View from TPC Scottsdales 16th Tee
Tuesday 25 December 2012 at 7:41 pmReady for the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open? I played TPC Scottsdale today, here is a shot from the 16th tee box. The colosseum is taking shape!
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Update from Norm Dec 2011
Sunday 18 December 2011 at 9:56 pm
After a day I'd like to forget at the golf course I made a discovery that I believe will take me to the next level as a ballstriker. Recently I've been working on balancing myself, and in doing so I now have more weight toward my heels. I've always had too much weight on my toes, and as a result I've always had poor balance (falling forward). By moving my weight back toward my heel to balance myself there was an unintended consequence. I've never been a shanker of the golf ball, but recently I've had my fair share! In balancing myself I had unintentionally also pulled my hands closer to my body at address. This caused me to be way too close to the golf ball. As you can imagine, there were many ballstriking consequences to this, with the most humiliating being the dreaded shank.
I discovered the root cause of the problem while doing some mirror work after the round. My hands had gotten so close to me I couldn't get a full fist between my belt buckle and my hands. One quick adjustment, getting my hands hanging where they need to be, while also being balanced, and I had the best range session I've ever had. It also carried to the course today, so problem solved!
Below you see Alvaro Quiros. I've clearly outlined his excellent setup to the ball:
Norm's Fall Swing Update
Monday 21 November 2011 at 12:00 am
I've spent a lot of time the past couple of months working on:
* Balance (not falling forward, especially on downswing)
* Tempo
* Shoulder Plane (I've always turned my shoulders too flat, finally making progress, about 1/2 way there now!)
* Level (I tend to dip down on the backswing, rise up at the top, fall down again into impact, then up again)
* Clearing my right side (Making sure the downswing is driven by the lower body, hips clearing, shoulders and arms whipping through = eliminates left misses!)
The following swing video illustrates the changes nicely:
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TheHugeBreak - The first 4 years in pictures!
Sunday 06 November 2011 at 3:14 pm
It all started with the first trip to Tucson in 2008 to the Accenture Match Play World Golf Championship. We've been back every year since!
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TheHugeBreak.Com Relaunched!
Saturday 05 November 2011 at 8:01 pmDue to some issues with our hosting provider I am sad to report that ALL of TheHugeBreak history was lost! Moral of the story: Back your own database up, don't rely on the hosting provider to keep the backups current, or have any amount of reasonable retention. However, the videos are all still on YouTube! We are taking this opportunity to start from scratch on this blog site, and enter phase II of this "project". -Norm