Tournament Golf

The Pressure to Succeed (part one)

11.09.2010

Today’s post is part one of a two part series on The Pressure to Succeed. Dr. Tony Piparo is a Sport Psychologist and former golf professional and has worked with golfers of all ages and ability levels develop the skills necessary to play their best golf more often.  For more tips on how to improve your golf performance visit The Peak at www.peakperformanceblog.com

The 2010 Ryder’s Cup is now just a ..read more

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Mission Public Links Bryan Park

04.19.2010

This year the US Amateur Public Links is being played at Bryan Park Golf Club near Greensboro NC.  In some delusional state of confidence I entered the tournament. All you have to do is have a handicap under 4 and not belong to  a private club. Check and Check.

What I thought I would do (to hold myself accountable to some form of preparation) is begin tracking my progress towards competing ..read more

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Q-school will bring Christmas early to some

12.03.2009

This time of year golf slows down for most of the world and yields to the gridiron of the NFL or College Football bowl season. Some dream-chasers however, are making a final stride towards realizing life long goals to compete on the PGA Tour. Christmas will come early on December 7th for the 40 or so golfers making it through the arduous six round marathon.

The fall classic, as it is ..read more

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How to win Scramble Golf tournaments

05.18.2009

Recently, I was invited to play in a Scramble Event. The format also falls under the aliases of Captain’s Choice and Superball. It is very common for charity events and corporate outings. The rules of a scramble allows each member in a team (usually 2 or 4 golfers) to hit each shot and play the best one. The four person teams usually consist of A, B, C, & D players, ..read more

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Match Play: Golf’s mano-a-mano

02.26.2009

Tiger is back ! I must have heard this ten times yesterday as he made a triumphant return to competitive golf at the Accenture World Match Play.

I love match play. It is the only time in golf where it is truly mano-a-mano. In most other sports like tennis, boxing, ufc, basketball, and football athletes play against one competitor. Competitive golf is usually played by score against par, called medal play. In medal tournament ..read more

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