[Yoda]

All week we had been hitting shots to the heavily contoured practice green, both in the clinics we gave to nearly 400 people, and after we had finished for the day, and all week it was clear - there was no getting to that back right pin about 40 yards out. Nope. Nothing anyone could do could get it within 6 feet.

That pin was on the top of an upside down bowl. You could hardly even place a ball near it and have it stay.

So during our last clinic, as Lynn once again demonstrated......

"This is how you hit a shot... you keep your left wrist flat, and your right wrist bent.... like this..... "

On the fly. Directly in the cup.

Perfect.

The one and only, Yoda.

Thanks, Ed, for this recall. Fun!



And thanks also to Randy Friedman, author of her new book Your Inner Swing http://yourinnerswing.com/. After the close of play on Friday, our Barclays Golf Academy staff was hitting shots to that pin, and I said: "Randy, the only way to get this shot close to the hole is to make it."

So, she said, "See it and jar it."

Two days later and with that thought processed, that's exactly what I did!

Ed, you were an integral part of our team last week and saved our bacon by modifying the computer audio settings at the last minute on the new swing analysis software. We had a problem early Thursday morning that no one on hand could solve, and West Coast tech support was three hours away. You stepped into the breach and got it done. Thank you, my friend.



P.S. Regarding the Shot Heard 'Round Ridgewood -- -- you forgot to tell'em about my Hale Irwin 'run-a-round' high-fiving the gallery of approximately 50 Barclays clients. Alas, 6bMike, our staff photographer, had 'left the building' just an hour before and missed the event. And so, like Sarazen's double eagle in 1935 to win The Masters, that shot and its aftermath lives on in the memory of the few who were there.

Well . . . kinda.