Wednesday, March 25, 2015

GOLF PICKS VALERO and Trophee Hassan

OUR WINNING
EURO TICKET 
(BELOW)

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_______VALERO_______


_____FINAL ROUND_____ 

EARLY SUNDAY:  SPIETH OFF TO QUICK START - BIRDIE ON 1
THEN WIDE ON APPROACH PAR 5 2ND - PAR
WALKER BIRDIES 2 TO REMAIN 4 UP
IT'S ON IN TEXAS! 

FINAL: SPIETH CAME OUT SWINGING
WALKER OPENED THE DOOR WITH BOGIES SEVERAL TIMES
SPIETH CLOSED THOSE DOORS WITH BAD COURSE MANAGEMENT
WALKER THEN PULLED AWAY WITH A 6 SHOT LEAD
SPIETH FINISHED STRONG
BUT A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT
WALKER PADLOCKED THE DOOR WITH LATE BIRDIES ON THE BACK NINE.

PREGAME - SPIETH SPOKE TO HAVING HIS CADDY STEER HIM AWAY FROM 
TAKING RISKY SHOTS AND POSTING BIG NUMBERS. 
DOWN BY 4 GOING IN ON SUNDAY-  THEY ABANDONED THAT STRATEGY.
THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT HIM RIGHT - HE GOES FOR IT.


AT THE SAME TIME - AVOIDING THE DOUBLE BOGIES
WILL BE THE KEY TO WINNING CONSISTENTLY ON TOUR. 
 HE WILL ALSO NEED TO IMPROVE HIS PUTTING INSIDE 10 FEET.
HE IS #1 BETWEEN 15-25 FEET - 158TH INSIDE 10 FT. 
LOOKING AT THE HOLE IS JUST PLAIN STUPID
SHORT PUTS ARE LIKE SWEEPING BROKEN GLASS INTO A DUST PAN
YOU LOOK AT THE GLASS - NOT THE DUSTPAN

BUT THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN THAT. 

HERE IS MY THEORY.
 HIS STROKE IS CONSISTENT
FRONT TILT AND THEN SLIGHT WRIST FLIP ON IMPACT.
THAT CREATES A DOWNWARD, THEN UPWARD ANGLE OF IMPACT
 AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
ON LONGER PUTS - WITH MORE BACKSWING
THE ANGEL IS LESS STEEP - THUS LESS UPSWING AS WELL.
UPSWING CAN CREATE TOEING OR HEELING. 
THE ONLY SUGGESTION I HAVE
IS TAKE THE WRISTS OUT OF THE EQAUTION
OR PERHAPS LESS PRE-SWING TILT ON SHORTER PUTS
TALK ABOUT MINUTIA RIGHT?
YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOVE GOLF TO CARE ABOUT THIS CRAP. LOL

WHATEVER STYLE HE EMPLOYS
JORDAN'S WELL ROUNDED GAME 
AND COMMITMENT TO THE GAME 
WILL EVENTUALLY PRODUCE WINS
2 - BACK TO BACK TO CLOSE OUT 2014
1 A FEW WEEKS AGO.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF HE IS A FACTOR
IN HOUSTON THIS WEEK AND THEN AGAIN AT AUGUSTA. 
WALKER WILL BE AT BOTH EVENTS AS WELL
REMATCH?

_____ROUND 3_____
Spieth Makes Long Ones
Misses Short - Looking at the Hole!
See Article Below (Round 2)
He hit a lot of good shots. 
He made a lot of bad choices.
Trades Punches with Walker
Walker Outlasted Him.
He'll be Smarter Tomorrow
But Walker UP BY 4 - Knows How to Close.
3 Under is a Low Round Here 
Jordan will need to Shoot Really Low
THIS IS A HOME GAME FOR WALKER AND SPIETH
WAS A 2 MAN RACE
COULD BE A ONE MAN SHOW NOW
UNLESS WALKER STALLS AND SPIETH PUTS THE PEDAL DOWN
SPIETH / JOHNSON / KOKRAK FRONT PAGE


_____ROUND 2_____
3 ON TOP

WHAT'S MISSING WITH JORDAN SPIETH?

Not much
Unlike the Nay-Sayers  I believe he is already one of the games great players.
It's not IF but WHEN? As far as winning a major and shutting them all up. 
He destroyed the greatest players in the world - 2 weeks in a row at the end of last year.

So What's Missing? 
He's not long - but he's not short in distance either. 
 He hits fairways and greens. 
Maybe the Best Short Game on Tour. 
He is one of the best putters in the world.  
However, he is ranked 158th for Puts inside 10 feet.

Why? 
He looks at the ball half the time. 
His team seems to look at this as a harmless quirk. I do not. 
He made 3 long puts to win last week - But - he missed 4 short that would have allowed him to run away with a win - rather than steal one in a playoff. 

The Solution
Don't look at the Hole - Not so much the Ball - Look at your Putter!
If you read the put and line up the ball with your putter
Your Putter Face determines where the Ball will go.
Keep the putter head close to the ground
the more you lift - the more likely you'll be Toe or Heel the ball
then just follow through.
Do Try this at Home. 
Oh Yeah do a practice swing beside the ball
Full Swing
Then only back as far as you need for the distance
Your putter stroke should be a smooth pendulum back and forward 
I see a lot of tour pros - Smacking the ball lately 
IE Ramsay at Trophee - gave away 3 strokes that way today


____PREGAME____

MY TOP PICKS 
I like 
Jordan Spieth 
at home
Also
Daniel Summerhayes
Top Rated This Week
to Get His First Win
Also
Kevin Na
and
(Several in Blue Above)

 FULL FIELD STATS 
 

_____TROPHEE HASSAN _____

FINAL ROUND
MOST OF OUR GUYS FELL AWAY
RAMSAY HAD TWO BIRDIE RUN
4 IN A ROW AND THEN 
4 IN A ROW AGAIN
TO CLOSE OUT IN STYLE
WINNING!




ROUND 3
5 OF 6 IN THE RUNNING
ORMSBY (-5)

_____PREGAME_____

MY TOP PICKS

GRILLO
JACO VAN ZYL
HORSEY
ORMSBY
RAMSAY
OLIVER FISHER

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

GOLF PICKS ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL BAYHILL

______POSTGAME______
Stenson
On the Clock - Off the Lead
 It was Henrik Stenson's to lose, and he did.
They did put the final group on the clock.
There is no one behind them, so that serves no pupose.
Stenson complained that rush casusd him to rush his put reads.
He missed 4 clutch puts from inside around 10 feet .
He did look a little off his game the week before to me?
Matt Every 
Threw caution to wind and caught him
To become a back to back winner at Bayhill.
He's getting to know Arnold pretty well at this point. 


______PREGAME______

FULL FIELD
RECENT FINISHES
&
HISTORY AT BAY HILL
(CLICK TO VIEW FULL SCREEN)
(UPDATED 3/18/15 7:55AM)
MUST COVERS @ LOW ODDS
STENSON (10-1)
ADAM SCOTT (20-1)
KEEGAN BRADLEY (30-1)
 BUBBA WATSON (14-1)

MY TOP PICKS @ GOOD ODDS
FRANCESCO MOLINARI (70-1)
 JASON KOKRAK (80-1)
 KEVIN NA (50-1)
JB HOLMES (40-1)
CHESSON HADLEY (FIELD LV)
JUSTIN THOMAS (75-1)
DANIEL BERGER (100-1)
ALEX PROUGH (100-1)
BRIAN DAVIS (150-1)
VIJAY SINGH (150-1) 
 SEAN OHAIR (50-1)

CONTENDERS @ GREAT ODDS
SHAWN STEFANI (100-1)
SUMMERHAYES (150-1)
SAM SAUNDERS (250-1) 
 CHRIS STROUD (200-1)
 GOOSEN (150-1) 
DANNY LEE (200-1) 
BRENDAN STEELE (100-1)
ANGEL CABRERRA (200-1)
KEN DUKE (300-1) 

I POSTED ONLINE ODDS
VEGAS BOOK ODDS TEND TO BE LOWER ON LONGSHOTS

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

GOLF PICKS VALSPAR AND TSHWANE

_____POSTGAME_____
LAST 2 WEEKS
2 WINNERS
$105 RETURNED $2000!
SPIETH WINS THE WAR!

IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT
YOU MISSED THE TOURNEY OF THE YEAR!
I'LL POST VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS LATER THIS WEEK
 

_____VALSPAR_____

FULL FIELD
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
TOP PICKS IN BLUE

__________________________________________

______ TSHWANE______

TOP PICK
MICHAEL HOEY

GUT PICKS
LONG SHOTS ONLY
 VAN TONDER
TJAART VAN DER WALT
ADISON DE SILVA
DAWIE VAN DER WALT
MARK TRULLO

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

GOLF PICKS CADILAC / PUERTO RICO

_______PUERTO RICO_______
 WINNER!


 MIRACLE FINISH FOR CEJKA

CEJKA IN THE CLUBHOUSE (-7)
2 MEN (-8)
WITH A PAR 5 LEFT!
A PAR 5 THEY BOTH BIRDIED ALL WEEK

GRILLO MISSES TAP IN TO WIN
 
 BOTH BOGIE!

5 MAN PLAYOFF

SAUNDER AND CEJKA
CHANCE TO BIRDIE
SAUNDERS MISSES 8 FOOTER


CEJKA
 16 FOOTER TO WIN!


287 STARTS ON PGA
1ST WIN 
CONGRATS ALEX!


_______PREGAME_______