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To: swisstrader who wrote (1733)	7/13/2000 6:42:24 PM
From: KFE	Read Replies (12) \| Respond to of 44012

British Open Contest There are some changes from previous contests. Entry: 1. Pick a total of six players. (I will save someone the embarrassment of not picking Tiger and eliminate him from the contest except for winning score.) Two maximum from the top five ranked players after Tiger (Duval,Montgomerie,Westwood,Els,Love) Two maximum from the next five ranked players (Mickelson, Sutton,Parnevik,Singh,Price) 2. Pick 72 hole score by winner Rules 1. Total score for 72 holes taken by your best four players to make the cut. 2. You are involuntarily withdrawn if three of your players do not make the cut. 3. Tiebreaker: closest to winners 72 hole score. 4. If no entry has four players making the cut then the entry with the lowest 72 hole score for three players will be winner. If no entry has three players make the cut then the lowest two will be used and so on. Entry deadline:7/19 Prize If the winner visits the NYC/Long Island area I will treat him/her to a round on the 2002 U.S. Open course if arrangements can be made. Any other entrant wishing to make similar offer- feel free. Revised rules will keep more entrants into the weekend and should provide for greater variety of picks. Good luck to all. Ken

To: swisstrader who wrote (1733)	7/18/2000 5:19:33 PM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44012

Sorry for the delay, sometimes the clock just get's away from you. I'm convinced from your group of answers that your inability to score is more mental than anything else. On the other hand I would recommend some mechanical drills first: 1) Become absolutely confident with your 100 yard shot. Years ago when a group of us would go to the driving range after work, we would make up a game at shooting at the 100 yard sign, I could almost literally hit the sign about 1 out of 5 times, the remaining 4 times I got pretty close. 2) If your natural shot is a fade, great, perfect it! Lee Trevino won lots of Major Tournaments using only a fade. 3) Spend an evening of practice on nothing but putting. For about 30% of the practice rotate from about 3 feet in 4 different positions from the cup . Sink 10 consecutive putts from each of those 4 positions around the cup ( North, East, South, West). Sounds easier than it is! 4) When practicing mechanics NEVER worry about the outcome. In other words, if you're on the practice range and your focus is on wrist release (or whatever) do not be concerned at all about where the ball goes. But when focusing on target (such as shooting at the 100 yard marker) DO NOT WORRY mechanics. Use your preshot routine when focusing on TARGET. 5) Practice hitting the ball with any club to about 30% and 60 % and 90% of its distance. You'll be surprised at the results, I was. For instance if you were using a driver, try hitting it 100 yards only, then 150 yards only, then 200 yards only. The first time I tried this one, I used my driver and tried to hit it 150 yards. I took a nice easy swing and hit my best drive that practice session. From this I learned you don't swing 100 %, I usually swing to about 80%. 6) Statistically (approximately) 67% of your shots per round come from less than 100 yards(including putts). Practice accordingly! I know many people that go to the driving range and hit mostly driver and bypass the chipping green, they're convinced that if they could only hit it further they'ld be better, however you use the driver at best 14 times in a round, if you shoot 100, that's getting to be an insignificant percentage. 7)Before a round as the last thing before teeing off: sink a bunch of 2' putts to get a positive mental image going before you play. On the mental side: 1) Set goals for your game and put those into positive affirmations. Tiger Woods has one goal : To be the best player ever to have played the game. It isn't: " I HOPE to become the best player". He's convinced now that he's the best! 2)Before a round on a course that you know, set par for each hole based on your ability, mentally play that round before you actually play it. After the round, mentally review the round "corrected" with the right shot. 3)The hardest part on the course: focus on target, forget mechanics when making a shot. Maintain your preshot routine that should include a mental image of the shot. and finally: 4)During practice or a round, DO NOT put any emotion into poor shoots, and DO NOT play a poor shot over and over in your mind. DO! put energy and emotion into good and great shots. DO! replay over and over in your mind the good shots I will PM you for a final "mental" suggestion. Good Golf. Jim