Our Man Spotted in Hawaii

Originally Posted by JTillery
Now wouldn't Hawaii be a tough place to spend some January time?
I work with a good friend of mine Blake Adams, and last week we put some work in at PGA West knocking some rust off. A few days later, we jumped on planes at the same time....his to Hawaii and mine back to the real world.....oh how quickly my view changed!!!

John Tillery, PGA is Head Professional at Milledgeville Country Club in Milledgeville, Georgia. His work with Blake Adams has qualified him for the 2011 PGA TOUR Instructor Credential. I'm proud to say he has earned the designation Lynn Blake Certified Instructor.

We'll be posting John's photo and bio soon in our Pro Contributors Section.

Originally Posted by Bagger Lance
Brian had a great round yesterday. He was well under the cut line starting round 2 on the back 9, and when I looked he was 2 over going into 18.

He birdied 18 and then proceeded to tear it up on the front 9.
Blew past the cut line and is sitting at 3 under in a packed group.

Jim Renner, a student of Drew Chapman, PGA (our own Drewitgolf http://lynnblakegolf.com/index.php/P...-gseb-pga.html) made the cut in his first tournament as an exempt player on the PGA TOUR. He was 'in position' after a fine first round 69, but two bogies and a double in a five-hole stretch on the front nine of the second round really hurt: the "made cut but did not finish" rule (that usually applies after Round 3) was applied to the entire 36 holes of Sunday's closing finish.

To Jim's credit, he hung tough and made four birdies in the remaining ten holes, but it wasn't quite good enough. All the best, Jim, for the West Coast swing!

http://www.pgatour.com/players/03/11...2011/r006.html

BG shot even-par 70 in this morning's Round 3 and is 2-under after 4 in the afternoon round. (He started on #10). Could go low!

http://www.pgatour.com/r/leaderboard/

Mark Wilson just executed a beautiful little pitch shot on #9 using the Push Major Basic Stroke (10-3-C). This Stroke uses Component Variations entirely different from those he employs in his Full Strokes.

The Push Basic Stroke features an "up and out" Right Elbow position that aligns the Hands between the Elbow and the Ball throughout the Stroke. Release triggers a ponderous, Right Arm 'pushing' motion through Impact. It is a pure Hitting Stroke that almost always produces Angled Hinging (as it did here on both the Backstroke and Downstroke). And, by its very nature, always with Low Power.

You don't see it very often. Which is why we should forgive Sir Nick Faldo for his failure to identify and analyze it correctly in the SwingVision segment. He spoke of "Steep", "Clubface Shut", and "Wrists rolled under". All true, but also all part and parcel of this unique procedure.

Unfortunately, Sir Nick's negative tone left the impression there were many mistakes made. Instead, the shot was well-executed and afforded a great opportunity to educate viewers regarding a perfectly valid, albeit unconventional, procedure being used by the tournament leader. At the very least, we could have enjoyed an expert explanation of something "new and different", its advantages and disadvantages.



Oh, Mark just made the putt for a birdie and a 4-shot lead!

Originally Posted by Sligo33 Hope all you folks in the SOUTH are fairing well. The recent winter blast is not treated you well. Best of luck.

Thanks, Sligo. From our house to yours . . .

Originally Posted by Sligo33 I'm heading south to sunny FLA. As it seems to be the only State that doesn't have snow. I hope to see you at the PGA Teaching & Coaching Summit.

Sligo,

We've got a group of us meeting for dinner Wednesday evening. You're welcome to join us. PM me if you'd like to attend so I can add you to our reservations list.

The same goes for any other attending professional. Drop me a PM, and we'll make it happen!