the ball flight laws that you (hopefully) understand.  Swing Byte’s company line is, “We measure things differently than they do, so our numbers aren’t the same, but at least they’re consistent.”  I would argue that: A) the numbers are only consistent when I re-align and re-calibrate the device after every swing, and B) the fact that they’re not remotely close to the numbers I get from real, high end launch monitors is a major problem.  Let me give you a sample of how far askew they are: my typical driver numbers on FlightScope are a horizontal swing plane of 3* right (3* inside-out, if you’d prefer) with an angle of attack of 1* or 2* (1-2* up).  Swing Byte puts my path at 11* or more to the right with a -7* angle of attack (7* down).  That’s a HUGE difference, and it doesn’t even address the face-to-path problems that come with it.
Now, Swing Byte makes the argument that they just measure differently, and one way of measuring isn’t inherently better than another.  And philosophically, they’re right.  However, in reality, FlightScope and Trackman are the gold standard around which ball flight laws have been created.  Their numbers are the currency of the realm.  If you’re going to create a device that talks their language – club path, angle of attack, etc – then you need to make your numbers match.  Period.
I have some other complaints about it (as you might guess from the chart), but they rank far behind these two fundamental flaws.
In fairness, Swing Byte does a number of things well.  Swing speed is generally good, if a touch high.  The app is good looking, very deep, and customizable, though it’s not the easiest to use.  The 3D image is satisfactory, but there’s too much freedom to move it around which can make it a hassle to use.

GRADE: D

PRODUCT #3 – Swing Smart

You can see pretty clearly from the chart that the Swing Smart was far and away the best of the lot, so in lieu of rehashing that chart point by point, I’ll try to just hit the major highs and lows.
Good
Speed & Ease of Use – By the time you’re finished swinging, your numbers are up.  This sounds silly, but it’s not: Swing Smart is noticeably faster at loading the data than the other devices.  The app is also the easiest to use.
3D Picture – Swing Smart has the best combination of freedom to view the picture from multiple angles and ease of use.
Best On-Club Sensor -  The sensor doesn’t move while swinging, and it can be taken off of the adapter plate.  This means you can have adapters on every club (they’re only $5 each) and just bounce the sensor from one club to the next.  Also, it’s much smaller and more discretely placed than the Swing Byte.
Compare Swings – A brilliant feature that is executed wonderfully.  You can see the differences between a swing that produced a good shot and a swing that produced a fugly one.
Training Mode – Another unique feature that lets you get swing data without hitting a ball, perfect for the backyard lawn destroyers.  Some of the numbers get funny because it doesn’t know where impact is (something which is being improved), but the 3D image is still spot on.
Bad
“Angle of Attack” – What Swing Smart calls “Angle of Attack” is not angle of attack, but rather shaft lean at impact.  This is still a useful number, and it’s very accurate, it’s just mislabeled.  They know this and hopefully it will change.
Face Angle to Path – The face angle to path is accurate for what it is.  It’s calculated relative to the horizontal swing plane, NOT the resultant or true path (meaning I can get a “Face to Path” reading of 2* open but hit draws).  I think this might confuse people more than help them.

GRADE: A-

:: Golfspy Dave’s Opinion:

One of the first comments, from both Dave and Tim, was that all of these devices might be of limited use without a good instructor.  While it may be obvious, I think it’s an important point to make: none of these devices will fix your game, they only offer data to help you, or an instructor, do so.  If you don’t know what to do with the data, having it doesn’t really help you.
Dave felt that the Swing Smart hit the sweet spot between too many numbers (Swing Byte) and not enough (Golf Sense).  He said that it was just the right amount of data, and it related to things he knew that he could work on and improve.  Golf Sense’s on-glove sensor was his favorite of the group because it was so convenient, but Dave didn’t feel that the Golf Sense provided enough actionable information.

:: Golfspy Tim’s Opinion:

Poor Tim had so many struggles with these devices that he told me, “I’m so frustrated that I would not let a close friend buy any of these.”  The strap on the Swing Byte broke, Golf Sense didn’t hold a charge, and apparently he got a lemon unit from Swing Smart.  Bad luck across the board.
The testing that he was able to accomplish led Tim to say that he liked the Golf Sense sensor the best (we all did), but he felt like the lack of numbers was a severe problem.  Tim felt that he got some good things from the Swing Byte, but, by his own admission, he has limited experience with Flightscope or Trackman.  He was not able to get much of a feel for Swing Smart due to the problem with the sensor, but he did say that the way that it attached to the shaft was an upgrade over the Swing Byte.

WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU BUY?

If I can draw on the shootout metaphor a bit to summarize the results: Swing Byte brought a pocket knife to this gun fight, Golf Sense brought a .22, but Swing Smart brought a .44 magnum (enjoy the vintage Clint.  You know, before the whole “talking to empty chairs” thing).
If you’re going to buy a high tech swing trainer this year, it should be the Swing Smart: the data is the best, the app is easy to use, and it offers an unparalleled feature with the swing comparison.
I think that this product category has immense potential, and we will only see these devices improve in the coming years.  And as these new devices roll out, you know you can always count on MyGolfSpy.com to let you know which ones are the s*** and which ones should just get flushed.

ASK QUESTIONS:

I honestly could have written another 2,000 words about these devices.  If you have any questions about specific features, grades, or anything else, post them here and I will do my best to answer them.

(Via Golf Forum - Golf Blog (MyGolfSpy.com))

Tiger Woods will consider joining European Tour after membership changes

Tiger Woods will consider joining European Tour after membership changes:

Tiger Woods last considered joining the European Tour in 2000.

BELEK, Turkey (AP) -- Tiger Woods will consider the possibility of joining the European Tour after changes are made to membership qualification.

The European Tour is expected to announce soon that participation in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and Seve Trophy will count toward the 13 events needed for tour membership.

Woods said Wednesday he last looked into joining the European Tour in 2000 when the requirement was 11 events.

"I knew I would have to play one of two more events back then when it was 11 but now that criteria is 13," he said at the World Golf Finals in Turkey. "I don't know what my numbers are as I know I played 19 in the States this year and whether it crosses over or not but I will again look at it.

"I did play Abu Dhabi but then 13 are certainly a lot more than 11, especially playing full-time in the States."

Woods would be only two or three events short of the 13 if the list includes the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, four majors, four World Golf Championship events and appearances in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai.

Meanwhile, organizers said they hope Woods will compete in the inaugural Turkish Open next year.

The $7million event will be played Nov. 7-10, 2013, at The Montgomerie Course in Belek.

Ahmet Agaoglu, president of the Turkish Golf Federation, said the 78-player European Tour event will take place a week before the season-ending Dubai championship.

Earlier, Agaoglu apologized for allegedly head-butting an official photographer before Woods' opening round match on Tuesday.

The altercation occurred when Woods was about to tee up against Charl Schwartzel. Agaoglu was seen arguing with the photographer and telling him to move off Woods' intended line of shot before security staff removed the accredited Turkish-born photographer from the first tee.

"They were pushing the security guards and one of them pushed me and I replied by pushing him back, as well," Agaoglu said. "I am trying to make everything this week so perfect and it's unfortunate my reaction happened. However, I will prepare a written apology and send it to him apologizing for my own actions."

(Via GOLF.com)

Police officer earns praise for delivering McIlroy to Medinah in time

Police officer earns praise for delivering McIlroy to Medinah in time:

By Stephen Hennessey

Instead of the Miracle at Medinah, would we be talking about the Catnap in Chicago?

If a Chicago police officer had delivered the World No. 1 golfer to Medinah a couple minutes later, the British tabloid headlines would've exploded with the story of Rory McIlroy missing his tee time and forfeiting his match to the U.S.' Keegan Bradley.

Rory McIlroy arrived to the first tee to a chorus of applause from the crowd, just on time for one of the day's marquee matches. Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images.

The Chicago Sun-Times has the story on the officer who helped a sleepy McIlroy get to the course in time to win a crucial point against Bradley to secure a crucial point for the Europeans.

Patrick Rollins, a deputy police chief in Lombard, Ill., sat in the driver's seat as a bewildered McIlroy opened the door to the passenger's seat.

"He looked stunned, anxious and looked like a lot was going through his mind like I would have been," Rollins told Michael Sneed of the Sun-Times. "So I asked him if he'd be okay with me driving because of the possibility of motion sickness."

Related: The reasons why the U.S. lost the Ryder Cup

McIlroy, thanks to his police escort from the team hotel in Lombard, made it to the course in time for his marquee match with Bradley, and defeated the fiery American without any practice time, 2 & 1. It was the third in five-straight wins for the Euros to open up Sunday's unlikely comeback.

If it wasn't for Rollins, it's fair to predict the Euros would've really struggled to overcome that sort of momentum-changing forfeit.

And McIlroy would've struggled to ever shed the tag as the golfer who slept the Ryder Cup away.

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(Via The latest from GolfDigest.com)

Luke Donald: Mizuno Swing DNA

Media: NBC and the missing C word

Media: NBC and the missing C word:

The word with which Johnny Miller, broadcaster, is most closely associated went conspicuously missing at the Ryder Cup on Sunday, even as the U.S. team methodically unraveled, its insurmountable lead surmountable after all.

Miller never mentioned the word “choke,” though the U.S. team squandered a 10-6 lead and lost 14 1/2-13 1/2. We can only surmise the criticism he has taken for using the word freely over the years has had an effect on him.

He flirted with the word, at least. “You could say this is the colossal collapse in Chicago,” Miller said after Steve Stricker fell behind Martin Kaymer on the 17th hole in the penultimate match, putting the U.S. at a disadvantage. “America has played really poorly on the finishing holes today, which has allowed this to happen. It really is a collapse.”

Mark Rolfing also ventured into the vicinity of the word, when after a poor bunker shot by Jim Furyk (shown above) in a tight match at the 17th hole he faced a 15-foot par putt to maintain a 1-up lead over Sergio Garcia.

“It’s been a long summer for Jim Furyk in terms of finishing things off in big situations,” Rolfing said.

Furyk missed the putt, then lost the 18th hole and the match.

Monty: ‘Absolutely ridiculous’

Rory McIlroy was savaged for arriving at Medinah Country Club only 11 minutes prior to his Ryder Cup tee time on Sunday. Good thing for his sake he won his match against Keegan Bradley.

The outspoken Colin Montgomerie was most critical, eviscerating McIlroy as well as European captain Jose Maria Olazabal and his assistants and his caddie J.P. Fitzgerald.

“That’s absolutely ridiculous on this level,” Montgomerie said during his stint in the NBC booth. “Quite unbelievable…the world number one golfer. How this happened I do not know.

“Where’s the captain? Where are the vice captains? Where’s his caddie? We were fortunate that he’s the one guy, the most natural player on our team, that didn’t need to practice. If we had a Faldo or Langer we’d be in trouble.”

NBC’s Roger Maltbie, meanwhile, was waxing on how impressed he was that McIlroy arrived so late, yet “walked onto the first tee with a smile and went about his business.”

“It was embarrassing though,” Miller said.

“I wouldn’t argue with that,” Maltbie replied.

Shanks for the memory

It’s no secret that Miller often invokes his own experiences in his analysis, but he had two prime opportunities to do so on Sunday and said nothing.

– When Webb Simpson shanked his tee shot at the eighth hole, Miller said, “That was one of the fastest swings I think I’ve ever seen. That’s a bad feeling when you’ve got national TV, Ryder Cup, all these fans, and to think, ‘oh, am I going to do it again.’ You hit with a shank and people never forget it.”

He was speaking from experience, though he failed to inform the audience of that. In the 1972 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Miller was in contention on the 16th hole of the final round, when he shanked a shot. He went on to lose to Jack Nicklaus in a playoff.

– Instructor Jim McLean, who counts Keegan Bradley among his students, posted this on Twitter regarding McIlroy’s tardiness and inability to hit balls prior to the starting his round:

“A number of great players hit no balls prior to teeing off. One was Johnny Miller. Wonder if Johnny will mention this?”

He did not.

A graphic reminder

NBC put up a graphic showing those who have gone undefeated in Ryder Cups, and Larry Nelson appeared twice, once going 5-0, once 4-0.

It was a reminder of a glaring oversight on the PGA of America’s part, that it never made Nelson a U.S. Ryder Cup captain.

Nelson won two PGA Championships and a U.S. Open and played on three Ryder Cup teams.

On Twitter

Steve Flesch: “I still can’t help but to think how big a mistake it was sitting Phil and Keegan yesterday. Every point matters. Strick and Tiger 1-7″

Michelle Wie: “Watching the tv while covering my eyes. I cant watch this….so nervous!! #rydercup #gousa”

 

(Via Golf Digest CA)

PGA Tour Confidential: Europe wins Ryder Cup with epic rally in Sunday singles

PGA Tour Confidential: Europe wins Ryder Cup with epic rally in Sunday singles:

SI Golf Group

It was a comeback for the ages, but did Europe win this Ryder Cup, or did the U.S. lose it? Our panel debates this, the decision to bench the Mickelson-Bradley pairing Saturday afternoon, key moments that turned the match, potential future captains and more.

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