Project X Launch Zone Iron Shafts

Here's a video on the new Project X Launch Zone iron shafts.  They are quickly becoming a hit on Tour and Adam Scott just won at the Honda Classic with these shafts in his irons:








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Megan Padua discussing Ikkos Motorlearning

Here's a video with golf instructor, Megan Padua (www.meganpaduagolf.com), and Ikkos founder and CEO, Sean Hutchinson, discussing the Ikkos headgear. I just received mine in the mail and I'm excited to try it out.









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Andre Van Staden on Anterior and Posterior Pelvic Tilt in the Golf Swing

Here's a video from golf instructor, Andre Van Staden, discussing Anterior and Posterior Pelvic Tilt in the golf swing.

For those that do not know, here's a diagram showing anterior and posterior pelvic tilt.

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3Jack Golf's PGA Tour Rundown - Honda Classic

Bubba Watson wins at Riviera:



Here’s how my picks did at Riviera:

Jordan Spieth +650 (MC)
Dustin Johnson +1600 (4th)
Hideki Matsuyama +1600 (t-11th)
Billy Horschel +7000 (t-54th)
Jason Dufner +7000 (t-68th)
Gary Woodland +7500 (t-26th)
Danny Lee +8000 (MC)
Patrick Rodgers +10000 (MC)
Lucas Glover +16000 (MC)

Value Pick: Chez Reavie +27500 (7th)


Here are my picks for the Honda:

Rory McIlroy +550
Rickie Fowler +1100
Hideki Matsuyama +2000
Phil Mickelson +2200
Kevin Kisner +2500
David Lingmerth +6000
Webb Simpson +7000
Emiliano Grillo +7500
Jamie Lovemark +9000

Value Pick: Luke List +17500


And without further ado, here are the updated rankings:


DRIVING DISTANCE



1. Dustin Johnson
2. Bubba Watson
3. J.B. Holmes
4. Andrew Loupe
5. Gary Woodland
6. Jason Kokrak
7. Ryan Palmer
8. Rory McIlroy
9. Tony Finau
10. Luke List
11. Brooks Koepka
12. Jamie Lovemark
13. Ollie Schniederjans
14. Smylie Kaufman
15. Patrick Rodgers
16. Robert Garrigus
17. Charlie Beljan
18. Justin Thomas
19. Charles Howell III
20. Hudson Swafford



196. Blake Adams
197. Cameron Beckman
198. Cameron Smith
199. K.J. Choi
200. Brian Stuard
201. Billy Hurley III
202. Lucas Lee
203. Dicky Pride
204. Colt Knost
205. Zac Blair
206. Tim Clark
207. Mark Wilson
208. Brian Gay
209. Brian Davis
210. Steve Stricker
211. Justin Leonard
212. Jon Curran
213. David Toms
214. John Huh
215. Darron Stiles



DRIVING ACCURACY




1. Colt Knost
2. Thomas Aiken
3. David Toms
4. John Huh
5. Jason Bohn
6. Danny Lee
7. Zac Blair
8. Emiliano Grillo
9. Justin Leonard
10. Kevin Kisner
11. Greg Chalmers
12. Nicholas Thompson
13. Bill Haas
14. Jerry Kelly
15. Mark Wilson
16. Rickie Fowler
17. Brice Garnett
18. Ian Poulter
19. David Hearn
20. Tim Clark



197. Miguel Angel Carballo
198. Derek Fathauer
199. Luke Guthrie
200. Tony Finau
201. Paul Dunne
202. Steven Bowditch
203. Shawn Stefani
204. Luke List
205. Rhein Gibson
206. Retief Goosen
207. Patton Kizzire
208. Seung-Yul Noh
209. Andrew Loupe
210. Carl Pettersson
211. Andres Gonzales
212. Sergio Garcia
213. Carlos Ortiz
214. Robert Garrigus
215. Rob Oppenheim
216. Nick Watney



DRIVING EFFECTIVENESS




1. Kevin Kisner
2. Emiliano Grillo
3. Rickie Fowler
4. Jordan Spieth
5. Scott Piercy
6. Paul Casey
7. Jason Bohn
8. Nicholas Thompson
9. Jim Herman
10. Danny Lee
11. Russell Henley
12. Webb Simpson
13. Boo Weekley
14. Bubba Watson
15. Phil Mickelson
16. Colt Knost
17. Shane Lowry
18. Rory McIlroy
19. Hideki Matsuyama
20. Russell Knox


196. Ricky Barnes
197. Patton Kizzire
198. Robert Allenby
199. Vijay Singh
200. Brian Gay
201. D.J. Trahan
202. D.H. Lee
203. Steve Stricker
204. Luke Donald
205. Rhein Gibson
206. Carl Pettersson
207. Robert Garrigus
208. Bud Cauley
209. Derek Fathauer
210. Michael Putnam
211. Andres Gonzales
212. Luke Guthrie
213. Steven Bowditch
214. Blake Adams
215. Rob Oppenheim



RED ZONE PLAY (175-225 YARDS)



1. Rory McIlroy
2. Hideki Matsuyama
3. Emiliano Grillo
4. Vaughn Taylor
5. Billy Hurley III
6. Geoff Ogilvy
7. Greg Chalmers
8. Jason Bohn
9. Robert Garrigus
10. John Merrick
11. Boo Weekley
12. Jason Gore
13. Robert Streb
14. Adam Scott
15. Paul Casey
16. Darron Stiles
17. Phil Mickelson
18. Webb Simpson
19. Ryan Moore
20. Jhonattan Vegas


196. Seung-Yul Noh
197. Rod Pampling
198. Stuart Appleby
199. Brian Harman
200. Thomas Aiken
201. J.J. Henry
202. Carl Pettersson
203. Paul Dunne
204. Chad Collins
205. Michael Putnam
206. Hunter Mahan
207. Andres Romero
208. Brendon Todd
209. Scott Pinckney
210. Robert Allenby
211. Bo Van Pelt
212. Harris English
213. Brian Gay
214. Ian Poulter
215. Vijay Singh



YELLOW ZONE PLAY (125-175 YARDS)



1. Luke Donald
2. Brian Stuard
3. Rod Pampling
4. Vaughn Taylor
5. Hideki Matsuyama
6. Kevin Na
7. Billy Horschel
8. Brian Davis
9. Kyle Stanley
10. Robert Garrigus
11. Jerry Kelly
12. Phil Mickelson
13. Greg Owen
14. Padraig Harrington
15. Marc Leishman
16. Paul Casey
17. Matt Every
18. Justin Leonard
19. Daniel Berger
20. Martin Laird


196. D.H. Lee
197. Robert Allenby
198. D.A. Points
199. Troy Merritt
200. Wes Roach
201. Billy Hurley III
202. Nicholas Thompson
203. Stuart Appleby
204. Derek Ernst
205. Steve Marino
206. Andrew Landry
207. Jarrod Lyle
208. Andrew Loupe
209. Blake Adams
210. Paul Dunne
211. Charl Schwartzel
212. Bud Cauley
213. Ollie Schniederjans
214. Jordan Spieth
215. Greg Chalmers



GREEN ZONE (75-125 yards)



1. Charl Schwartzel
2. Andrew Landry
3. Stewart Cink
4. Rob Oppenheim
5. Sergio Garcia
6. Anirban Lahiri
7. Francesco Molinari
8. Will MacKenzie
9. Justin Leonard
10. Jimmy Walker
11. J.B. Holmes
12. Luke Guthrie
13. Vaughn Taylor
14. Matt Every
15. Greg Owen
16. Rickie Fowler
17. Adam Scott
18. Henrik Norlander
19. Scott Stallings
20. Darron Stiles


196. Andres Romero
197. Nicholas Thompson
198. Robert Allenby
199. Cameron Beckman
200. George McNeill
201. Adam Hadwin
202. Michael Putnam
203. Blayne Barber
204. Rod Pampling
205. Billy Hurley III
206. Hiroshi Iwata
207. Webb Simpson
208. Sean O'Hair
209. Paul Casey
210. Morgan Hoffmann
211. D.H. Lee
212. Paul Dunne
213. Andres Gonzales
214. Ian Poulter
215. Angel Cabrera


SHORT GAME PLAY

1. Bud Cauley
2. Hideki Matsuyama
3. Brian Gay
4. Padraig Harrington
5. Retief Goosen
6. Cameron Beckman
7. Rickie Fowler
8. Luke List
9. Tim Wilkinson
10. Brice Garnett
11. Jarrod Lyle
12. Scott Langley
13. Chad Campbell
14. Stewart Cink
15. Brian Stuard
16. Michael Putnam
17. Jordan Spieth
18. Lucas Glover
19. Fabian Gomez
20. Zac Blair



196. Matt Kuchar
197. Andres Gonzales
198. Blake Adams
199. Daniel Summerhays
200. Hudson Swafford
201. Sergio Garcia
202. Jhonattan Vegas
203. Vaughn Taylor
204. William McGirt
205. George McNeill
206. Scott Stallings
207. Paul Dunne
208. Rory Sabbatini
209. Billy Hurley III
210. Graham DeLaet
211. Johnson Wagner
212. Pat Perez
213. Graeme McDowell
214. Chesson Hadley
215. Greg Chalmers






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David Orr Presentation at Open Forum 4

Here's part of the presentation that David Orr (www.flatstickacademy.com) made at the Open Forum 4 back in January.








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FlightScope FocusBand Video

Here's a video showing the FlightScope and FocusBand integration. Very exciting stuff.









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More Lucas Wald Student Improvements

Here's another video from Lucas Wald showing a before and after with one of his recent students.  Excellent improvement.  Lucas can be reached at lucaswald78@gmail.com.










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Golf Warmup Exercises with 18Strong

Here's a video from 18Strong.com on some quick, golf warmup exercises.







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3Jack Golf PGA Tour Rundown - Riviera

It’s back! The weekly PGA Tour rundown. Due to a busy schedule and taking care of other things, I wanted to take a break from doing the PGA Tour rundown. But, I plan on running the Tour rundown every week this season.

Anyway, Vaughn Taylor won at Pebble Beach. Marking his first victory in 11 years:



Taylor actually had quality metrics over the past two seasons, so it doesn’t surprise me that he could get into contention. The issue for him was that he could not quite crack the top-10 in events and if you’re not doing that your likelihood of keeping your Tour card drops dramatically.

Here’s my picks for Riviera:

Jordan Spieth +650
Dustin Johnson +1600
Hideki Matsuyama +1600
Billy Horschel +7000
Jason Dufner +7000
Gary Woodland +7500
Danny Lee +8000
Patrick Rodgers +10000
Lucas Glover +16000

Value Pick: Chez Reavie +27500

This year, I’m adding my adjusted driving distance and adjusted hit fairway % rankings to the list. These metrics are simply adjusted based on the events they have played. For instance, if two players A and B hit 60% of their fairways for the season, but player A has played events where the field average is hitting 55% of the fairways while player B is playing in events where the field average is hitting 65% of the fairways, player A is effectively more accurate off the tee.


DRIVING DISTANCE



1. Bubba Watson
2. Dustin Johnson
3. J.B. Holmes
4. Andrew Loupe
5. Trey Mullinax
6. Gary Woodland
7. Jason Kokrak
8. Rory McIlroy
9. Luke List
10. Ryan Palmer
11. Jamie Lovemark
12. Tony Finau
13. Ryan Ruffels
14. Brooks Koepka
15. Jason Day
16. Ollie Schniederjans
17. Smylie Kaufman
18. Patrick Rodgers
19. Charlie Beljan
20. Robert Garrigus


198. Luke Donald
199. Cameron Beckman
200. K.J. Choi
201. Billy Hurley III
202. Brian Stuard
203. Steve Stricker
204. Lucas Lee
205. Dicky Pride
206. Zac Blair
207. Colt Knost
208. Mark Wilson
209. Tim Clark
210. Brian Gay
211. Brian Davis
212. Jon Curran
213. Justin Leonard
214. Fred Funk
215. David Toms
216. John Huh
217. Darron Stiles


ADJUSTED HIT FWY %



1. Paul Casey
2. Greg Chalmers
3. Thomas Aiken
4. Colt Knost
5. Danny Lee
6. John Peterson
7. John Huh
8. Jason Bohn
9. David Toms
10. Zac Blair
11. Bill Haas
12. Emiliano Grillo
13. Kevin Kisner
14. Nicholas Thompson
15. Mark Wilson
16. Justin Leonard
17. Ben Crane
18. Jerry Kelly
19. Rickie Fowler
20. Brice Garnett


198. Michael Putnam
199. Miguel Angel Carballo
200. Luke Guthrie
201. Jason Kokrak
202. Rhein Gibson
203. Paul Dunne
204. Ricky Barnes
205. Carlos Ortiz
206. Derek Fathauer
207. Luke List
208. Shawn Stefani
209. Trey Mullinax
210. Andrew Loupe
211. Seung-Yul Noh
212. Andres Gonzales
213. Carl Pettersson
214. Patton Kizzire
215. Robert Garrigus
216. Blake Adams
217. Rob Oppenheim


DRIVING EFFECTIVENESS



1. Paul Casey
2. Kevin Kisner
3. Jordan Spieth
4. Emiliano Grillo
5. Rickie Fowler
6. Rory McIlroy
7. Bubba Watson
8. Scott Piercy
9. Danny Lee
10. Jason Bohn
11. Jim Herman
12. Nicholas Thompson
13. Russell Henley
14. Scott Pinckney
15. Webb Simpson
16. Hideki Matsuyama
17. J.B. Holmes
18. Boo Weekley
19. Phil Mickelson
20. Billy Horschel


198. Patton Kizzire
199. Darron Stiles
200. Andres Romero
201. Ricky Barnes
202. D.H. Lee
203. Brian Gay
204. D.J. Trahan
205. Steve Stricker
206. Carl Pettersson
207. Robert Garrigus
208. Steven Bowditch
209. Bud Cauley
210. Trey Mullinax
211. Andres Gonzales
212. Michael Putnam
213. Luke Guthrie
214. Derek Fathauer
215. Luke Donald
216. Blake Adams
217. Rob Oppenheim


RED ZONE PLAY (175-225 YARDS)



1. Trey Mullinax
2. Hideki Matsuyama
3. John Merrick
4. Adam Scott
5. Robert Streb
6. Emiliano Grillo
7. Billy Hurley III
8. Rory McIlroy
9. Greg Chalmers
10. Vaughn Taylor
11. Geoff Ogilvy
12. Robert Garrigus
13. Darron Stiles
14. Jason Gore
15. Jason Bohn
16. Andrew Loupe
17. Boo Weekley
18. Hudson Swafford
19. Phil Mickelson
20. Davis Love III


198. Seung-Yul Noh
199. Carlos Ortiz
200. Whee Kim
201. Troy Merritt
202. Stuart Appleby
203. Scott Pinckney
204. Brendon Todd
205. John Peterson
206. Andres Romero
207. J.J. Henry
208. Michael Putnam
209. Vijay Singh
210. Angel Cabrera
211. Brian Gay
212. Paul Dunne
213. Hunter Mahan
214. Bo Van Pelt
215. Ian Poulter
216. Justin Leonard
217. Ryan Ruffels


YELLOW ZONE PLAY (125-175 YARDS)



1. Ryan Ruffels
2. Luke Donald
3. Justin Leonard
4. Vaughn Taylor
5. Brian Stuard
6. Rod Pampling
7. Kevin Na
8. Hideki Matsuyama
9. Brian Davis
10. Billy Horschel
11. Kyle Stanley
12. Robert Garrigus
13. Daniel Berger
14. Jerry Kelly
15. Phil Mickelson
16. Greg Owen
17. David Hearn
18. Padraig Harrington
19. Matt Every
20. Gary Woodland


198. D.H. Lee
199. Patrick Rodgers
200. D.A. Points
201. Trey Mullinax
202. Wes Roach
203. Derek Ernst
204. Stuart Appleby
205. Hunter Mahan
206. Andrew Loupe
207. Steve Marino
208. Andrew Landry
209. Troy Merritt
210. Charl Schwartzel
211. Jarrod Lyle
212. Blake Adams
213. Paul Dunne
214. Bud Cauley
215. Ollie Schniederjans
216. Jordan Spieth
217. Greg Chalmers


GREEN ZONE (75-125 YARDS)



1. Charl Schwartzel
2. Andrew Landry
3. Jimmy Walker
4. Billy Horschel
5. Rob Oppenheim
6. Fred Funk
7. Steve Stricker
8. Jason Dufner
9. Will MacKenzie
10. Chad Campbell
11. Francesco Molinari
12. Stewart Cink
13. Luke Guthrie
14. Rickie Fowler
15. John Peterson
16. Henrik Norlander
17. Keegan Bradley
18. Greg Owen
19. J.B. Holmes
20. Matt Every


198. Ollie Schniederjans
199. Andres Romero
200. Marc Leishman
201. Cameron Beckman
202. George McNeill
203. Michael Putnam
204. Charlie Beljan
205. Billy Hurley III
206. Rod Pampling
207. Adam Hadwin
208. Blayne Barber
209. Webb Simpson
210. John Huh
211. Sean O'Hair
212. Morgan Hoffmann
213. D.H. Lee
214. Paul Dunne
215. Ian Poulter
216. Andres Gonzales
217. Angel Cabrera


SHORT GAME PLAY

1. Hideki Matsuyama
2. Bud Cauley
3. Gary Woodland
4. Padraig Harrington
5. Brian Gay
6. Jarrod Lyle
7. Cameron Beckman
8. Rickie Fowler
9. Luke List
10. Fabian Gomez
11. Tim Wilkinson
12. Brice Garnett
13. Chris Kirk
14. Scott Langley
15. John Peterson
16. Matt Jones
17. Freddie Jacobson
18. Chad Campbell
19. Lucas Glover
20. Adam Scott


198. John Senden
199. Jhonattan Vegas
200. Scott Stallings
201. Andres Gonzales
202. George McNeill
203. Paul Dunne
204. Rory Sabbatini
205. William McGirt
206. Daniel Summerhays
207. Robert Allenby
208. Matt Kuchar
209. Johnson Wagner
210. Paul Casey
211. Graham DeLaet
212. Ryan Ruffels
213. Graeme McDowell
214. Chesson Hadley
215. John Merrick
216. Pat Perez
217. Greg Chalmers





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Michael Manavian Nutrition Talk Videos

Here's some great videos from golf instructor, Michael Manavian, on nutrition and golf. I had the pleasure to speak with Michael on a variety of topics dealing with health and nutrition at the PGA Merchandise Show and he was extremely informative. He works out of the incredible DX Sports Lab in Greenwich, CT (http://greenwichdxsportslabs.com/) which not only is on the forefront of improving your golf game, but are pioneers in changing your lifestyle and long-term health.










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Robin Cocq on Gaining Depth and Right Hip Flexion in the Backswing

Here's a video from Robin Cocq where he discusses gaining depth and right hip flexion in the backswing.








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Byron Nelson Chipping Video

Nice video of Byron Nelson at a clinic going over chipping:









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AimPoint Express with the Focus Band Video

Here's a video from AimPoint instructor, Stewart Craig. He is showing the Focus Band in action while a player is using a conventional green reading method versus the AimPoint Express.

Granted, I do not know much about the Focus Band at this point.  But, I did study learning and the brain periodically when I was in college.  From what I gather, the Focus Band is measuring the right brain vs. left brain use.  And when you're using the right side of the brain, the brain is more 'calm' and is using more feel and senses than the analytical, left side of the brain.  I would imagine that part of the 'goal' is to transform the analytical left side of the brain function into more automatic, right side of the brain use over time.  For instance, a person learning to juggle will use the left side of the brain heavily.  Once they start to become more natural at juggling, the right side of the brain is used.



What's interesting about this video is that it shows AimPoint using the right side of the brain and really calming down the brain whereas the traditional green reading method uses more of the left side of the brain.  That's a part of the beauty of AimPoint Express, it appeals more to the senses and feels.





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Blast Motion Golf Sensor

I saw this at the PGA Merchandise Show and it was a hit with many of the attendees. 



They retail for $149.99.





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Re-Learning Lateral Side Bend

I had found this golfer on Christo Garcia's My Swing Evolution YouTube Channel where he made remarkable strides in his golf game by discovering lateral side bend.

Here's an illustration from Dr. Phil Cheetham's dissertation:

In this video we see a common occurrence for all golfers that start to make a wide sweeping change in their mechanics; he started to regress and then had to re-learn the mechanics in order to get back to his old form. Dr. Bhrett McCabe describes the sequence as the 'Honeymoon Phase' when everything is working greatly early on and then one goes into a 'fog' eventually. And if they stick to it and have determination to figure it out instead of quitting or tinkering with something else, they will eventually go into the 'Discovery Phase' and their mechanics will now be even more fully integrated. I believe that is what is going on in this video. Some of it is very feel and visual related which is often dangerous in golf because what one person feels and visualizes is different from another person. But, we can at least see the process of going from the Honeymoon Phase --- Fog Phase --- Discovery Phase.

The difficult part is determining when something is not working for you and you need to move onto a different set of mechanics or if you need to 'stick to it' and be determined to figure it out. 

I may be alone in this theory, but from my experience of being a consumer of golf instruction I have found that it is best to judge the results of your good swings rather than worry about the bad swings when it comes to certain swing mechanics and philosophies.  Any time you are working on your swing, there is going to be a learning curve and that will produce bad swings and bad results.  Chances are (not always, but chances are)....if you can produce better results off your good swings you are likely onto something and it just becomes a case of putting in the repetitions and quality practice time to replicate those mechanics.  Furthermore, it may just being determined to fully understand what is going on when I make those good swings so I can fully integrate them.






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