April 20, 2008 

I’m joyful and grateful to be sharing my thoughts with you this Sunday evening on what happening in this great game of golf.

So when have we ever heard a winner being celebrated with a  BOOOOOOOOOO? 

How about Mr. Boo Weekly, with what now is his “Annual” victory of the Verizon Heritage Classic Harbour Town South Carolina?! 
Weekly’s s ability to do things in a certain way each day carried him through to a wire to wire finish for a consecutive year. 

Congratulations to our life long friend, Robert Damron whom today won on the Nationwide Tour at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic on the first playoff hole against Aussie, Greg Owens. "I'm not saying I knew I was going to make it," he said. "I knew I had a good read. I knew was putting good. There was a strong chance in my mind that I was going to make it. I like the position because if I make it then the pressure's on Greg."  The Secret to your best golf takeaway here is that even though he said he was not confident with his ball sticking, he continued to focus on what he wanted one shot at a time.  This put him into a position for victory.  His will to stay focused no matter what was his strength to finish off the playoff with the correct thoughts and a win.

Ochoa WOW!  Lorean Ochoa wins again at the Ginn Open with a convincing 3 shot victory over Yani Tseng.  How good is this player playing?  Five of the last Six tournaments are convincing victories with a aggregate total of 99 under par.  WOW!  Can you say, TIGRESS Performance! 

Whats so cool about this customer to me is her “PALMER ATTITUDE” of GRATITUDE.  My dear friend Doug Wherry who travels the LPGA Tour with YES Golf told me this great insight to whom I think is the best performer in golf right now.  Doug said that Lorena is not only a great player, she has this attitude of gratitude that is so cool, making eye contact with people in the gallery and talking with them between shots.  But the coolest thing is that during the week Lorean will take her time to  thank the local grounds crew in person for there work in preparation for the event.  NOW that is the attitude of gratitude that real Champions in life success are made of!  Good on you Lorean.

 
Until next time,

 
Happy golfing,

 
Brad Brewer

Sunday 4/13/08

Masters Sunday

 

Tiger makes his first roar of the day on 11 after rolling in a 30+ footer.  I really thought, here we go!  At that time he comes within 5 shots on Trevor Immelman.  Trevor playing solid as a rock continues to keep his lead by holing the putts when he needs to and hitting key shots at the proper time.  Side note: In my opinion, Trevor’s swing is as good as Hogan’s!

Tiger’s real opportunity to apply the tooth came on 13 when he hit an amazing recovery shot out of the pines through the fairway right to a lay-up of 105 from the green.  He then hits this perfect wedge 20 plus feet above the hole to spin back almost into the hole--ending up 4 foot below.  Unlike Tiger he jabs another short putt and pulls it left.  If he would have holed that putt, it would have sent major vibrations through the pines of Augusta to a group waiting to tee off on 12 and what Trevor’s mentor; Gary Player calls the “toughest par 3 hole in golf.”  Especially on Masters Sunday, with the green jacket on the line and in his mind.  But the missed putt gave room for this first time Major Champion to put it into cruise control his own game and not be concerned with the number one player in the world taking it from his grasp.

The Secret to Trevor’s Success today was found in his ability to stay focused on doing things in a certain way.  His routine never changed during any point of his round.  All week he spent more time behind the ball in the think box focusing on what he wanted before walking into the play box.  He was locked in befre he walked in.  This allowed him to consciously create his success, subconsciously feel good about it and send these good vibrations into the body to take action on the task at hand.  And he did into an amazing performance that entitles him to be called a Masters Champion for life!

How cool is that!  Congratulations Trevor… and a personal send out to his fitness trainer, and Golf Fitness Magazine Advisory Staff Member, David Herman!

Ok… How do you feel about Tevor having to hit the ball out of someone’s left divot?  Do you think that this is part of the game or should the divot be considered ground under repair?  What is your opinion?

Tiger from six back into the final day at the Masters.

So, how many of you would give anyone other than Tiger a chance to win The Masters from 6 shots behind going into the final round?  Even though Tiger has never won  a major from coming from behind, he is still my pick for a variety of reasons.  The major reason being that he will have the opportunity to use his momentum as a “terror barrier” against 4 players that have yet to win a major championship.

"You want to win the Masters, period," Woods said. "Doesn't really matter how you do it as long as you do it.

"This is the highest score I could have shot today," said Woods, who is 5 under. "I hit the ball so well and I hit so many good putts that just skirted the hole. But, hey, I put myself right back in the tournament."

Be prepared to watch a successful person do things in a certain way tomorrow.  His ability to WILL the ball into the hole when it really matters is becoming legendary.  And that my friend is his SECRET.  I look forward to your comments.

Until next time, Happy golfing,

Brad Brewer