Matt Kuchar gave some of his tips for the short game to Holly Sonders. I liked everything Kuchar said about his approach to chipping and pitching (ie, shallow angle of attack, inside-to-inside, feeling like you’re hitting little draws) and think you can’t help but have better strikes with these thoughts/techniques.
Here is an instant classic tweet regarding the Ryder Cup and Rory McIlroy.
Rory’s date to the #RyderCup Gala has spectacular jugs: pic.twitter.com/52cQv2li8H
— Two Inches Short (@TwoInchesShort) September 24, 2014
The 2014 Ryder Cup is about to start, so here are the final Power Rankings for the two teams.
The table below has all of the players on each team. Each player has their current power index number followed by their power ranking position in parentheses, as of Sept. 21.
| Europe | USA |
| Rory McIlroy 21.71 (2) | Jim Furyk 20.21 (4) |
| Jamie Donaldson 17.42 (10) | Rickie Fowler 18.58 (6) |
| Sergio Garcia 15.17 (20) | Matt Kuchar 10.50 (42) |
| Justin Rose 10.54 (41) | Bubba Watson 10.00 (45) |
| Victor Dubuisson 7.58 (75) | Jimmy Walker 9.58 (51) |
| Stephen Gallacher 6.58 (92) | Hunter Mahan 8.00 (67) |
| Martin Kaymer 6.00 (99) | Webb Simpson 6.13 (97) |
| Graeme McDowell 5.83 (104) | Phil Mickelson 5.50 (112) |
| Henrik Stenson 5.71 (107) | Patrick Reed 5.42 (116) |
| Lee Westwood 2.63 (238) | Keegan Bradley 4.71 (135) |
| Thomas Bjorn 2.25 (249) | Zach Johnson 4.54 (140) |
| Ian Poulter -1.08 (697) | Jordan Spieth 4.54 (140) |
It looks like the middle and bottom of the U.S. team is currently in a little better form, otherwise it looks pretty close.
Now that the Web.com Tour Championship is finished, the 2014-2015 PGA Tour Priority Rankings have been set for the 50 lucky Web.com finishers who now have earned their PGA Tour cards for the 2014-2015 PGA Tour season.
Read the details at GolfChannel.com, but Canadian Adam Hadwin earned the top priority for the Web.com graduates.
This seems like a variation on the “Turn To Hit It Straighter” video, but different keys or thoughts to the swing always work.
This type of tip reminds me of what Hogan said was the most important tip from his Five Lessons book (and I paraphrase) “The hips cannot move too fast”.
This tip, and the “Turn To Hit It Straighter” tip will help you to hit it farther and straighter.
Ever wonder what the ball sees before it gets hit? This is a ball’s eye view of the golf swing.
Smooth swings on the Symetra Tour driving range at the #STChampionship #Volvik #GoPro http://t.co/QZ0KjhELDn
— LPGA (@LPGA) September 20, 2014
School of Golf’s Martin and Holly have a great tip on how to hit it straighter.
Now that the “playoffs” are over, here are the current numbers for the 2014 Ryder Cup Teams according to our Power Rankings.
The table below has all of the players on each team. Each player has their current power index number followed by their power ranking position in parentheses, as of Sept. 14.
| Europe | USA |
| Rory McIlroy 21.71 (2) | Jim Furyk 20.21 (4) |
| Sergio Garcia 15.17 (15) | Rickie Fowler 18.58 (5) |
| Jamie Donaldson 12.17 (24) | Matt Kuchar 10.50 (39) |
| Stephen Gallacher 11.00 (33) | Bubba Watson 10.00 (44) |
| Justin Rose 10.54 (38) | Jimmy Walker 9.58 (48) |
| Victor Dubuisson 7.58 (73) | Hunter Mahan 8.00 (66) |
| Martin Kaymer 6.00 (96) | Webb Simpson 6.13 (95) |
| Graeme McDowell 5.83 (101) | Phil Mickelson 5.50 (108) |
| Henrik Stenson 5.71 (104) | Patrick Reed 5.42 (111) |
| Thomas Bjorn 3.45 (193) | Keegan Bradley 4.71 (134) |
| Lee Westwood 2.54 (236) | Zach Johnson 4.54 (142) |
| Ian Poulter -1.08 (691) | Jordan Spieth 4.54 (142) |
It looks like it should be a pretty close match.