5. PGA Tour cancels China Series’ Hong Kong event
AP report…”The PGA Tour Series-China is canceling its tournament next month in Hong Kong because of civil unrest and safety concerns.”
- “The season was supposed to end with the event Oct. 17-20 at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club in Hong Kong. Instead, the 13th and final tournament will be held Oct. 10-13 at the Macau Championship.”
- “Hong Kong is in the fourth month of protests that occur every weekend, and some have been violent.”
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6. Only two kinds of golf swings…
Golf.com’s Luke Kerr-Dineen…:GOLF Top 100 Teachers and Titleist Performance Institute experts Dave Phillips and Jon Tattersall
- “…Body mass golfers, like Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, and Lee Westwood, are usually bigger in stature, carry more weight and are stronger in terms of raw strength. Body mass golfers’ swings may look slower than their counterparts, but they still generate lots of speed because they have more mass than others
- …Rotary golfers typically have lower body mass, Phillips and Tattersall say, and generate swing speed by learning to fire their muscles really quickly, often using the ground for maximum leverage. Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy – two of the longest pound-for-pound golfers in history
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7. From Taiwan to the Tour
Good bit from C.T. Pan himself in GD on his journey to the Tour…
“We didn’t have much when I was a kid. I was the youngest of six, and we had cousins living with us, too. There was so little room that I shared a bed with my parents and other siblings until I was a teenager. The only way I could play golf was by sneaking on our local course. I’d wake up before 4 a.m. and get in nine before the clubhouse opened, and another nine after it closed. I didn’t know until later that the golf shop knew-they always know, right?-but looked the other way. Especially when they found out I was good.”
8. Mav McNealy interview
McNealy, who secured his Tour card, chatted with PGATour.com…
- “PGATOUR.COM: You struggled towards the end of your first season. How bad did it get?”
- “Maverick McNealy: “Last year, at the end of the season, I was in a really bad place. I had a really hard time with my ball-striking. I was really stuck underneath and had this really bad right block. It became mental.”
- “There was a week there where I came home to Vegas and I lost two dozen golf balls in a week. I just couldn’t hit a fairway. When it got to Columbus (for the opening event of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals), I told my caddie, ‘I don’t know if I can play. I don’t know if I should keep going.’ He told me, ‘Just get your butt on an airplane.’ It was a heroic effort to make the cut in Columbus. I missed the rest of the cuts in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, but that was kind of the turning point.”
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9. When golf gives you lemons…
A sour morsel from the Golf Digest mailbag…”I heard about an LPGA Tour pro who sucks on lemons when she gets stressed out while playing. Is this true? Does this actually have a calming effect on people? -Carlos Watson, Indianapolis”
“A: Strange but true. When the going gets tough, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, a 24-year-old from Denmark, likes to chomp down on a nice, juicy lemon. It seems the ritual is partly designed to distract her. She has said it helps shift her focus away from stress or anger. But some nutritionists believe there are more benefits than that. Lemon juice contains potassium, which can help combat anxiety, and it has been shown to reduce blood pressure. Its electrolytes will also help keep you hydrated, it’s known to ease joint and muscle pain, and it even aids digestion. Other than the excruciatingly sour taste, what’s not to like?”
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