勇太、首位タイスタートも「ビックリしない」

2012年10月04日19時11分

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順位	選手名	スコア
1	池田　勇太	-6
	佐藤　祐樹	-6
3	手嶋　多一	-5
4	黄重坤	-4
	Ｊ・Ｍ・シン	-4
	ブラッド・ケネディ	-4
	石川　遼	-4
	丸山　茂樹	-4
9	兼本　貴司	-3
	宮本　勝昌	-3
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165ヤードのラフからピッチングの選択に思わず苦笑いする（撮影：岩本芳弘）

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＜キヤノンオープン　初日◇4日◇戸塚カントリー倶楽部(7,191ヤード・パー72)＞

　神奈川県にある戸塚カントリー倶楽部で開幕した、国内男子ツアー「キヤノンオープン」。09年大会覇者の池田勇太が“66”で回り、6アンダーで首位タイに立った。

【関連ニュース】遼、4位タイ発進につながった気持ちの“色”とは？

　INコースからスタートした池田は11番、12番と連続バーディを奪うと、後半4番までに6つのバーディを奪取。「後半は風が止まって色々考えてしまったことが、あと一つ伸びなかった要因かなと思う」と終盤はバーディを奪えなかったものの、今季初優勝へ向け上々のスタートを切った。

　この日のラウンドを「まあスコアは良かった。パターもまあまあ。セカンドもまあ良かった。すごく良いわけではないけどまあまあなゴルフだった。明日もまあまあ良さげな気もするし、今週はまあまあ良さげな気もする」と独特な言い回しで振り返った池田。グリーンコンディションを見てパターを変更したことも「悪くない判断だった」と好スコアを後押しした。

　「フジサンケイクラシック」から3試合連続2位など勝ちきれない試合が続いているが、「調子を持続できているので、今日みたいなゴルフができるんだろうし、この位置にはビックリしないでいる」と引き続き好調をアピール。この好スタートを最高の結果につなげることが出来るか。

丸山茂樹、4アンダー好スタートも「悪魔が来る」

2012年10月04日19時20分

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順位	選手名	スコア
1	池田　勇太	-6
	佐藤　祐樹	-6
3	手嶋　多一	-5
4	黄重坤	-4
	Ｊ・Ｍ・シン	-4
	ブラッド・ケネディ	-4
	石川　遼	-4
	丸山　茂樹	-4
9	兼本　貴司	-3
	宮本　勝昌	-3
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4アンダー4位タイで好スタート丸山（撮影：岩本芳弘）

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＜キヤノンオープン　初日◇4日◇戸塚カントリー倶楽部(7,191ヤード・パー72)＞

　2013年の「プレジデンツカップ」副主将に任命され、ゴルフ界に大きなニュースをもたらした丸山茂樹が、この日開幕した国内男子ツアー「キヤノンオープン」で4アンダー4位タイと好スタートを切った。

【関連ニュース】遼、4位タイ発進につながった気持ちの“色”とは？

　しかし、好スタートにも「いっぱいいっぱい。ここ(会見場)で話すような調子じゃない」とトレードマークの笑顔にもどこか疲れが残る。その理由はここ数年悩まされているドライバーの不調だ。「体の不調から曲がりはじめて、ここ2年は重度じゃないけどイップスみたいな症状が出ている。PGAツアーの最後のほうでそういう感じがあって、去年の大怪我をきっかけに覚醒させてしまった」。

　練習日やプロアマなど、プレッシャーのかからない場面では気持ちよく振れているドライバーが、「名前を呼ばれた瞬間に“悪魔”が来る」と本戦に入ると途端に言うことを聞かなくなる。アイアン、アプローチは“世界のマル”と呼ばれた技術を維持しているが、“悪魔”にとりつかれたドライバーは絶好調時の面影を見ることが出来ない状態だ。

　「プレジデンツカップ」副将への抜擢もモチベーションの1つにはなっているものの、「責任を感じるし頑張りたいと思うけど、今の自分を追い込むことはしたくない」と満身創痍で戦っているだけに、必要以上に意識はしていない。「ゴルフはゆっくり時間をかけて取り戻せたらいいなと思う」。好位置で迎える2日目も過度な期待を課すことなく、まずはやっかいな“悪魔”と向き合ってスタートする。

Timeless Wisdom in Funny Golf Quotes

Beginning Golfer Shoots Lower Score

Golf is a great way to enjoy time with your family and friends. Whether you play a leisure round of nine holes or are able to enjoy a full round of eighteen holes, the game of golf is rewarding on many levels. The best news is every beginning golfer can shoot a reasonable score.

A beginner only needs a handful of items to get started. A few lofted golf clubs, say a nine and seven iron, and a putter. If you want, grab a metal wood, but no more than a five wood. Gather some golf balls, tees, a towel, and throw your stuff in a golf bag. You are ready to play some golf!

You are probably wondering about all the other clubs and why they were left out. They are for the golfer who is ready to mix playing golf with practicing golf. If it makes you feel less awkward, take the full set of clubs with you, just use the ones mentioned until you are comfortable with your golfing abilities. Let me explain myself.

Golf is a sport. Like all other sports a score determines the winner. In golf the lowest score or fewest strokes win. Most people who play sports enjoy competition. Why not learn how to play golf to win from the very beginning. After all an early success will bring you back to the golf course sooner. And I don't know of a better place to be than on a golf course.

If you are playing with others of your same ability you need to learn how to score the lowest. This is why you are only using a few clubs for now. If you can keep the ball moving forward towards the target (the flag) instead of sideways (the direction most beginners hit towards) you will always score lower than you opponent. The clubs that are easiest to hit are the ones with the most loft, your seven and nine iron. These will never travel as far as your opponent's big dog (their driver or 1 metal), but they have a greater chance of moving the ball in the direction of your target. So it may take you six or seven shots down the fairway to reach the green, chances are your score will be less than your playing opponent when totaled.

Making solid contact with the golf ball will always win the game. Using the higher lofted clubs will have you hitting the ball with precise contact faster than any other club in the bag, except your putter. When you can stand at address over a golf ball with a seven or nine iron and hit a good shot seven out of nine times you can expand your club selection to any other club. I use this technique when teaching beginners to play and they are my proof that it works. The confidence you gain from hitting good shots by making solid contact will show up with every other club once you master the higher lofted irons.

Three Simple Golf Swing Lessons

In order to hit consistent shots you need to have good swing mechanics, a solid set-up and a consistent technique, but there are certain overlooked principles that if you follow will give you a great golf swing. When I say that these principles are "overlooked" I mean that you know that you're supposed to follow these principles, but you don't. So in this article I'm going to give you three golf swing lessons which you must follow if you want to produce consistent shots.

Golf Swing Lesson #1 Keep Your Head Still!

Any great golfer will tell you the importance of keeping your head still throughout the swing. Teachers tell you, books tell you and videos tell you, and yet still one of the most common faults amongst golfers is head movement. Moving your head too much causes many problems, thinning the ball, topped shots, shanked shots and more are all caused partly by simply moving your head through the swing.

You see if you move your head then this pulls your whole body out of it's correct posture and stance, this in turn causes your arms and your club to come off of their correct path. When golfers are told to keep their head still in the swing, they tend to think that they have to keep their head rigidly still and this doesn't feel natural, so understandably this puts them off the idea, but what golfers are referring to when they say 'keep your head still' is really 'keep your head steadied'.

You see the golf swing is centred around rotating the body and arms back and through so obviously your head isn't going to remain perfectly still, it's going to pivot a little.

The golf swing should be relaxed so first of all take a look at your posture at address. When viewed in profile your spine and the clubs shaft should create a 90 degree angle, your head should be titled at the same angle as your spine.

In the swing you focus on rotating your body, shoulders and arms around your spinal axis, whilst your spine stays in relatively the same position. The same should be true of your head, I want you to think of your head as an extension of your spine, let your arms and body swing around it, if you do this you will eliminate a lot of problems.

Golf Swing Lesson #2 Don't bend your right arm prematurely

The arms play an important role through the swing, they control movement of the club and the position of the clubface through the swing.

Now most golfers know that as you bring the club back, your left arm remains straight, whilst your right arm bends, but it's really important that you don't bend your right elbow until after the mid point of the backswing, nearer the top of the backswing, this will help to ensure that you get a nice wide arc on the backswing.

So as you bring the club back, the left arm should remain relatively straight throughout the entire backswing but the right arm remains straight until the mid point of the backswing. Then at this point your right elbow begins to bend until it forms a 90 degree angle at the top of the backswing, the elbow should point down towards the floor.

Relieve Foot Pain Walking is the Best Answer

It may happen in any age, as soon as you could have miscalculated a step or two then your foot pain walking problems will certainly present themselves. There are many occasions when severe ache, particularly at the ankle joint, is brought about by wearing impossibly high heels for a long time. The ache you might be experiencing is spread all around the foot because the foot has several ligaments, muscles, tendons and joints that upon getting injured one element, all the foot will feel pain.

When you will have foot pain, walking will certainly seem like an incredible challenge since all you can do is either limp, skip, hop or develop into immobile to be able to keep away from the upcoming pain. Typically when foot pain comes from excessive weight problems, your lower back, calves and feet take the pressure, making you wobble while you walk. It's obligatory for you to convey your weight down so the pain that shoots up out of your toes to your hips might be prevented as much as possible.

Are you aware you could discover if you are susceptible to foot pain walking? Become aware of how your feet are planted on the ground when you arise and start to walk. Do you step utilizing the tips of your toes like a ballerina or do you drag your feet by way of the balls of the soles? Paying attention to how you walk can say a lot about your condition especially if you are beginning to drag one foot. You could have to see a doctor who will provide help to really feel better especially when you have pinched a nerve somewhere. Some doctors will send you to have an ultrasound that checks if your veins are circulating blood properly.

As you experience problems with foot pain walking and running , which develop into huge challenges for you. There are even cases where you can't drive a car since stepping on the clutch, gas or brakes means you feel excruciating pain for each motion of your foot. You can start with natural cures at home before visiting your doctor. You may not be positive if natural remedies work, but if they do, it can save you some huge cash by trying. (Laboratory checks add a lot to your doctor's total bill. Moreover, generally you will have to remain in a single day in the hospital to finish all of the tests.)

To relieve foot pain walking can truly help a great deal. Firstly, attempt not to run since you may injure yourself in the process particularly in case your balance will not be perfect. Secondly, it is best to discover appropriate locations to walk in like a park, museums or even malls the place many people often go to. Once more, strive don't walk too fast. Take your time to walk around. In addition, foot pain could be avoided when you wear the right sneakers on your walking sessions. Don't forget comfortable athletic sneakers work very well along with a good pair of socks. These could also be your first steps to cope with your discomfort.