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I would like to add that Tiger is one of the only players that takes his cap off to shake the other players hand after the 18th hole. After watching on sunday I could count the amount of players that did that on one hand.

It is indeed against the rules. Does anyone remember when Ian Poulter marked his ball on the 17th at Sawgrass and then threw his ball to the caddy who missed in and it landed in the water. He had to finish the hole with the same ball or would be penalized with a stroke penalty. This meant that his swing coach had to go into the water to find the ball. Some how the first one that he picked up was Poulter's ball.

On their way down the final fairway the American called out: "How do you feel Tony?" Jacklin replied: "Bloody awful." Then once he picked up the marker. Jack said: "I don't think you would have missed that Tony, but I didn't want to give you the chance."

Im sure i saw a tv interview with jack about this. He said that he did not want the cup to end with Jacklin missing a putt. He also said though that he knew Jacklin would make the putt. It did not effect the final outcome as the draw meant that the US retained the cup. Shows another great example of Jacks great sportsmanship and a great advert for the game of golf even though it was in 1969.

From what i can see it all starts from a bad posture. I have exactly the same problem as you. You are very hunched over the ball. Try to find a picture of Tiger or another pro and compare what there posture is like just before they start to swing. You need to bend your knees a little more and try to lift your chin a bit higher away from your chest. It will feel strange to start with but will enable you to get a more complete shoulder turn meaning you should hit the ball further.

If i didnt need another bag to carry it then its a good club!

R and A is the ONLY governing body in golf! none of this US crap!

I completely agree! Get the pros playing a links course in April with the wind blowing and the ice cold rain! that would sort the men from the boys. There are even some amazing course in the southern hemisphere or even in the middle east!

He mite be good at lawn bowls due to the feeling and control he has due to his putting!

Just go out on the course and put your ipod on and try to distance yourself from what your trying to achieve. Yesterday i played for the first time in 3 months and was not expecting to play well, yet scored in the high 70's. This was because i was not expecting to play well so just swung the club naturally, not thinking bout it. My score could have been 5-6 shots better if i could putt but i except that because that is what you loose if you have not played in a long time, touch and feel!

WWE, darts, paintball, cricket, Btw great thread!

Maybe they could not afford proper flags!

I think the dryjoys are more comfortable than the tour 360s. I have both pairs at the moment and find the tour 360s very comfortable but i prefer the dryjoys. Also the dry joys are easier to clean and look a lot more like a proper golf shoe.

The way i see the Ryder cup is that the US have 2 or 3 amazing players (tiger, phil) while the Europeans have a team of good player without anyone standing out!

My advice = go sit in clubhouse!

Justin Rose! he looks fitter than ever and is Europes number 1! Just as long as he putts well enough

He has started the mind games already by saying that because Faldo does not like Monty he will not give him a wildcard. Just a very clever mind game to make Faldo pick Monty!

Switched to Mac OS at christmas and it is much better than Vista. It can do everything that a windows OS can do plus a lot more! Also there are a few really simple things that it does that are very good! Eg just highlighting text and dragging it from a webpage into where-ever you want it!

Use a harder ball!

I bought my dad an eagle headcover to match his nickname of eddie the eagle! Shame his golf doesn't match that!

So you like women with facial hair and a scruffy look! Every man to there own!

Well some women maybe able to answer!

Tiger has not gained that muscle from doing bicep curls! There are lots of other drills that work on bicep muscles but are not regimented as bicep curls! He probably uses the X-weight machine to work all muscle groups by adopting a golf posture and swing the cables!

If you are wanting to play better golf then avoid the fixed weight machines! I recently read an article with Paul Casey's fitness coach and the new type of training method used on tour is multi-muscle movements. This is them avoiding work on one muscle but using medicine balls. It said this was a benefit as the golf swing is a movement that requires lots of muscles to work and co-ordination between them is very important! If you want to improve golf then look for golf specific drills as such exercises like biceps curls can destroy your golf swing although may make you like muscly. Sorry I have no websites to offer you but I am about to start a 3 year degree as a Physiotherapist so I am very interested in this kind of thing!

L A U G H !