Francesco Monlinari shot a final-round 64 to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by 2-shots. Molinari started the day 5-shots back, but won with an amazing putting display by making every putt within 15 feet. He also capped it off with a 45 foot birdie putt on the final hole. It was a Sunday charge worthy of the King himself.
Here are the highlights from PGATour.com’s YouTube page:
It was back in the 70’s and a soon-to-be prominent golfer (Ray Floyd) was playing at Augusta for his first Masters. Back then the players could not bring their own caddies but had to use one of the locals.
Floyd told the caddy master he wanted a big fellow who could handle his bag, but who also would keep quiet, no advice needed.
The caddy who was assigned Floyd said, “Hello Mr. Floyd.”
Floyd said “Hello.” And followed that with, “That’s the last I want to hear from you unless I ask you a question.”
Everything went well until the 10th hole when Floyd pushed his drive into the right trees on the par 4.
After surveying the scene he said out loud, “I’m going to hit a low fade out through that opening to carry and land mid green and then roll over the crest down near the hole.”
Surprisingly he pulled it off exactly and turned to his caddy and said, “How’s that?”
The caddy spoke for the first time and said, “That wasn’t your ball.”
Matthew Wolff, who plays for the OSU Cowboys, has won four(!) straight NCAA tournaments.
Wolff’s swing is, to put it lightly, distinct.
What do you think of Matthew Wolff’s swing? He could be a household name pic.twitter.com/SVSMIpqJY1
— The Sporting Base (@thesportingbase) January 31, 2019
And does he hit it long?
Alleged conversation between Matthew Wolff & caddy on 10 tee.
Wolff: How far is it to carry the bunkers on the right?
Caddy: 320yds
Wolff: Oh, so they’re not in play?!
*Rips another stress free drive pic.twitter.com/zMEeEwTVuR— Luke Elvy (@Luke_Elvy) February 1, 2019
Here is a list of some of the “celebrities” playing in the 2019 Pebble Beach Pro-Am (with their professional partner in parentheses).
Source: PGA.com
And in case you missed it, Tony Romo hit an incredible recovery shot on Friday from the hospitality tent.
This shot from @TonyRomo is INCREDIBLE. 😱#LiveUnderPar 🏈 pic.twitter.com/2fSWZCFXtF
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 8, 2019
Martin Hall gives a great tip of how to ensure you’re turning through the ball, and not throwing the club towards the ball.
As you can see from the above image, just grip partway down the shaft you should be able to swing without the shaft touching your body until well into the follow through.
If you can do this, you’ll be hitting it longer and straighter.
You can watch the whole video HERE.
Martin Hall and Blair O’Neal of Golf Channel’s School of Golf go over and demonstrate three of Byron Nelson’s keys to a good golf swing.
The keys are :
I saw something about Tom Holland aka Spiderman playing at the Sony Open. Then I found this on his Instagram and it has to be shared.
This one from the School of Golf showed up in my inbox today. In it Martin Hall and Blair O’Neal share a drill to help turn your lead shoulder through the swing to help hit better long irons and hybrids.