Short Game Wizard

Yes. He may not even have to win. See these two exemption categories:

18. First 2 USPGA TOUR members and any USPGA TOUR members tying for 2nd
place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the USPGA TOUR
PLAYERS Championship and the five USPGA TOUR events leading up to and
including the 2011 AT&T National. Blank entries will be made on
behalf of players qualifying in this category. (THE PLAYERS
Championship, The Memorial, St Jude Classic, US Open, Travellers
championship and AT&T National).19.
19. The leading player, not exempt having applied F(18)
above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2011 AT&T National and
the 2011 John Deere Classic. With the exception of ties for first
place, which will be determined in accordance with the Conditions for
the tournament concerned, ties will be decided in favour of the highest
OWGR player at the commencement of the tournament. Blank entries will
be made on behalf of players qualifying in this category.

Hey Steve, I keep meaning to ask what sort of laser pointer you use. I've been trying to find something that would work, but it's tough to know what's going to actually do the job. Most of the pointers I see are too fat or otherwise not functional.

Here is a link to a article about Mr. Addington

http://www.golfweek.com/news/2...

Great tourney for DJ this week, Congratulations on 4 sub-par rounds and that awesome 62. It's always good when your 72nd hole is a closing birdie, leaves a nice feeling to build on.

well done dj !! unfortunately live@ pga.com ran out time just as he was  approaching the 15th which was  one of the holes they were covering but i must say it did seem odd that they never even mentioned him.

MIke, I'm thinking of strapping one to the inside of my left ankle so I'll know where the proper position is for the ball :)

Roger, congratulations & very nice playing. Continued success as you play for the Cup!

So did I. :)

Thank you and now for the offering! LOL (you just knew I'd have to put that since the post thanking us again for not using it and it wasn't from Karl) You have stated what I was trying to say and rather well might I add. I remember the conversations back some time ago about Steve and the arms and I tried to verbally explain what the laser has shown as I knew then that he wasn't rotating the arms from what he was describing but I didn't do such a good job. The laser aide is a great idea and I encouraged Steve to do a video demonstrating how it's done. Hey, you both could do one. Now I understand what Steve was saying about getting to the toe line. Heck, I'm thinking people that flip to the inside even get to the toe line. In my mind I'm thinking going past it to get inside means that they are getting there. I wasn't thinking about the club being taken outside the line and "not getting to the toe line" before being taken up which we know will cause the club to be rerouted and come too much from the inside in a laid off position. Thanks for filling me in and for your patience.

Silly me, I was getting ahead of myself. A bit of wishful thinking!!
I've just clicked on the camera and found it was his approach shot to the 17th which stopped in its' pitch mark a few inches from the hole.
As I've said before, we can learn something new every day on this site.
Cheers.
Brian

the only way they will show DJ is if he f*** up . After all he doesn't have a swing that will destroy his back. God forbid he could convince someone to try something other than rotational swing that they will never master.

On the way up. I think of the laser in the butt of the club as an "up the tree" drill. I don't look at where it goes on the way down except that sometimes when I do the drill and complete the swing I watch it as I'm getting up to the T-finish. From the bump to there, though, is so fast I couldn't tell you if it wandered off to pet my dogs.

FYI, Another major change with DISQUS, If you have ever answered a reply to you, From your regular Email notification process. Be aware, It will cause your Email address to be posted along with your comment. This has just happened to me, with two replies, before I realized it, and edited it out.

*tips his still sweaty cap to Jeff*

I hear you, Then they can't understand why play is sooooo backed up. They make stupid course rules to try and speed up play, when they could just put a little more thought into how they set the course and holes up for public play.

Yes, Click this link for almost fool proof instructions.

MEASURING WRIST TO FLOOR PROCEDURE

                   http://www.angelfire.com/pa/TW...

I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for you, but, you'll have do help a little.   Good luck

Congratulations to DJ. 4 rounds in the 60's. 12 under and it looks like he'll finish tied for 16th. That's two good tournaments in a row. Really striking the ball well. Way to go.

Please tell me you aren't trying to keep the club on the toe line when you go up.

Thanks Dan. Since he mentioned putting, I assumed he meant pitch marks on the green, but fairway divots are also important to properly repair. If you like to play on a well-maintained golf course, remember to do your part to help maintain it (general statement to everybody, not directed at Dan - ;-) ).

Everybody likes the Surge but I know I miss the Golf Course as his teaching site.  What a shame he now has to teach us from as he calls it "the back porch".  Surely there is a Golf Course near his back porch that would love to have him as a spokesman and teacher of golf at their course.
Just a thought.

That's the way I feel. For every pitch mark or divot that I fix that I didn't create, I earn myself one good bounce somewhere down the fairway of life. :)

And, in golf as in most of life, it's the folks who won't do anything about the problem who usually complain the loudest.

Calvin, no disrespect intended, but you just don't grasp what it is that makes us all Surgites.
Also, Surge isn't teaching from his back porch because he is down on his luck and can't get a course to teach from, he is doing that out of his love of the game & devotion to all his pupils that desire to play (again) without the tremendous pain that the rotational swing inflicted on their bodies. As a guy that has three bad discs in his back and truly loves this game, I will forever be grateful for his back porch tips and those of his team, that have allowed me the pleasure to once again play.
 For example today I was at Lynn "Doc" Griffin's place being fit, by estimation I hit 200 balls during the process. I have a little cramping problem in my legs due to loss of fluids now but absolutely no back pain!
Happy Golfing,
Booger

Our Muni is overall a pretty easy course, barely over 6000 yards from the furthest back tees, with water on exactly one hole. The major difficulty is hitting balls off the course onto the road or into some houses (I'm betting Steve with his ability to hook could join me as one of the few people to get a ball into Siegfried and Roy's compound). There's only one par 5 that's over 500 yards. But the quality of the average player on that course is such that "tricking up" the greens with ridiculous pin placements only makes them miserable and play worse. The greens are also in pretty bad shape to begin with (many of them are 60 years old and just really worn out).

Today's video stressed the need to lower scores by putting better.  I find that to many golfers forget to fix their divots.  I've never been told the proper way to repair a divot. Can you explain how?

Here's a link to an instruction site.

MEASURING CLUB LENGTH 
PROCEDURE

                   http://www.angelfire.com/pa/TW...

Got it!.....you had a "brain fart"!

Sent from my iPad

Steve, I sometime back in the late 80s I took a job at Cumberland Lake CC. My official duty was cutting the whole 18 holes rough off a Ford 360 tractor equipped with a flail mower. However, the Super seemed to trust me more than his regulars so I also got aerate the greens and herbicide & fertilize the fairways and set the pins for any tourneys. He always had me use a 10 foot on rule. I remember during the whole season he only had to change one of my pin placements. A "major" reality company in Birmingham leased out the course for their annual tourney & I had set the cup on the 13th green (which roughly resembled Mickey Mouse's head) in the right ear. I had it 10' off the fringe,behind a front guarding bunker and 10' in from the right edge. I thought I was helping the faders & cutters, little did I know that they decided that hole was to be their "closest to the pin" hole. I would have used one the 3 pars on the front both of which were straight on and into slightly elevated greens but Mr. Hays seemed to have better plans.

I'm guessing he'll also get a little more airtime today, as he's paired with the amateur Canltay.

DJ, show the kid how to make a Sunday charge and win a golf tournament! Fairways and greens and those putts will start falling like they did on Friday afternoon.

Steve Smith:

    YES!!  That frequenly occurs at San Marcos.  They use a "rotating hole location" such at you always  see 6 front holes, 5 middle holes and 6 back holes.  

    Several of the gren hava a "pinched" or "wasp waist" center due to the bunkers on either side of the green.  This can produce a situation that unless the pin is in the exct center of the green, there is only  4 or 5 feet of green frome the edge to the hole.  Even if the hole is in the exact center of the green, it makes it a difficult shot to pitch a LW over one bunker, onto the green and stop it before it rolls into the far bunker.

    And also - some days you find one or two holes cut very near the front or rear edge of the green -- like 4 or 5 feet at most.

    The back pin is not so bad, but the front pin location guarantees a downhill putt on a slick green.

     Keep hitting then STRAIGHT and LONG

     Amos

You could take a shot at it on an executive course.

I'd been struggling recently with my right wrist and arm breaking down too much, and in many of my videos I could see that my club was getting too laid off. My first slow-motion test swing the laser almost ran the target line rather than the toe line. Firming up the right wrist better brought it more into the area of the toe line but still in that nebulous zone. When I focused on the sensation of the swing starting with the right shoulder being pulled back, and lifting with my arms, the laser swung straight back along the toe line. I have to be careful though as in some of the video I took of doing that, my wrists started to get a bit overactive (allowing the 7 iron to get all the way to parallel despite only turning 70*.

EDIT: My little laser has the same ball thingy on the end. I think I'll try that with a bottle cap. Have you had trouble with yours popping open and spilling out the batteries? I had to superglue mine shut. :)

Amen to that Booger

I found that the swingrite strengthened my grip quite a bit. I guess my grip was very weak for many years. All the guys that use the swingrite say that it gives us a nuetral grip. But it seems strong compared to what I was doing. In any case it has helped me have my hands in a better position for both the later release and it has done much to cure a lifetime of fighting a slice. So many of the lessons from Surge are taking on more meaning. It's kind of like starting over from page one. But in a good way. I carry no steel any longer. All my clubs are graphite. My grips are Jumbo Max(medium but still big compared to the large Winns I was sporting). All good for my arthritic, work beaten fingers and hand. So I have alot to adjust too. I've only had time to hit the range once and love 'em so far. Can't really give a full "report" yet. I have never been more positive about the future of my golf game. It's going to be a fun ride. I wish you the same. Now you have a few days to be both patient and excited. Oh boy!

That was very creative Ye Medley!! Ye liked it!!

Thanks Roy. I actually remember that quote quite well. However, the squeezing up I thought I was doing was in fact squeezing down. The squeezing for me feels more lateral than up/down. The good thing is, I know what it feels like and what the consequences are.

That's me too Robert. I find myself filling holes(divots ) on the fairway and balll marks on the greens. It only takes a few seconds. On the green fixing ones own ball mark is usually pretty cool anyway because it normally means I came in nice and high and am on the green.