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Weekend golfer whose goal is to always break 80.

Murdoch Mysteries – A Case of the Yips

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This past week on Murdoch Mysteries, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations period piece police show based at the turn of the 20th century, there was a murder on a golf course and while investigating the crime Detective Murdoch also investigates the attraction of the game of golf.

The episode is the 11th of the show’s 9th season and is called “A Case of the Yips” and has lots of humour moments, like when Murdoch wonders why anyone would throw a perfectly good golf club into a lake.  The course was the Toronto Athletic and Golf Club, and the club champion was George Lyon. The real George Lyon won the Olympic Gold Medal in golf at the 1904 games.

You can stream it on CBC Gem and learn more about the episode on the Murdoch Mysteries Fandom page

 

Registration for 2017 Drive, Chip & Putt Championship

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In the daily e-mail from GolfChannel.com, there was a link to register for the 2017 Drive, Chip & Putt Championship.  The national finals are held at Augusta National the Sunday prior to the Masters, and is a lot of fun to watch.

The 2017 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship is open to boys and girls ages 7-15. Boys and girls will compete in separate divisions in four age categories: 7-9 years old; 10-11 years old; 12-13 years old; and 14-15 years old.

These kids are really good.  Here are the 2016 Finalists that we will be seeing at this year’s tournament.

Here are the results from 2015 and here are some highlights from the past championships.

Larry Fitzgerald Playing Golf

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Larry Fitzgerald had a great game in the NFC Divisional Playoffs against the Green Bay Packers, including a 75-yard catch and run to set up his own game winning TD reception in overtime.

To try to tie that in to golf, I found this video of Larry doing a Golf Digest 5-shot challenge for charity. Larry’s pretty good.

And here is that amazing catch and run that set up the game winning TD.

A Couple of Serious Beards on the Sony Open

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While watching the Sony Open I noticed a couple of players were sporting impressive facial hair.  I decided to go looking for pictures of them, and when I googled it up I found the Golf Channel already had an article on “Fear the Beard“.

The article references a couple of pictures tweeted out by Dave Shedloski. Here they are:

The tweets are listed out of order, but being Canadian I felt it was only right to put DeLaet’s beard first.

Picture of 2016 British Open Course Covered with Snow

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ftw.usatoday.com had a story (or posted a tweet) about the 2016 British Open course, Royal Troon, being covered in snow.

Here is the original tweet.

 

Golf Digest – Louis Oosthuizen’s Guide to Easy Power

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I saw this gallery on Golfdigest.com where Louis Oosthuizen describes his swing sequence and thoughts to generating power and clubhead speed.

According to Louis: “I was never the biggest or strongest guy growing up on the southern cape of South Africa, so from the beginning I knew I was going to have to create clubhead speed with good fundamentals and efficient technique. So those are things I’ve always paid attention to. At 5-11, 160 pounds, I’m still on the smaller side for a tour player, but I can carry my driver almost 300 yards and hit my 7-iron 180, and that’s using what I would call a comfortable swing. Rory McIlroy hits it even longer, and he’s about the same size I am. Watch a sport like rugby or basketball, and the pitch or court is filled with guys who are huge and super fast, and they’re doing things you can’t even try to copy. But golf is different. All golfers can improve in the basics and find more “easy power”—the kind that comes from good rhythm, stability and the right sequence of motion, not by going after the ball as hard as you can with brute force. Here I’ll show you some of the things I work on to keep my swing in balance and working at optimum speed.”

His main keys for “HOW YOU CAN CREATE MORE SPEED WITH LESS EFFORT” are:

  • Keep your arms soft and make a full hinge to the top.
  • Start your hips first and let them pull your upper body.
  • Push against the ground keeping your feet flat.
  • Let the club speed through without forcing it.

I think everyone can learn from this.