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TomTuckerGolf.com Golf Tips Newsletter Issue 531 - Wed. November 7th, 2018 Website Newsletters Archive |
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Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say Sponsors: Plum Creek Driving Range Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. Plum Creek Driving Range, Batavia, NY, Open All Year Simulator Course Play Specials: BataviaGolf.com Call 585-993-0930 or Email Mark to reserve simulator time! Buy Gift Certificates for Lessons Sample Gift Certificate Golf lessons - Outdoor and Indoor - are available at Plum Creek. Please call me (Tom Tucker) at 716 474 3005, email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com, or visit my website at http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html for details. Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/signup.html If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe, thanks! The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. Tom's Featured Tip: Why You Should Leave The Flagstick In When Putting For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. If you've been getting (and reading) my newsletter for awhile, you know that I'm an advocate for leaving the flagstick in for every chip shot or short pitch shot that you experience. The research on the subject concludes that leaving the flagstick in puts the odds in your favor. I've never understood why some pro's take it out on chip shots. It makes no sense technically, nor does the statement we often hear from the commentators "he (she) took the flagstick out, so it looks like he's trying to hole it". First of all, most pros try to hole out every chip. Secondly, the odds favor leaving the flagstick in. In 2019 all players will have the option to leave the flagstick in on all putts. This new rule - RULE 13.2a(2) - changes the old RULE which provided for a two stroke penalty for when a putt was holed out with the flagstick in the hole. My advice is to take advantage of the rule and to leave the flagstick in for every putt EXCEPT for when an uneven cup setting causes the flag to lean so far forward that the ball can't fit into the hole, or when it's so windy that it might cause a moving flagstick to knock the ball away from the hole. Many years ago, Dave Pelz, one of my favorite putting experts, conducted a study on whether leaving the pin in was the better call. Here was his conclusion: "Leave the flagstick in whenever the Rules allow, unless it is leaning so far toward you that the ball can't fit." Pelz, whose previous career was as a NASA scientist, rolled thousands of balls at the hole with the pin in, out, and leaning in each direction. Here are some of his notes:
One of my favorite - albeit quirky - pro's that has done his research on this is is Bryson DeChambeau. He apparently read the pdf I referenced above when making his "flagstick in or flagstick out" decision. He's planning on using the flagstick MOST but perhaps not ALL of the time. "It depends on the COR, the coefficient of restitution (rebound effect) of the flagstick," he said. "In U.S. Opens, I'll take it out, and every other Tour event, when it’s fiberglass, I'll leave it in and bounce that ball against the flagstick if I need to." Bryson DeChambeau sees the pin as a helpful ally. U.S. Open pins are often notably thicker than typical Tour pins, leading to more aggressive rebounding when struck. "It’s a higher propensity for it to go in the hole if it’s fiberglass compared to metal," DeChambeau said. Here's the bottom line for the average player: unless your course uses a one inch aluminum or one inch hybrid flagstick, leave the flagstick in the hole when you putt and your chances for making the putt increase. Try it you'll like it. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Golf Lessons I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link for Plum Creek info here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Outdoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Indoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html Sponsors Plum Creek Driving Range and Simulator Outdoor range and play indoor golf on any of our 40 Simulator Courses. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve time for simulator play or practice! Batavia Country Club (585) 343-7600 www.bataviacc.com Great rates, the best greens in WNY. Golf Digest Four Star rating for public courses to play in New York State. Tee times online or by phone in season. Pre-pay for a 2019 membership now and your membership will apply to the rest of this year! FISH FRYS ARE BACK AT BCC and other dinner specials with soup and salad bar - starting Friday October 5th, 4pm - 9pm Chestnut Hill Country Club (585)-547-3613 www.chestnuthillgolf.com THE WESTERN NEW YORK LEADER IN GOLF OUTINGS! Only minutes from Buffalo, open to the public. Tee times online or by phone in season. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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