Capelle On Golf

Cheering during a Tiger Woods press conference?
I would have if I’d been there to hear him speak his mind on the belly putter:
“I’ve never been a fan if it. I believe it’s the art of controlling the body and club and swinging the pendulum motion. I believe that’s how it should be played. I’m traditionalist [...]

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I had the obvious headline written for this piece on Saturday night – “Tiger is Back.”
And he would have been if not for a final round of 72 at the Abu Dhabi, which dropped him into a 3t. After all, Woods was slamming his clubs again, he was hitting greens like a machine (85% through [...]

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Big surprise about Hank Haney’s upcoming book, The Big Miss: Tiger Woods is pissed.
According to Woods, “I just think this book is very self serving.” This dovetails with the point I made about Haney is the previous column – that he is one opportunistic S.O.B.
To make matters worse, the book is to be released in [...]

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Dan Jenkins and I don’t see eye to eye on many things in golf. For example, he thinks Ben Hogan is the best ever while my choice is Jack Nicklaus (by a mile).
But on one issue we are completely reunited: the long putter. I have ranted numerous times about it of late, spurred on by [...]

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Team golf has come to the majors.
On Sunday the final pairing will be comprised of rookie Brendan Steele (-7) and veteran grinder Jason Dufner (-7). Steele is a member of the Long Putters while Dufner is a Real Golfer.
In the second group we have another rookie, Keegan Bradley (-6), also a member of the Long [...]

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Tiger Woods Misses the Cut
After 10 holes Woods was seven over for the tournament, so he had an outside chance of making the cut if he played the final seven in three under. But a double on 11 ended his chances of playing the weekend. To his credit, he continued to grind away until the [...]

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Steve Stricker’s 63
Steve Striker, who almost never does squat in the majors, opened with a major’s record tying 63, barely missing a putt for a 62 on the final green. He is such a strong frontrunner in regular PGA Tour events that if he can convince himself he is only playing in one, he might [...]

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When preparing for the PGA, Phil Mickelson likely has been coached by his caddy on course strategy, Dave Pelz on the short game, Dave Stockton on putting, and Butch Harmon for his swing. That’s quite a stable of advisors.
And yet, that’s not all, for he has quietly added Washington, D.C. based mental game coach Julie [...]

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Glory’s Last Shot is also the candidates for the Player of the Years’ last chance to bag a major and possibly put a stranglehold on the top spot.
The double major winners deserve it method points towards Charl Schwartzel, Rory McIlroy, and Darren Clarke. The winners of the first three are obviously the only players with [...]

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There is a saying in investing that you should let the trend be your friend.
Many investors look at the recent movers and put their money on those stocks that have been strong of late. Well, we can apply that technique to golfers as well.
Twelve days ago I made a list of the favorites at Ladbrokes.com. [...]

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