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Tigers New Coach: Chris Como

Como is one the 40 top teachers under age 40, according to Golf Digest, which listed his price at $1,500 for a half-day (no hourly rate was listed), which made him by far the most expensive teacher on the list. This was BEFORE the Tiger announcement.

Outside of Woods, Como's Tour stable includes Aaron Baddeley, Richard Lee and Jamie Lovemark (also a former Foley student who, like Woods, had a micro-discectomy). For the 2014 season those three finished 174th, 171st and 94th, respectively, in greens in regulation. Only Baddeley kept his card, and he could thank finishing second in strokes gained-putting. Considering the greens-in-regulation list goes only to 177 players, this is not a strong recommendation for the theories of Como. When you further consider that as recently as September, Woods was knocking swing coaches for not having any Sunday back-nine major championship experience, you can't help but wonder if Tiger did his homework.

Reportedly Como is getting a masters degree in biomechanics from Texas Woman's University. Sports biomechanics is about applying the laws of mechanics to human movement to understand and improve performance and to reduce injuries. That's exactly what Woods needs, as his swing has lost its natural athleticism, which was a major source of his old confidence. And that's to say nothing of the harm the swing he had was doing to his body.

To apply biomechanics to golf, though, one has to study and tediously measure the movements of hundreds of professional golfers and then make comparisons and draw conclusions. This, as opposed to so much pseudo-science in this game, is real science.

What one will learn in studying the biomechanics of great ball-strikers is that there must be a lateral shift off of the ball in the backswing and a corresponding lateral shift into the ball on the downswing. This is imperative and very much what Tiger was doing until 2010.

Staying centered or hanging left at address causes the club to want to go inside abruptly off of the ball and it takes great effort to avoid it. Hanging left robs a player of width in the backswing and flow and rhythm in the downswing. With Woods' phenomenal hip rotation speed, hanging left caused him to get stuck - coming too much on an inside path - on the downswing and hence his sometimes overexaggerated over-the-top move to counter this tendency. With the driver, more often than not his clubhead path was way out to the right with excessive forward shaft lean, and to offset this his spine tilted away from the target to the point of pain.

If Como understands the way the bodies of the best players of all time moved and applies those principles to Woods, then his pupil has a very good chance of playing uninjured for the rest of his career and a very good chance of achieving his career goals.

Roped off Areas

As there has been some heavy rainfall over the last week the greenkeepers have had to rope off some areas of the course, as they are starting to get fairly wet. These areas are not deemed G.U.R unless there is a sign stating otherwise. However we do want to ask all golfers not to take trolleys or buggies in these areas, and avoid walking in them where possible.

 

Countdown to Callaway's New Range!

During last week, Mike and I attended a meeting with a Callaway rep to discuss stocking their new range of products. Callaway is something that we haven't stocked for a while as we have felt there have been better products from other companies. However this year we were both very impressed!

The new Callaway range, the Callaway XR, will be launched in February 2015 and will replace their current X2 Hot Range. The new woods are fitted with Callaway's R.MOTO Technology. It's new and groundbreaking. It provides the structure to save weight and allow an ultra-thin face that maintains stability while elevating ball speed across the whole of the face, meaning off centre hits will go further than any other driver. Every driver should have this, but at the moment only Callaway does!

The clubs will be finished in Matte Black which helps prevent glare and looks great at address, in fact they are some of the best looking woods I've ever seen!

They will also be launching some irons to run alongside these woods, which will feature Callaway's patented Face Cup technology which makes the face more flexible than the face of previous Callaway irons, this produces higher ball speeds across the face, even on off-center hits.

This product is something we are very excited to start stocking. However what is maybe even more exciting is that for any members interested in being custom fit for these new clubs or any other Callaway Clubs, we can offer you a  FREE Custom Fit at Callaway's National Fitting Centre, which is in Chessington just off junction 9 of the m25. Fittings take place indoors at their state-of-the-art Performance Centre that utilises Callaway's revolutionary OptiFit Technology, together with the Trackman Launch Monitor, which displays your launch conditions, ball speed, launch angle and spin rates.

For anyone interested in having a fitting or booking a fitting for the new products in February 2015, please contact either Michael or Steve on 01883 744848, or click here to get in touch.

TaylorMade RSi Irons

TaylorMade has just launched their new RSi Irons which have been designed for golfers that are looking for forgiveness but who are also looking to improve! They have incorporated their speed slot technology onto the front of the face as well as the sole to help increase ball speeds across the face. These irons usually retail at £599.00 however we are doing a Christmas special for just £499.00!

Click here to find out more about the RSi irons.

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Christmas SALE!

We are currently having a sale on a wide range of clubs such as:

The PING Karsten Iron and Hybrid set, ideal for any golfer looking for extra distance and maximum forgiveness. Were £475.00 now just £375.00!

The TaylorMade SpeedBlade Graphite iron set, perfect for golfers who are looking to improve their game. Were £549, now just £399.00!

 
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