In Verbal Communication Skills, we have to give four different speeches this semester: persuasive, informative, demonstrative, and inspirational. For my persuasive speech, I laid out the argument that Tiger Woods will never catch Jack Nicklaus, much less win another major. So far, I look like a genius. For my informative speech, I talked about the Pulmonary Fibrosis …
PGA Professional Fred Barr took Golf Operations class out for a field trip to Leisure World in Mesa. Fred’s a brave man. This was no ordinary road trip. There are 30 of us in the class right now, and talking is never an issue. We always have lots of questions, but our class is different in a good …
This morning, Advanced Elements of the Short Game met back at Ken McDonald Golf Course in Tempe for another outdoor Skills Development – this time on flops & lobs. The two shots are very different. The flop is a more V-shaped swing, while the lob is more of a U-shaped swing. The lob is the …
Zach Johnson wins the Open Championship. Didn’t see that one coming!
Zach Johnson is the Open champion no one expected. He’s probably the Champion Golfer of the Year nobody wanted. But with a win in a four-hole aggregate, three-man playoff at St Andrews, his second major victory, Johnson put the finishing touches on what has been an incredibly successful, if not underrated career. Heck, Johnson is from …