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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Hi Everyone:
With an exciting Masters in the books, the PGA tour heads to the southeastern city of Charlotte, South Carolina next week with Hilton Head, a great venerable tour stop in between. Love that lighthouse there
Both Tiger Woods and Phil Michelson head up a stellar field of players at Quail Hollow in Charlotte next week on a stunning venue that requires accuracy and distance.
With the US Open looming in less than two months now it looks Quail Hollow provides a major venue type course to work on key shots in preparation for Pebble Beach in June at the US Open.
Could this be a preview of the showdown we’re looking for between Woods and Michelson going ‘possibly mano to mano’ for golf’s second major, the US Open?
Look for Phil to continue to use the three wood as a real driving weapon off the tee in his bag like he did at Augusta. Then again he hit probably one of the best golf shots of all time in a major at The Masters out of the pine straw there on the back nine. Seems he just can’t always stay out of trouble and when he does he is a real magician on finding the green with his shot-making skills.
Can Phil overtake Tiger in the world rankings here this summer? Wow! That would be something else and a great summer for golf here. And then there’s the Ryder Cup in September as well. Exciting stuff!
Talk soon,
Bob Cisco, the Golf Doctor
www.allaboutgolf.us
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Phil Mickelson thrills Sunday Master final with great golf and a shot of the decade in the majors and wins his third Green Jacket.
The shot on the 15 th hole the par five out of the pine straw to a tight pin over Rae’s Creek is one for the ages in tournament golf. He made birdie and win onto win his three Masters title and Green Jacket by three strokes. Tremendous!
Phil delights the crowd an the millions watching on TV. You have to admit this was great theater and one of the highest Sunday ratings of any sports event in recent years.
There was also Tiger Woods trying to get back on track and winds-up fourth overall. Pretty good stuff.
Bob Cisco comments –
Phil wins due to his course management skills being firmly in place driving mostly with a three wood throughout the day. He also relies on one of his greatest strengths which is courage and went for the ‘impossible’ shot and makes it happen. Then the legendry putting king.
Lee Westwood is poised for his first major for sure. Just needs to relax and know its going to happen and be totally himself. Golf is truly a mental game.
Tiger plays remarkably strong despite long lay-off. Will hit stride in second or third major this summer for sure as he clears away personal problems with a major in sight.
Freddie and Tom played great golf at the Masters and got our attention for sure.
Anthony Kim poised for a great year and potential major winner here. A real young gun who can light it up!
Phil could over take Tiger’s No 1 world ranking this summer. Wow!
Should be a great boost for golf with this summer from this exciting Masters tournament.
All for now and most respective of a great Masters event 2010!
Bob Cisco — The Golf Doctor, www.allaboutgolf.us
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Hi Guys:
Golf’s first major of the year, The Masters is fast upon us with a field of old guard internationals playing great golf along with some new young talent and star power. Veterans like Els, Goosen and Lee Westwood are on their games and should do real well at Augusta.
Anyway its Spring time in Augusta and time for a real shoot out at the Masters perhaps golf’s greatest championship.
Let’s see who wins in Houston athis week and then onto Augusta and the Masters tournament.
Amen Corner is where it will be at coming down the stretch on Sunday. Will it be Els who’ll make it happen this year. Can Phil or Tiger be in contention at the end. Or can Kenny Perry make up for his loss at last years Masters.
Ernie Els off to his best start in years with victories at the Honda Classic and AP’s Invitational. The “Big Easy” is back! And looks like the man to beat and could be readied to win for the first time at Augusta.
Ernie looks really comfortable with his putting and confident with his ball striking. What great timing in the golf swing. He reminds me so much of Sam Snead’s great rhythmic swing.
The Aussies are hungry for a win at Augusta as well with Allenby and Oglivy leading the charge down old “Magnolia Lane”.
Then again don’t count out the old guard guys like former Masters champion Freddie Couples, who is also hot as a pistol, playing the Champions tour like a junior star for the first time in his inaugural season at age 50 with three straight wins. Freddie’s really driving and putting great!
Then there’s VJ Singh whose won here and plays well here too. Former champion Phil Michelson looking to break thru as well and win here in 2010. Jim Furyk looks like he’s in form as well with two victories in the last four months to his credit. Ian Poulter, recent winner of the World Golf Championship should be up there on Sunday on the leaderboard as well.
This should be a great Masters tournament and go down to the wire as usual.
Whose your pick to win at Augusta? Will it be a playoff?
All for now, Bob Cisco
Tags: Ernie Els. Tiger Woods, Mental game to golf. Tiger Woods
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Hi Guys:
Steve Stricker has become one heck of a player on the PGA tour the last two years.
He gets better and better and with being a great putter he is having his finest season on the PGA tour and leads in the Fed-Ex point’s standings now. And on top of that is No. 2 in the world of golf now. He’s been close to a major the last 1-2 yrs. Not bad for guy from Wisconsin. Next years spot for the PGA Championship not far from where he hails. So look out.
Great putter of the game and one of the best over the last 10 years on tour.
Goes to show you that when you have are a real good putter you can make things happen like knowing you need to birdie the last two holes to win.
I tell many of my students that the key importance to scoring is the short game from 60-70 yards and in and the ability to make key putts! Oh what a feeling when you feel confident with the flat-stick.
I have a RULE about practice that it should be 70% short game at all times — if you want to master SCORING like the pros do.
I help golfers with various parts of their game and specialize in short game work. You can see some of this at my www.allaboutgolf.us. Go to the golf tips page for some good short game tips.
Let me know how it goes and scoring better!
Talk soon, Bob Cisco
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Tiger Misses and Slocum Connects!
Exciting finish to the Barclays Fed Ex Cup Tournament this
weekend!
You expected Tiger to make that six footer after that great
approach shot from the fairway. He missed it and a play-off!
In most situations, it’s a done deal for Tiger and another victory.
Yet there was Heath Slocum with the smooth, relaxed swing from
the fairway shot and swinging the putter back and thru with rhythm
with the pressure on and down it went and his biggest tournament
check ever!
It certainly has a lot to do with the putter. Isn’t that the truth man.
You get up and down from around the green, from an errant fairway
shot and still you have that ONE chance to make your putt. In match
play it can quickly be all even again. And you go to the next hole
a winner.
So if you are having problems with your putting, three putting too
much and missing those short putts six feet and in putts then here’s
a solution for you that will give you the knowledge and restore the
that confident feeling in your putting stroke.
To find out more and to get my secret confidential report on
ultimate putting, send an e mail to bobcisco@allaboutgolf.us and
I’ll send you the special report.
Talk soon, Bob Cisco
Golf Putting Specialist
www.allaboutgolf.us
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Did you see the Solheim Cup finals? Wow!
I really got that this was a real turning point in Michelle Wie’s career as a true upcoming LPGA touring star. You see her determination as a individual player in the singles matches and her new found strength as a group team member. You see them both working as one for the American effort.
What a thrill to play for your country?
Winning three points in her first Solheim Cup appearance was impressive indeed. And helped the team defeat the Euros here on American turf in Illinois.
I think the golf camaraderie and sense of bonding with other key US players for Michelle, who has been labeled a bit of an isolationist and into her own thing as a player, will redefine her career and direction. And not only make her a better player but send her in the right orbit to higher heights.
Look for Michelle to go and win her first LPGA event this Fall. Like autumn, you can feel it in the golf air from where I am these days.
This is exciting!
That’s how I see it for the time being.
Talk soon, Bob Cisco
The Golf Doctor,
www.allaboutgolf.us
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Your mental attitude and how you
approach hitting shots has a lot to do with
the outcome. So if you approach or perceive shots in fear, anxiety or anger, the result will most likely not be positive, versus hitting shots
in interest or enthusiasm.
Try it and I think you’ll see better results with your game.
Who knows, you might even have more fun while playing.
Best regards, Bob Cisco
P.S. More Golf Tips like this are available on my web site at www.allaboutgolf.us/tips
Does that make sense? Try this out and let me
know if this works for you. Yep. You can’t worry about the past as it cannot be changed. You can only influence the future and positive attitude has everything to do with it.
All for now, Bob Cisco
Tags: Golf tips, Golf Training, Mental game training
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Hi Guys:
Take a page from Players’ Championship winner
Henrik Stenson’s play book, who used his three
wood off the tee the majority of times and
hit all 13 fairways in the last round, on
his way to a cool effortless 66. And win by
four strikes.
His secret weapon was a 13 degree three
wood that gave him super control and distance
off the tee.
I’ve been a big believer of using the three
metal off the tee for years now to drive for
position in the fairway. And have recommended
using it as a strategy to all my students.
I even wrote a drill you use can do with
hitting the driver vs. the three wood in
my golf book, “The Ultimate Game of Golf”
(Sect. 3). www.allbaoutgolf.us/books
So try using your three wood more if you
want to have better scores, be in the fairway,
and control your drives off the tee box.
Tiger could well use his 3 wood more to his advantage.
Talk to you soon. Bob Cisco
Tags: Golf Training, hitting off the tee, Players Championship, Tiger Woods
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
We got a look at some great ball striking at the Quail Hollow Championship this weekend.
Seemed like all the players took their game to the next level with Woods enterered in the field and hit good shots all week.
Kudos to O’Hair for his great play. He had Faldo remarking on his ball striking being “Hoganesque”, his longest putt around 8 feet all day except on the 17 th. He hit a lot of solid shots all week. He’s becoming a player to reckon with. And I am sure his mano to mano play with Tiger at Bay Hill made him a better player.
Bubba Watson has some game and great touch around the green for a guy who hits it 370 yards and more. Were’s Daly gone to?
Tiger back for more next week. You don’t think Woods is prepping for the US Open do you think playing in such events?
So dial it all in again on TV this weekend for The Players Championship. I know I will for sure along with the Lakers and Rockets basketball sandwiched in between.
Will the Aussies rule at Sawgrass?
See you next week, Bob Cisco
Tags: Golf Training, TV golf
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
We all know that to play better golf
we need to practice various parts of
our game. Driving, irons, putting and
sand play.
But there is a problem here with this:
tap on www.allaboutgolf.us/blog for the
rest of the story.
I’ve been studying this area for
sometime now and have found that the
majority of golfers don’t practice their
game often enough and when they do, they
aren’t getting the most out of the time
and effort spent practicing.
So many golfers don’t practice because
they don’t see any real benefit from
it so why bother. Plus, it takes time.
I found that those who do like to
practice and find it enjoyable report
that their game is better especially
if they are able to put in some regular
practice time towards it.
So here are some tips to improve and make
your practice more worthwhile.
1). Find a regular time you can practice
say a half to full hour in the early morning
or early evening hours a couple of times
a week;
2). Work on each part and practice it to a
point where you feel you achieve something
like your putting or wedge play;
3). If you only have a short time period,
work on one part of the game like your
putting;
4). Practicing with a partner or golf
buddy makes it more fun and you can
challenge one another at various skill
competitions;
5). Practice keeps the golf muscles engaged
and working and creates the muscle memory
active inthe golf swing and the short game
skills area.
In Part II of this golf training article,
I will take up more on this issue of how to
get the most out of your practice and your
golf game.
Talk to you soon,
Bob Cisco
“the greatest advancement in modern day golf instruction and training will come in the rediscovery of the key role of balance, pivot and footwork in the golf swing”.
Bob Cisco, 2008.
Tags: golf, golf training. golf practice
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