Travelling To Austria :: Can A Golf Swing Hook Be Cured?

Author: coco
Subject: Can A Golf Swing Hook Be Cured?
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:42 am (GMT 0)
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There are two dreaded types of golfing problems that many people experience and few realize they can cure. These two problems are known as the slice and the hook. The golf swing itself has to be perfected in order to avoid the slice and the hook and it can be made to be perfect even if you currently have one of these problems. Too often, even the professionals claim that a golf hook cannot be cured. This is simply not true. In fact, any of the golf swing problems can be cured much in the same manner that any sports problem can be overcome. (Ping G20 Tour Driver
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The golf swing hook is usually one that takes years to develop. This means that, if you are working to overcome it, you will need patience. You will have to understand that the hook will not go away after your first day of practice. In addition, you will have to be prepared to spend a great deal of time practicing. Before you ever determine how the golf swing hook can be cured, you need to understand that patience and perseverance are both a must.

The golf swing hook happens when a person twists their wrists or their hips, causing the club face to hit the golf ball in the wrong manner. When this happens, the golf ball will start on the right trajectory before hooking toward the golfer. Basically, it is like throwing a curveball, but unlike in baseball, this curveball is bad for the golfer.

The key to curing the golf swing hook is almost all in the wrists. You need to be aware at all times when you are turning your wrists. You need to also make sure you are holding the Ping G20 Tour Driver
in the right manner. Practicing chipping is a good way to give you time to watch your wrists. Once you can chip without twisting your wrists, you can move on to other swings.

When you are practicing your full swing, do so in extremely slow motion. Practice the swing over and over in this slow manner until you are certain you are not twisting your wrists and moving your body in the wrong manner. This can become frustrating, but the more patience you have to practice, the better off you will be. (Ping G20 Tour Driver
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Can the golf swing hook be cured? It most certainly can. All you need to do is have patience, persevere, and watch your wrists.

Travelling To Austria :: How to Achieve Perfect Golf Swing In 10 Minutes

Author: coco
Subject: How to Achieve Perfect Golf Swing In 10 Minutes
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:35 am (GMT 0)
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Perfect golf swing drills are something that can be achieved in some moments every single day, or carried out 30 or 60 minute blocks much like routine workouts. Perfect golf swing technique exercises should help your golf performance enhance significantly. Research has revealed that there's basically an exercise guide which is built to boost swing movement plane speedily. (Mizuno MP-63 Iron Set 3-PW
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Place your self so that your feet are shoulder width away from each other. Position your self in accordance with the flag. When getting close to your golf ball, check out for any near by leaf, little rock or broken tee which is in the immediate range concerning the flag you're aimed towards, and your golf ball . Position and equilibrium are the most important factors of the golf swing, ultimately causing constancy and great power.

Right towards the end of your golf swing almost all your bodyweight ought to be on the forward foot.

Backswing: Start your backswing by getting the club back on a straight line, down the preferred swing plane, by pivoting along at the waistline, and maintaining the forearms straight. Back swing is a vital action in golfing and thus ought to be granted suitable good posture right from the start.

Should the forward swing plane is proper, starting the forward swing by having an relaxing of your hips can really encourage the wrists to stay virtually completely cocked right up until right before impact exactly where they are able to discharge their entire strength to the golf ball. The golf swing plane centrally signifies the road which the golf club Mizuno MP-63 Iron Set 3-PW
ought to journey throughout the golf swing to experience powerful, precise and steady shots. Any miscalculation in swing plane, timing, or series can make your golf swing technique to suffer.

So it is definitely possible to complement your golf swing and attain that perfect golf swing.

Travelling To Austria :: Chipping Yips: Why You Can�t Get Rid Of Them

Author: coco
Subject: Chipping Yips: Why You Can�t Get Rid Of Them
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:31 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Chipping yips. The dread condition can leave you stubbing your shots around the green every time on the course.

Similar to the putting yips or driving yips, the chipping yips can seem like an insurmountable obstacle to your game. This problem may come apparently from nowhere and you can find yourself at a loss when trying to cure it. (Titleist VG3 Iron Set with Steel Shafts
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But, far from coming from nowhere, the chipping yips are a type of conditioned response to some past trauma in your life. These yips may come out when you are stressed standing over a chip, and you will be absolutely unable to take the stroke on the ball that you would like to take.

Your hands might be shaking, you may have lost your find motor skills for the shot, and the only effort you might be able to make is a short stabbing motion. These chipping yips can rack up the strokes every time you find yourself around the green, and they can end up being a real hindrance to any success in your game.

Some people will adopt different mechanics and change their games entirely when they are trying to get rid of the yips. They might grip the club Titleist VG3 Iron Set with Steel Shafts
differently, they might use a different swing mechanic, or they may throw the ball all the way back in their stance.

These are not the right ways to get around the chipping yips however. They can only be defeated by the right psychological and physical methods, and this will not include changing the entire structure of your game.

Adopting a new style would be like placing a Band-Aid on a knife wound to the stomach. The bandage wouldn�t stop the bleeding or cure the cut, you would just be attempting to cover it up. With the blood still flowing and the wound still open, the bandage would just be a distraction.

Similar to changing your mechanics, the new swing style would just be a distraction � the chipping yips would still lie underneath. Only a cure to the yips can fix your game, and then you would be free to use your normal swing, or change your fundamentals if you still wish to do so.

The cure can be found though. Sports psychologists have found the correct way to eradicate the golf yips for any golfer. Help is available, and for those looking to correct their yips, this can be done without a drastic overhaul to your game.

The correct cure to your golfing yips will have you smiling on the golf course again, and standing over any putt, chip or drive with full confidence and assurance. (Titleist VG3 Iron Set with Steel Shafts
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:30 am (GMT 0)
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Travelling To France :: Els hoping history repeats

Author: levina
Subject: Els hoping history repeats
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:38 am (GMT 0)
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Ernie Els is determined to prove again that it is possible to go from zero to hero in the space of a week - and that spending time with Lee Westwood pays dividends.

"Golf is a strange and unpredictable game and sometimes things can turn around very quickly," said the 41-year-old South African as he prepared to defend his
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in this week's World Championship in Miami.
"I'm hoping the good vibes of coming back here and defending my title will give me the boost that I need.
"Just 12 months ago this win was my first on the PGA Tour for a while after a bit of a lean spell and I went on to win again the following week.
"Yes, winning gets harder as you get older, but I still feel like I've got a lot left."
The comparison is there to be made because a year ago Els was knocked out in the second round of the World Match Play and then finished only 67th in the Honda Classic.
On Sunday he came 70th after again failing to make
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into the last 16 in Arizona.
Not only that, but he played a friendly game with Westwood at Seminole on Monday, just as he did this time last year.
"Lee's still hitting the ball beautifully," Els added. "I like to pick up things and I think I have something again, so I think I should play with him more often.
"I think I have a major or two in me and I just want to get back on track here."
Reminded that Jack Nicklaus won his 18th major 25 years ago at the age of 46, Els said: "It gives a lot of hope to us forty-somethings.
"There's been a lot of majors won by guys in their forties - Hogan, Vijay (Singh), O'Meara - but what Jack did was amazing.
"I think everybody would like to hit it a bit further and I'd like to putt better. I've been looking at old videos of mine when I putted very aggressively and confidently. I'd like to get
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Westwood is keen to get his season going too, having lost the world number one spot to Martin Kaymer 10 days ago, but the big target for him, Els and everybody is The Masters starting on April 7.
This week, however, brings together the world's top 50 for the first time since last year's US PGA at Whistling Straits.
Kaymer won that event and now that he is top of the rankings life could not be sweeter, you would think.
Except the German himself said on Tuesday: "Yeah I'm happy and I'm satisfied, but there's still something missing.
"I don't know what it is, what I have to win, what I have to do more. Maybe I will find out in the next 12 months.
"But I've been number one and no-one can ever take it away from me. That was my goal when I started playing golf.
"It is a nice thing, but it doesn't change my life. Yes, I'm maybe a little more busy, that's for sure, and there's more work for my manager, but besides that nothing is changing."
Augusta is also on the 26-year-old's mind and after three missed cuts in three starts, there is certainly plenty of room for improvement.
"My goal is to play on Saturday and Sunday this year. I've struggled a little bit with the draw the last few years and my coach and me are working on it.
"Obviously that makes a big difference. If you fade the ball only you make the golf course even more difficult.
"With the
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it's no problem. I just struggle with the woods a little bit. But I'll get there."

Travelling To France :: WGC-Cadillac R1 tee-times

Author: levina
Subject: WGC-Cadillac R1 tee-times
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:34 am (GMT 0)
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Tee-off times in the first round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at the TPC Blue Monster, Doral, Miami, Florida, United States, on Thursday (USA unless stated, all times GMT):

1st tee:

1620 Rhys Davies (Wal), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Ryan Palmer
1630 SSP Chowrasia (Ind), Ben Crane, Anders Hansen (Den)
1641 Ian Poulter (Eng), Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson
1651 Retief Goosen (Rsa), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Robert Karlsson (Swe)
1702 Peter Senior
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, Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul (Kor)
1712 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Kevin Streelman, Tim Clark (Rsa)
1723 Mark Wilson, Bill Haas, Ross Fisher (Eng)
1733 Rickie Fowler, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
1744 Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els (Rsa)
1754 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Lee Westwood (Eng), Luke Donald (Eng)
1805 KJ Choi (Kor), Justin Rose
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, Robert Allenby (Aus)
10th tee:
1620 Charley Hoffman, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), DA Points
1630 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Zach Johnson, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa)
1641 Vijay Singh (Fij), Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Watney
1651 Graeme McDowell (NIrl), Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson
1702 Paul Casey (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Steve Stricker
1712 Anthony Kim, Padraig Harrington
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, Camilo Villegas (Col)
1723 Marcus Fraser (Aus), Bo Van Pelt, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn)
1733 Jeff Overton, Jason Day (Aus), YE Yang (Kor)
1744 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Martin Laird (Sco), Ryan Moore
1754 Hunter Mahan, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Alvaro Quiros (Spa)
1805 Louis Oosthuizen
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, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Edoardo Molinari (Ita)

Travelling To France :: Canada's White making mark in Mirabel

Author: levina
Subject: Canada's White making mark in Mirabel
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:31 am (GMT 0)
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The all-around 27-year-old athlete from Red Deer, Alta., certainly made a splash in the soggy conditions at the opening round of the 2011 CN Canadian Women�s Open on Thursday. She toured the Hillsdale Golf and Country Club layout in fine fashion with a three-under 69 to sit four shots off the lead, held by Japan�s Ai Miyazato after her late afternoon seven-under 65, a shot off the course record, that was later matched by Sweden�s Pernilla Lindberg.
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The top Canadian is Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C. She is one shot behind the co-leaders after a sizzling bogey-free 66, in which she birdied two of her final three holes. Defending champion Michelle Wie is in a group at five-under 65.
This is White�s eighth start on the LPGA Tour and only second of the season. She has conditional status on the LPGA Tour, so White spends most of her time on the LPGA Futures Tour, where she has one top-10 in nine events in 2011.
�It�s been quite a roller-coaster,� said White, who finished with back-to-back birdies with her parents watching at Hillsdale. �It hasn�t gone as well as I�ve wanted it to go.�
Although, White failed to make the 36-hole cut last week in Portland, Ore., it was important for her to get two rounds of experience back on the LPGA Tour before her return trip home for this week�s Canadian Women�s Open.
�Courses here are set up more difficult than on the Futures Tour and the green speed is quicker, so it was really nice to get out there into the environment and used to it,� she said.
White did not start playing golf until she was 14 and played her first competitive tournament a year later. She had a passion for ringette, but she also played
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in the summer to bridge the gap between her winters.
Passion for hockey
Eventually, golf became the best path to further her athletic endeavours after high school. She accepted a scholarship to the University of Louisville and during her time there won back-to-back Alberta Amateur titles in 2004 and 2005.
�I loved [ringette],� said White, who played on the Alberta provincial team at the 2003 Canada Winter Games in New Brunswick. �It was always my sport growing up. Golf connected ringette seasons for me. But I loved it. I miss it a lot.�
Now White fills her winter sports passion with hockey. She attends several Phoenix Coyotes games a season because she lives nearby and, of course, there always is her beloved junior team, the Red Deer Rebels to follow.
Her father was an off-ice official for the Rebels and a friend of Rebels owner and Calgary Flames coach Brent Sutter. The White family has even billeted a few Rebels in the past, including former Edmonton Oilers prospect Doug Lynch, who last season
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played in Austria for Salzberg Red Bull.
While some of the current top LPGA players were competing on the tour at age 14, White knows her road to success will require patience.
�I picked up the game pretty quick, but I�ve been going at my own pace,� said White, who is competing at Hillsdale on a sponsor�s exemption. �Experience is such a big thing out here. I have a lot to learn yet, but I�m starting to build that foundation.�
A player like the 21-year-old Wie has that foundation. She�s been in the spotlight for almost a decade because of her prowess with a golf club and received her first gig on the LPGA Tour at age 15.
She has yet to dedicate herself full time to professional
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because of the importance she has placed on her education at Stanford University. A recent switch to a long putter has given her better results on the green, which was exhibited with a pair of successful monstrous putts on her back nine that included four birdies.

Travelling To France :: Foster leads at Gleneagles

Author: levina
Subject: Foster leads at Gleneagles
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:25 am (GMT 0)
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The 36-year-old leads Spaniard Ignacio Garrido and Argentina's Tano Goya by one shot on a day that saw a two and a half hour delay due to morning fog, leaving many of the later starters still out on the course when
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stopped play.

Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, Irishman Peter Lawrie and Chilean Felipe Aguilar are a further shot behind Garrido and Goya after respective 68s, while a whole host of players lie on three under - several of whom are yet to complete their first rounds.

Foster started on the back nine, and after a par on the tenth, he rattled off four consecutive birdies before adding two more at the 17th and 18th.

Already six under at the turn, he had to settle for two more birdies and two bogeys on his back nine to finish on six under par for the tournament.

"It was a good, solid day. My caddie was quite good actually," Foster said.

"Obviously being seven under I felt like I could have been a couple better and all of a sudden, going back to 5 you don't think you're going any good and you're still five under par starting the tournament, which is in a great position to be in."

Foster, whose sole European Tour victory came eight years ago, has not only put himself in pole position at Gleneagles, he's given himself a chance of making the
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for the Seve Trophy against Continental Europe next month. It comes on the back of one of his best seasons yet, and it's a prospect he's excited about.

"I've been trying hard all year to make it and if it comes around it will be a massive thing for me," he said.

Not even a reported problem with bees and wasps on the course could deter Foster on Thursday.

"I remember having to make a birdie putt with a wasp on the ball," he added.

"It's going to come off when you hit it and I just felt in a good place, so I hit the putt."

The fog delay meant a lot of waiting around, and Foster used that time to warm up - three times.

"I wanted to get loose and be ready to go, so it was a good sacrifice to do it," he explained.

Foster has put himself in good positions before this year - he led with one round left to play
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at both the BMW International and the French Open, but he could do no better than third and joint-second respectively.

"I learned a lot from that," he said. "I would say I lost that tournament through nerves really, just not controlling myself.

"But I think it took that week for me to be able to play the way I've been playing at the moment, where I have more belief in myself and know I can do it.

"I think I'm a better person and a better player who
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."

Elsewhere, Nick Dougherty, who is trying to end a run of 20 successive missed cuts, sadly showed few signs of a return to form, eventually shooting a four-over 76 that included a quadruple-bogey seven on the par three sixth.

Travelling To France :: Pick Bradley before Woods says Lefty

Author: levina
Subject: Pick Bradley before Woods says Lefty
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:21 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

And that man is certainly not Tiger Woods, until recently the dominant force in World Golf, but right now no longer an automatic qualifier for anything important.

A messy divorce, a serious knee injuries and a swing change that still isn't working all that well after a year with his new coach have taken their
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and for the first time in this life, Woods will need a wild card to make it into the US team for the Presidents Cup matches in November.

Mickelson used his meeting with the media ahead of the The Barclays this week to let Couples know that he is not against Tiger getting a wild card, but he made it clear that under no circumstances should the pick come at the expense of the newest star of US golf Keegan Bradley.

Bradley, the impressive winner of the year's final major, the PGA Championship, should be Couples's very first pick, Mickelson insisted.

"Last year, he was not on the PGA Tour; this is his first year . . . meaning he was not allowed to make Presidents Cup points, and he's had arguably the best year for any US player," Mickelson said. "I think he needs to be a pick if he doesn't get on it on his own
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Outside the interview tent later, Mickelson admitted he was sending Couples a message.

"He needs to be the first pick," Mickelson said. "He can pick Tiger. But Keegan Bradley needs to be the first pick."

Couples, who won the Senior Players Championship at Westchester Country Club last week, said at the time that he plans to make Woods one of his two picks, provided he plays in a tournament before he gets to Australia.

Woods, who failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs, responded on his website this week that he wants to be in the team and would consider playing
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in one of the lesser-regarded Fall Series events if need be, but said he had still to firm up on this.

Bradley is one of only five players with two PGA Tour wins this year and the only one with a major.

If he is not a shoe-in qualifier as yet for the USA's Cup duel against the Internationals in Australia and is only sitting at no 18 on the President's Cup standings, it is only because the standings are based on a two year cycle, and Bradley wasn't around to earn any points in the first year because he was playing on the developmental Nationwide and Hooters Tours.

Couples said the "safest" way for Bradley to be in the team was for him to play his
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onto it, but Mickelson disagrees, saying Bradley should be a certainty which ever way he gets in.

Bradley is currently 18th in the Presidents Cup standing which began collecting following the 2009 PGA Championship. As Mickelson points out, all of Bradley's points have been accumulated this year.

Travelling To France :: Goosen to play with broken toe

Author: levina
Subject: Goosen to play with broken toe
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:17 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

The Goose snuck into the FedEx Cup play-offs after finishing 101 out of the 125 qualifiers, and needs to make the cut at The Barclays in New Jersey this week in order to keep his season alive.

That task might be harder now, after an unfortunate accident in the driveway of his
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.

Goosen decided to move his boat into the garage because of the approaching Hurricane Irene, but the front wheel of his trailer ran over his right foot and fractured his big toe in the process.

"It went blue instantly," said the two-time US Open champ. "I had X-rays and they said it was a fracture. But I don't think it is. It's not as sore as it should be. But all the other toes are getting sore now because I'm walking funny."

Like Goosen, fellow South African Ernie Els also just snuck into the Barclays field, finishing 118th out of 125 thanks to a top-30 finish in what was a do-or-die performance at last week's
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It's in stark contrast to last year, when the Big Easy was ranked first in the FedEx Cup standings.

"It's a little different," Els said. "But I think this is almost a better mentality. I feel I need to be aggressive and get up the bloody points list. Otherwise, I'm going home.

"Last year I was the No. 1 seed, but I wasn't quite playing
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as good as I was in March. This year, I feel like I have to make a move. And I feel a little more comfortable with that."

Tiger Woods was one of the big names who missed out on qualification for the four-event FedEx Cup series, while the likes of world No 1 Lee Westwood and US Open champ Rory McIlroy won't be participating as they are not full members of the PGA Tour.

McIlroy, at least, plans to change that, confirming that he intends to become a full-time member next year.

The top seed this year is American Nick Watney, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this year.

Travelling To France :: Westy tells Mum: 'Sorry I swore'

Author: levina
Subject: Westy tells Mum: 'Sorry I swore'
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:11 am (GMT 0)
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Lee Westwood said he had sensed he was in trouble when his mother phoned him shortly after he had finished playing thePing Anser Forged Irons
of the Qatar Masters on Sunday.

He had been caught swearing on television after hitting his driver off the 16th tee and the first person to call him after he signed for the closing 3-under par 69 that put him in a tie for 12th place was his highly concerned mother.

"My mum was the first person on the phone, and she said, you might want to apologize," said Westwood, who actually went on to birdie the 16th.

He said he had no idea that TV had captured what he had said, opining, "It's amazing how sensitive these microphones are."

And then he quickly turned to Twitter to help him make his apology widely known Ping Anser Forged Irons

"Sorry about swearing on the 16th tee. Came off like a rocket and thought it was going further! Wash my mouth out! Perils of live TV," he tweeted.

Westwood, who is in the Emirates ahead of Thursday's tee-off in the Dubai Desert Classic on the third and final leg of the Gulf swing, preferred not to comment when asked if he would care to repeat what he had said.

"There are worse words, actually," was all he would say.

Westwood, currently No 3 in the World, is one of the strong favorites to win in Dubai this week, almost certainly because of his solid record at the Emirates Golf Club. It includes a second-place finish two years ago in the Dubai Desert ClassicPing Anser Forged Irons

But against the 38-year-old Englishman winning this week is his so-far sluggish entry into the 2012 season.

Travelling To France :: Westy tells Mum: 'Sorry I swore'(2)

Author: levina
Subject: Westy tells Mum: 'Sorry I swore'(2)
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:07 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

In his two previous starts in Abu Dhabi and Qatar he finished 17th and 12th respectively and never really looked like contending.

But it is not giving him sleepless nights. Ping G20 Tour Driver

An admitted slow starter, the Englishman rates his performance so far this season as "decent and good for me'' when compared with previous years

"I've normally had a missed a cut by now, and thrown in a 60th-place finish or something like that," Westwood told the media in Dubai on Tuesday.

"I'd say if I was making an appraisal of the first couple of weeks, I've hit it a lot better than I normally do. My short game is a little bit sharper than normal. Putts are quite nice, starting to roll a few longer ones in."

But Westwood admitted he has looked a bit rusty at times and that his short game could still do with more work. Certainly his 69 on Sunday was far from perfect, including as it did four bogeys. Ping G20 Tour Driver

"Just been sloppy, just early season sloppiness really, making too many bogeys and not making birdie when I should.

"Wedge shots haven't been quite as sharp as they ought to have been, not as close. So that's the reason I've been sort of in the position I've been in," Westwood added

This week, several other big guns will be in Dubai along with Westwood, including US Open champion Rory McIlroy, the World No 2, 4th-ranked Martin Kaymer and defending champion Alvaro Quiros, but so far it has not been the big guns doing the early damage on the tour. Ping G20 Tour Driver

Lesser mortals in the light artillery have been stealing most of the thunder, as little-known Brandon Grace, a 23-year-old South African, did by winning two of the first three tournaments of the season before 117th-ranked Robert Rock did in Abu Dhabi when he beat Tiger Woods in a head-to-head battle in the final round.

And that was before blast from the past Paul Lawrie, the 1999 Open Champion whose ranking had slipped to 272 a year ago, stepped up at Doha Golf Club and won the Qatar Masters to charge back into that all-important Top 50 bubble

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shows the strength of the European Tour. We're very strong right now," Westwood pointed out in explanation

Travelling To France :: R-Mac, Clarke win Laureus Awards

Author: levina
Subject: R-Mac, Clarke win Laureus Awards
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:03 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke have both added a Laureus Award to the majorCallaway Diablo Octane Driver
they each won last year.

On a festive Monday night in London when tennis ace Novak Djokovic beat a stellar group in winning the World Sportsman of the Year Award and Kenya's 5,000 and 10,000 metre world champion Vivian Cheruiyot edged out golf's dynamic Yani Tseng to claim the 'World Sportswoman of the Year Award, McIlroy was voted the 'Breakthrough of the Year' Award winner and Clarke won the Callaway Diablo Octane Driver

McIlroy, 22, claimed his award on the strength of his dazzling eight-shot victory in the US Open at Congressional, where he became the second youngest winner of a major in his first major triumph .

His 43-year-old Ulster compatriot, Clarke, meanwhile, earned his award by hoisting himself out of one of the worst slumps of his career and winning his first major at The Open Championship at Royal St Georges. Callaway Diablo Octane Driver

Double amputee Oscar Pistorius won the disability award. The South African 400-meter specialist known as 'The Blade Runner' won a silver medal in the relay at the able-bodied World Athletic Championships last year in Daegu, South Korea, and had also been nominated for the 'Breakthrough' category won by McIlroy.

English football great Bobby Charlton was given the lifetime achievement award 54 years to the day after surviving the Munich air disaster that killed eight team-mates of his Manchester United team. Callaway Diablo Octane Driver

The 74-year-old Charlton was unable to personally receive the award.

Laureus officials said he fell ill on Sunday and returned to Manchester on Monday for unspecified minor surgery.

United manager Alex Ferguson accepted the award on Charlton's behalf. He said Charlton was fine but "very annoyed" at not being able to attend the ceremony.

The winners were chosen by the 47 world renowned sports stars who make up the Laureus sports academy.

Introduce yourself :: Donald humbled by awards

Author: Zea
Subject: Donald humbled by awards
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:54 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Luke Donald returned to the USA earlier this week for a reception at the PGA of America headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, where he was presented with Mizuno Men's MP-69 Irons
The World No 1 was honoured by PGA staff as he picked up his first PGA of America Player of the Year Award and Vardon Trophy.
The awards were in honour of his achievements last season and he is the first Englishman to win both in the same year and just the second Briton to earn the Vardon Trophy, which is based upon lowest adjusted scoring average.
"It means everything, that's why we play theMizuno Men's MP-69 Irons
to try and write history and to try and get our names on trophies," Donald said. "To be mentioned among the names of the great champions that have won before, it inspires me to keep working hard and to hear those great champions, it is truly an honour." Mizuno Men's MP-69 Irons
Donald spends his winters in Palm Beach Gardens, so it was not a long commute to accept the awards at the PGA of America headquarters.
The rest of the time he lives in Evanston, Illinois, where he graduated in 2001 from Northwestern University. It's not far from Medinah Country Club, host venue of The 2012 Ryder Cup.
"Medinah is about 30 minutes from my home, and I have played the course with Mizuno Men's MP-69 Irons
a few times, but not for about a year and half," said Donald. "They have made a few changes recently. It will be a great event at Medinah. The Ryder Cup is the most special event I have ever played. I've always enjoyed match play, and I'm fortunate to have had a good record as an amateur in the Walker Cup. When you do well in those competitions, it gives you a lot of confidence."
Despite all his successes, a Major win still eludes him, and when he was asked why he thought that was, he said: "It's hard to answer, my Mizuno Men's MP-69 Irons
is good enough to win a Major. My driving has held me back and you have to be driving it well during a Major Championship. If I can sharpen up a little bit, I feel I can compete well."
As important as winning a Major is, Donald ascribes his recent successes to his family and the balance it has brought him.
"The time I have away from the course, I am with my family, and to have two daughters who greet you with a smile when you get up in the morning, means everything," said Donald.
"Having two daughters, I believe, has given my life a lot more balance."

Travelling To Greece :: How to Convert AVI to MP4,MOV,M4V,MPEG,FLV,etc. on Mac

Author: icool521
Subject: How to Convert AVI to MP4,MOV,M4V,MPEG,FLV,etc. on Mac
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:52 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

What is AVI?

AVI, which stands for Audio Video Interleave, is a Container format used by Microsoft's Video for Windows multimedia framework. Since it was developed for Windows 3.1 in 1992 it lacks some features found in newer containers like MPEG or MP4, but is still widely used by consumers and even supported by some standalone DVD players. Although still supported in Windows, and suitable for certain formats like DV, it's not a good general purpose container, and even Microsoft uses other containers for their own video formats.

It's commom to download AVI videos from the internet, shoot videos in AVI with your camera (including BlackBerry phone camera)�It�s very easy to play AVI files in Windows,but on mac play the AVI files become a probelm for many of us.

We are only allowed to play media files in MP4, MOV, M4V, MP3, AAC, etc. on mac.Here I will share two methed with you.

First You can use VLC player for Mac which is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files including AVI files. The Mac media player can be downloaded here:

Second convert your AVI files to be accessible on Mac just like those MOV/MP4 files or other Mac compatible files do, here we need a third party software iCoolsoft AVI Converter for Mac - a professional video solution tool which enables you to convert video and audio among almost all media formats including AVI.

iCoolsoft AVI Converter for Mac also helps you convert other video/audio files to AVI and edit videos as you like. You are allowed to trim, crop, merge videos, adjust effect, and add watermark to create personalized videos.

Key Features of AVI Converter Mac

Finish all video format conversions on Mac
This iCoolsoft AVI Converter for Mac supports all types of AVI videos (Audio Video Interleave AVI, H.264 AVI, DivX AVI, Xvid AVI, etc.) and other video/audio formats like AVI, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, MOV, MPG, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, FLV, SWF, DivX, Xvid, MKV, VOB, DAT, MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, AAC, AC3, FLAC, OGG, etc.
Support most portable players
This Mac AVI converter enables you to convert AVI and other videos to various portable players like iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, Archos, iRiver, Creative Zen, mobile phones and other devices.
Flexible video encoding settings
All video/audio encoding settings are allowed to adjust, such as Video Encoder, Resolution, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, Audio Encoder, Sample Rate, Channels, Audio Bitrate, etc. You can customize the output image and sound quality as required.
Powerful video editing functions
This AVI Converter for Mac software can help you edit all videos on Mac OS X. It enables you to trim video length, merge selected videos, crop video screen area, adjust effect, add text/image watermark, and so on.
More features
Choose Audio Track and Subtitle from source video, preview video and take snapshot, compare the original video and output effect, and more thoughtful features.

iCoolsoft Studio has released its newest version of Total Video Converter. Compare to the older version(3.0.16), the new version(5.0. applied with new interface and could be switched into the full screen mode, so you can check every details of your video conversion and editing.

Key Features of the new version AVI Converter for Mac OS X 5.0.8

1.More user-friendly graphical interface
2.Support 5.1 surround sound
3.Improve the "Merge" feature
4.Support DE, CUE and WebM file
5.Support outputting video without audio track
6.Support adjusting output file volume
7.Renew the output profile
8.Support adjusting output video aspect ratio 5.0.6

At the following is a detailed guide telling you how to convert AVI files to MPEG format on Mac.

First of all, free download iCoolsoft AVI Converter for Mac. Install and launch it.

Secondly, click "Add Video" button to add the AVI file.

Thirdly, you can click button "Effect", "Trim", or "Crop" to adjust effect, trim clips, crop displaying area, and add text/picture watermark.

Fourthly, set output format as MPEG format.

Tip: You can select Audio Track or Subtitle, and set output parameters, including Resolution, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, Sample, Channels, and Audio Bitrate.

Lastly, set the destination and click button "Convert" to start the conversion.

That's all the steps needed to convert AVI files to MPEG format on Mac with iCoolsoft AVI Converter for Mac. The conversion speed of this software is very fast. So you just have to wait for a while until the conversion is done.
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