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John Daly Quits Australian Open – John Daly walked away from the Australian Open during his frist round of play after putting seven golf balls in the water.

John Daly’s Australian Open play began to fall apart when on the 10th hole the former US PGA Champion and US Open winner hit the wrong ball during a bunker shot. The 11th hole on The Lakes course in Sydney, which is the site of the Aussie event proved to be the undoing for the famous Daly temper when he consecutively hit seven balls into the water. 

Daly then took his young son who had been on the curse with him and walked off, telling his playing partners “I’m off.” Jumping on Twitter to defend his actions Daly explained “‘When u run out of balls u run out of balls. yes I shook my players partners hands & signed my card w/rules official.”

Australian golf officials were not impressed.Tournament director Trevor Herden said Daly, now 666th in the world, will never again be welcome at the Australian Open. ‘It’s very disappointing, obviously, for the tournament, certainly unprofessional and I’m extremely bitter and disappointed that he’s treated this championship this way,’ Herden said.

Herden went on to state “I would say this will be the last time we see John Daly.” Australian Golf officials are demanding both the US and European tours fine and reprimand John Daly for his unprofessional attitude and behavior.

“They need to deal with it. He’s a tour member on the US Tour and on the European Tour he also has a status, so they need to deal with this in a most serious of fashions,” Herden said.

John Daly has some serious history of bad behavior at prior Australian golf events. Two years ago at the Australian Open, he smashed a spectator’s camera Phone into a tree at Royal Sydney’s ninth hole. He accused the fan of getting up into his face with the camera.  He was given a suspended fine by Golf Australia. In another incident in 2002, after taking a triple-bogey seven on his last hole at the Coolum course, Daly threw his putter and ball into a pond next to a green and later failed to sign for a 78 on his scorecard, disqualifying himself from the tournament. He was later fined $5,000 by the Australasian tour and was ordered to write a letter of apology to a tour official he verbally abused.

What do you think about John Daly’s behavior? Doesn’t sound as if he’ll be playing ‘down-under’ on a professional basis ever again.

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Luke Donald PGA Tour Money List 2011 – Luke Donald already number one in the world just became number one on the PGA Tour money list with a win at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic.

Luke Donald’s performance to become number one on the PGA Tour money list was done at a win at Disney, Donald had six straight birdies on the back nine Sunday at Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and closed with an 8-under-par 64 to come from five shots off the lead and win the Children’s Miracle Network Classic.

Luke Donald’s position on the PGA Tour Money list was behind Webb Simpson by $363,029 coming into Sunday’s finale.This  incredible come back golf is surely a performance that ranks among Donald’s best, even in his greatest season of golf. The two-stroke win over Justin Leonard (71) lifted his earnings to a Tour-best $6.68 million.

Luke Donald holed four straight birdie putts inside 8 feet, took the lead with an 18-foot birdie on the par-5 14th hole, then sealed his stunning rally with a 45-foot birdie on the 15th hole.

This was Luke Donald’s second PGA Tour win of the year. Donald also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted  scoring average. With no one else winning more than twice this year, the British golfer has established himself as the number one favorite to be PGA Tour Player of the Year.

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Best Golf Posture For Iron Shots – For a golfer the best posture for iron shots is called one o’clock from start to finish your upper body should tilt forward about 30 degrees.

The best posture for iron shots is aligning your upper body forward 30 degrees, or roughly one o’clock if you were standing in the center of a clock face.

If you can maintain theis golf posture through an iron swing, the club should automatically move on the correct path, roughly 90 degrees to the spine, all the way to the top in the backswing and then back down through impact and follow through. This is the fastest and most efficient way to swing a golf club. If you stand too upright (twelve o’clock) or bend too far forward (two o’clock), you’ll end up compensating during the swing to get the club back on plane.

The correct one o’clock golf posture for those irons shots is established by tilting forward by 30 degrees from your hips – not your waist. From behind it should look as though your upper body is pointing at one o’clock and that all of your weight bearing joints are stacked in a straight line. If you’re not sure what this feels like, imagine you are taking your stance on a balance beam – lean forward on your toes or back ward on your heels and you’ll fall off.

It’s a must to maintain this posture throughout the iron shot swing to get a solid hit. If you change your angle during the golf swing, the club will move off plane and de-accelerate. To keep it all in synch during the shot, imagine your head is resting on a pillowat the completion of the golf swing. You should finish in balance with your weight on your left leg and your belt buckle facing the target.

Kip Puterbaugh a golf pro at Aviara Golf Academy in Carlsbad, CA has a 2008 video on this golf swing technique that has a great training drill.

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