Author: sunjiangyaoSubject: Watson is forever youngPosted: 19 February 2010 at 4:07am
why is he playing so well at the age of 60?
For one thing, he has never really stopped playing, thanks to the Champions Tour, where he tees it up about a dozen times per season. For another, Watson keeps himself in very good shape. During the winter, he worked out four or five times a week, including exercises to strengthen his legs and upper body. He looks like he’s 40.
“I said, ‘Let’s make amends for the stroke at Turnberry,’ ” Watson said by phone this week. “I made a lousy stroke, but it went in.”
Watson is not delusional. He doesn’t, for a moment, think that these impressive showings mean he should tee it up more often against the younger set. He will play only two tournaments on the PGA Tour in 2010 – the Masters and [...]
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Author: stepfretSubject: Big swing changes (with more to come…)Posted: 07 February 2010 at 11:02pm
Hey Everyone,
I finally got off my lazy butt and started practicing what we preach here. The past 2 weeks I have spent 15-30 minutes per day doing repetitions (usually around 120) in an effort to improve my backswing. (I spent most of last year working on my takeaway and got it in reasonably good shape.)
Below are comparison pics, with the one on the left from last year, and the one on the right earlier today. The main things I was working on were the following: shoulder elevation, keeping my head from swaying off the ball (causing too much axis tilt), staying in the box, and keeping my right elbow close to my body.
While nothing is perfect, I am pretty happy at my progress on all accounts. However, I noticed an obvious problem and [...]
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