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Alignment Golf Workshop / Orlando, FL / January 22-23, 2012

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Announcing a blockbuster, 2-day coaching and teaching event!

Brian Gay and Lynn Blake / 2009 PGA Championship at HazeltineBrian Gay and Lynn Blake / 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine

Alignment Golf!

Where: The Faldo Institute, Orlando, FL
When: January 22-23, 2012

Time: 9:00 AM – 5 PM

Cost: $495 (PGA) / $550 (Non-PGA) / Includes lunch

Lynn Blake, GSED, Director of Instruction, Lynn Blake Golf, LLC, will lead this event. Lynn was one of a handful of instructors trained personally and certified as Master Instructor by Homer Kelley, author of The Golfing Machine. Together with his staff instructors, he will open the door to a new understanding of the golf stroke, one that promises dramatic results in both your teaching and your game.

In a 61-page Workbook, here’s a sampling of what you’ll learn:

  • A proven System – not Method -- for learning and teaching golf
  • The Stroke Pattern concept – 24 components and ten trillion ways to get it right!
  • 21 Principles that govern all golf strokes
  • Hitters versus Swingers and the ten key differences in their stroke patterns
  • Key alignments in each of the Three Zones (Body, Arms and Hands)
  • The Twelve Sections of the stroke and how to translate precision mechanics to feel
  • How to use the Flat Left Wrist and its three ‘feels’ to control the clubface
  • How to create and sustain Lag Pressure Point pressure -- The Secret of Golf –– to control the clubhead
  • How to get on the Inclined Plane – and stay on it -- to control the clubshaft
  • The Pivot Center concept – the key to Balance and Centered Arc
  • Low point and why it matters
  • Understanding the Delivery Line and the clubhead’s Arc and Angle of Approach
  • Using the Delivery Line and Delivery Path concepts to guide the clubhead and hands from the top to the finish
  • The Magic of the Right Forearm
  • How to use the three basic Plane Lines and their nine different target line-stance line combinations for complete body and ball control
  • Why open and closed stances really matter
  • Educating your hands in their three planes of motion and nine wrist conditions
  • The difference between Left Wrist ‘roll’ and ‘swivel’ and how each is used
  • The Power Package – what it is and how to accumulate, load, store, deliver, and release it
  • Achieving mechanical advantage using the Law of the Flail and the Endless Belt Effect
  • The three kinds of lag and why two are never released
  • The four sources of power, how to vary each from maximum to zero, and how to achieve maximum trigger delay
  • Four ways to regulate power – clubhead mass and speed -- from drive to putt
  • The six essentials of a correct pivot and how to use it to produce centrifugal force, on plane motion and a centered arc
  • Foot and knee action controls for maximum balance and precision application of power
  • The difference between hip action and hip turn and how to use it for maximum on plane right shoulder turn thrust
  • The difference between grip pressure, pressure point pressure, and especially, lag pressure
  • ‘Dragging the wet mop’ and why its feel is so important
  • How to use the right arm to achieve width and structure in the golf stroke
  • Three loading actions and five release triggers
  • Two alignments that will radically and instantly improve almost anyone’s short game (including your student’s and probably your own)
  • A 45-item checklist for all strokes, including four alignments for a perfect Start-up, seven alignments for a perfect Top, six alignments for a perfect Impact, and five alignments for a perfect Finish
  • Why the myths of ‘preserve the triangle’, ‘swing towards the target’, and the ‘inside to along the line to inside’ clubhead path are so destructive (and what to do instead)
  • The three procedures and three visualizations of an effective pre-shot routine
  • A five-step process for a winning mental game


 

Yoda Explains The Secret of Golf

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Lynn Blake at the 2011 PGA Championship / Atlanta Athletic Club/ Wednesday, August 12, 2011

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US Open Golf 2011: An Early Dark Horse Pick to Watch for at Congressional

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - MAY 13:  Brian Gay hits his tee shot on the 11th hole during the second round of THE PLAYERS Championship held at THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass on May 13, 2011 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.  (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

What does it take to win the US Open golf tournament?

There are many theories and approaches to this question of course.

You have to be long off the tee. You need to hit the fairway. You need to be able to scramble well. You need to be putting well.

Where all of these are true in many ways, I believe in my own theory for winning the US Open, and I am going to steal a line from the movie "Tin Cup."

"Par is good enough to win."

If a player can hang right around par heading into Sunday, they will more often than not find themselves in the thick of it coming down the stretch.

Of course there are always exceptions to the rule, however, I believe my quote to hold true at most US Opens.

What does it take to shoot par on a US Open course?

There are many factors that effect that equation. So let’s look at a few of them and who will have a better than average shot at hoisting the US Open trophy.

First on my list has to be your driving accuracy. The US Open is legendary for having some of the most unforgiving and, at times, brutally high rough the players will see all season long.

Being in the fairway is a key stat for a player wanting to hoist the US Open trophy come Sunday.

So, who is driving the ball accurately this season on the PGA Tour?

Well I don't have to look any further than the first name on the list in Brian Gay.

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Eagles for St. Jude

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Eagles for St. JudeEagles for St. Jude

Brian and Kimberly Gay are challenging other PGA Tour players to join them in supporting Eagles for St Jude by pledging a donation for every eagle they make on tour this year.

Brian and Kimberly are challenging you to support St Jude’s Children’s Hospital by making a donation. Learn more about the St Jude’s Children’s Hospital by visiting www.eaglesforstjude.com and add your donation at the same time.

Put your heart in it and together we can find a cure!

Eagles for St. JudeEagles for St. Jude

 

Driven to Success

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Avisextra effort

Many professional tournaments play a critical role in providing much-needed financial support to local charities. The FedEx St. Jude Classic is a prime example, having contributed more than $24 million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis since 1970.

Rick Shadyac, the CEO of ALSAC, the fund- raising organization for the hospital, says the “young patients look forward with great anticipation each year to participating in the special activities we arrange for them.” On Tuesday of tournament week, competing professionals visit patients for a game of miniature golf at the St. Jude Golf-A-Round. During Wednesday’s Pro-Am, the kids get to be honorary caddies and carry a pro’s putter to the green at TPC Southwind’s 11th hole.

And on Sunday, they participate in the trophy presentation and congratulate the new champion. “These extra efforts give the patients a break from the routine of treatment,” says Shadyac, “and helps them realize that many people outside their immediate support circles care deeply about them.”

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