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Golfing in Ireland

FYI...I'm on a 10-day golfing safari in Ireland with several Arizona buddies.  We're playing one course a day all across the country.  I've never been to Ireland before, so it should be a great trip.

Golf Made Easy

I was watching Tiger this weekend and picked up these tips:

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(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

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UPDATE: When Pat is the number 1 health blog, you know something has gone awry down at Central Planning HQ.  My guess is that they're too busy trying to figure out why the Arizona Cardinals have sold out of season tickets.

Geoff Ogilvy's incredible stats

I rarely blog about golf, but those who know me, know that I am a fanatic about the game.  So a brief departure from the usual to blog about PGA pro Geoff Ogilvy.

Geoff Ogilvy won last weeks Accenture Match Play Event.  He is a member of a club where I am a member as well.  That he won is tremendous, but HOW he won is the real story!  Following is an email that was sent to the members of the club.  I thought you golfers would enjoy reading the whole story!

Congratulations to fellow Whisper Rock member, Geoff Ogilvy, for winning the 2006 WGC Accenture Match Play Championship by defeating Davis Love III in the 36-hole final (3 & 2)!  With the win (and a smooth $1.3 million), Geoff moved up 27 spots in the Official World Golf Ranking to #26.  (I think it’s fair to say Geoff is buying the beer the next time he’s at the Rock!) 

Here’s how he got to the finals:

Round #1 – Defeated Michael Campbell (19 holes)

Round #2 – Defeated Nick O’Hern (21 holes)

Round #3 – Defeated Mike Weir (21 holes)

Quarterfinals – Defeated David Howell (19 holes)

Semifinals – Defeated Tom Lehman (4 & 3)

Here’s some other interesting facts about Geoff’s win:

§         This is the first time that Geoff has qualified to play in this event and he is undefeated.  The only other person to start out 6-0 is Jeff Maggert.

§         Last year on this week, Geoff was ranked #83 in the World before he won the Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

§         Ten times during this championship his opponent had a putt that would have sent him packing (including a 5-footer that Nick O’Hern missed on their 20^th hole).

§         Mike Weir was 4-up on Geoff with four holes to play in the third round before Geoff came back to beat him.

§         Geoff set a tournament record by playing 129 holes.

§         He also set a tournament record by winning four consecutive overtime matches to start the week.

§         He was the #52 seed – the third-highest to win the event behind Kevin Sutherland (#62) and Steve Stricker (#55).

§         Geoff defeated a Grand Slam list of players to capture the title: Michael Campbell (U.S. Open), Mike Weir (Masters), Tom Lehman (British Open), and Davis Love (PGA Championship).

Oh yeah, Geoff, one last thing…we are considering changing the format of our Club Championship to match play next year so you have a better shot at winning (seeing as you’ve played it in twice and came away without the hardware both times)!  And you thought we were going to be nice the whole time…

Hole in one = Free Shades

Tifosi is announcing a special giveaway: Make a hole-in-one, win a pair of Tifosi Optics.  Looks like some pretty cool glasses.  And it sure sounds like a good deal.  I guess I'll try and aim better for the next few months!  ;-) 

A career best!

I love to play golf.  It is the main reason I moved to Scottsdale 10 years ago. 

I am a 4-5 handicapper.  Every now and then, a golfer gets in the "zone" and everything goes right.  This is VERY rare it seems as golf is such a hard game.  The pros make it look so easy but even they struggle all the time with their games.

This last monday, July 4th, I entered the ZONE!  Everything simply was working.  Playing White Mountain Country Club in Pinetop, AZ, I had 8 birdies and 1 bogey to shoot 65.  My previous best was a 69.  It was so much fun and seemed so easy.  Truly amazing!

What has that got to do with health and other things that I write about here?  Well, nothing.  It is just when something good like that happens, you just want to tell people about it!