A Mafia Christmas
Besides their usual lumps of coal, you might imagine what ol? St. Mick might have left under the tree for Tony Frost and his Salter Path Mafia gang:
(1) Floating golf balls, (2) A handheld score computer with two trillion megabytes memory, (3) A GPS, not for distance to flagstick info ? rather for finding their way back to the golf course after looking for their tee shots, (4) a larger whiskey flask, (5) a larger golf bag to hold the larger whiskey flask, (6) A driver with an 800cc head?? 460cc is maximum size by the rules, but they don?t follow the rules anyway, (7) a ball retriever with a claw that can also retrieve thrown clubs from the water, (8) a helmet for protection from Tony Frost?s tee shots, (9) a ?GET OUT OF JAIL FREE? card from Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, (10) a golf course beverage cart pager, (11) a gift certificate for one free pickup from Designated Driver Cab Co., (13) a gift certificate for a foursome with carts at The Links at Plantation Harbor, which closed months ago, (14) passes to the Myrtle Beach Water Park and their Banzai Cold Water Enema Slide for Life, (15) Loon jerky energy bars, (16) a series of golf lessons from Angelo Spagnolo, winner of Golf Digest?s World?s Worst Avid Golfer contest.
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Adjustment for????????????? longer tee shots
Who couldn?t use a few more yards off the tee? There are several ways to increase distance.
One way, of course, is to increase clubhead speed. Lee Trevino tried to increase his club speed a few years ago, and after 12 months of hard work, he gained only two miles per hour. Let?s look at a faster and more efficient way to gain some yardage.
What we?d really like to do is to not only increase carry of the ball but also roll. If we can optimize ball flight to achieve both maximum carry and roll, we?ll find the golf course playing shorter and saying ?You?re away? to our opponents much more often.
One good way to optimize carry and roll is to swing the driver clubhead more up and to the right than you would with an iron. This will shallow the angle the clubhead approaches the ball and will produce a higher launch angle with maximum carry. Because of the shallow angle of attack, less backspin will be produced so that, after a long carry, the ball will also bound down the fairway upon landing.
Contrast this approach with what you would do with an iron. With an iron, you are thinking ?down and through.? The clubhead approaches the ball on a relatively steep angle. The ball starts out low, climbs steeply because of the backspin on the ball. This backspin was produced by the clubhead vector going down while the clubface loft vector is looking up. The ball settles down with little or no roll, and in some cases, may even back up.
So with a driver, tee the ball fairly high and up off the front heel. Have the image of hitting the ball high and right. If you can do that, the clubhead will impact the ball on a shallow angle and from the inside. You?ll like what you see and you?ll be finding your ball further down the fairway.
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This week in golf history
When the PGA Tour season ended this week in 1963, Arnold Palmer was atop the money list with $128,230.
It was the first time in PGA history that anyone had won over $100,000 in a single season. A mere 10 years earlier, Lew Worsham was at the top of the money list with $34,002. Twenty-five years later, Curtis Strange would become the first to top $1 million in a year.
Incidentally, 1963 was the fourth time that Arnie led the money list. It was also the last time he would finish on top.
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Christmas Day golf
Four old friends were playing their weekly game of golf. One remarked how nice it would be to wake up on Christmas morning, roll out of bed, and without an argument go directly to the golf course and play a round.
They all agreed that it was a great idea and would make it a priority to figure out a way make it happen. Christmas morning arrives, and all four make it to the golf course.
The first player says, ?Wow, this game cost me a fortune! You should see the diamond ring I had to buy my wife!?
The second guy replies, ?I spent a ton of money too. My wife is home planning the cruise I gave her.?
The third guy says, ?Well, my wife is home reading the owner?s manual of the new car I bought her.?
They all turn to the last one of the group who is staring at them like they had lost their minds.
?I can?t believe you all went to such expense for this golf game,? he said. ?I slapped my wife on the backside and said: ?Well, baby, Merry Christmas! We can play around here, or had you rather I go to the golf course and play a round??
?All she said was, ?You?ll need a sweater.? ?
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Merry Christmas to everyone, and I hope you fared better than the Salter Path Mafia.
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(Editor?s note: Mick Brown writes a regular golf column for The News-Times. Brown is a PGA of America teaching pro at the Golfin? Dolphin practice facility in Cape Carteret. He is also the head pro and director of golf at the Star Hill Golf Club in Cape Carteret.)
Source: http://www.tidelandnews.com/articles/2011/12/25/news-times/sports/doc4ef4fc0d3296d639897392.txt
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