First time at a tour event

[Leftygolfer]

I went to the memorial saturday. I watched Tiger of the range twice and a ton of them were out there right after the rain delay. I can't recall all the people I saw, but lots of different swings, set-ups, tempo, just one thing in common for all swings. They are the same pretty much throughout the bag. It was a big that is why I suck so bad moment. I was watching them and realized what makes them great. They make the same move at the same tempo EVERY time.

I followed Sean O'Hair and Adam Scott the most of any on the course. I don't think Sean missed a shot for the 6 holes I followed him.

I went back after that and followed Phil until the weather delay. The sound of his strike was very different from the others. He hit it way past the previous group hit it. Just killed it, but he swung the same for every shot.

One thing I was suprised by was how the aren't as slow as I expected. They do take time in pre shot but they are ready to go when it is there turn. As soon as the putt is moving, the other player is already reading there putt and getting a move on it.

Anyway, great experience, learned alot about how the best play golf, take time but don't play slow, and what they do to get ready for the round. It really helped me understand what I need to do to be better. Ironically, I had the best range session of my life last night.

[MSDOGS1976]

And most of the guys walk at a pretty fast pace down the fairway. The caddies really have to hustle to stay up.

[BallStriker]

Tommy Armour III said the best tip he ever received was on the course from Freddy Couples, who walked by after TA III hit a poor shot and said........"Tempo, Tommy, tempo"

[senorchipotle]

a successful golf swing is basically a chain of positions which happen one after another in the same sequence. tempo is key to lining up this chain of positions so that abcde doesn't become abdce, which may result in a pulled shot, push slice, etc. it doesn't matter how fast you swing, just so long as the sequence is the same every time. hell, you can make a bad swing which was not like the perfect shot you previously hit, but if it is done in the same tempo your miss won't be as bad.