China will be hosting its very first LPGA tournament this October. Although LPGA is held in many other countries, it’s nice to see it held in China, not that I’d want to go there.  (just my personal preferences)

World number two Annika Sorenstam will top the bill when China stages its first LGPA tournament, the $1.8 million Grand China Air in October.

Golf has boomed in the world’s most populous nation in recent years and six men’s European Tour co-sanctioned events took place in greater China last year.

The new event will take place from Oct. 24-26 at the Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou, the capital of the island dubbed “China’s Hawaii”.

Sorenstam, who is bowing out of competitive golf at the end of this season, said the new tournament would be a major milestone for the LPGA.

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Here’s a funny video of a guy hitting a driver into his friend’s stomach.  Now, if he missed his stomach, his friend could have lost his eye, balls, etc…etc…

Funny but stupid.

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Here’s a cool little contest you can win.  You get 2 days of golf school with Butch Harmon, former teacher of Tiger Woods.  All you gotta do is sign up!

Grand Prize Winner will Receive:

• 4 nights accommodations at Caesars Palace Hotel Resort & Casino
• Three days of personal instruction with Butch Harmon and his Staff Professionals for one individual
• Computerized video analysis
• One nine-hole playing lesson at Rio Secco with Staff Professionals
• One eighteen-hole playing lesson at Cascata with Staff Professionals
• Lunch each day of the school
• Transportation provided between Caesars Hotel & Casino/Golf School/Cascata
• Value $5,900

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Oh god, do not drive too crazy on that golf cart…

A 41-year-old man died after falling off a golf cart near Hoy’s Resort in Rice County.

Sheriff’s officials say Randy Dean Ronquist of Faribault suffered a severe head injury when his head hit the pavement after he fell off the golf cart on Friday night.

The driver of the golf cart, a 47-year-old Richfield man, was arrested and was being held in Rice County on suspicion of fifth-degree driving under the influence and criminal vehicular homicide.

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I did go out to the range the other day and took a small video.  Although I was hitting the ball fairly good, my impact position was too sqaure.

Here’s my impact position compared to Ben Crane and Adam Baddeley:

If you look carefully, both of these guys have their shoulder slightly open.

Now, what I’ve found out is that, I tend to get my lower body too close to the ball near the impact, causing me to hold on to my release, thereby causing an open shoulders and also annoying hooks once in a while since I have to “flip” my wrists slightly after impact.

But the most interesting thing I found was in my practice swing.  As you can see, this is a snapshot of my practice swing impact position.  The shoulders are slightly open and the hands are exactly where I want them.

Next time, I will try to stand a little taller during the swing and that should help me fix the kink.

Darn, if I could only swing like my practice swings…

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