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2011 NATIONWIDE TOUR SEASON KICKS OFF IN PANAMA ON THURSDAY — The Nationwide Tour’s 22nd season and its players’ year-long quest to earn a 2012 PGA TOUR card gets underway on Thursday at the Panama Claro Championship in Panama City, Panama. It will be the first of 26 tournaments played in 16 states in the U.S., plus three in Latin America (Panama, Colombia, Mexico). More than 200 players from the United States and 18 other countries will compete for “The 25″ available PGA TOUR cards from February through October. Panama Golf Club, which welcomed greats of the game like Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead andRoberto De Vicenzo in the 1950s and 60s, has hosted the Nationwide Tour season-opener every year since 2004 but last year).

7TH IN A ROW — It won’t be long before the Nationwide Tour reaches the milestone of a collective 300 PGA TOUR wins by its former players. Through the Northern Trust Open, the win count stands at 295, thanks to Aaron Baddeley’s victory on Sunday in the Northern Trust Open. Alumni have been in the winner’s circle the first seven TOUR events of 2011, equaling the longest run of consecutive wins by the group during any stretch on the Nationwide Tour (2006).

Below is a year-by-year tally of the 295 wins, demonstrating the ever-growing impact the Nationwide Tour has had on the PGA TOUR (with cumulative figures after ’95, ’00, ’05, ’10 and ’11):

The 100th win came in Oct. 2001 (David Toms) and the 200th in March 2007 (Mark Wilson).

YOUNGER SET — The Nationwide Tour’s three youngest members, Richard T. Lee (age 20), Danny Lee (20) and Matthew Giles (21), are entered in the Panama Claro Championship. Richard T. Lee is the youngest (born 10/29/90). He was born in Canada and now resides in Chandler, Ariz. where he won the state high school championship in 2006. New Zealander Danny Lee, who won the 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst, is next in line (7/24/90). The third youngest is the Australian Giles (9/10/89), who achieved All-American status at the U. of Southern California while a teammate of last year’s Tour Player of the Year Jamie Lovemark. Lee and Giles will be making their first Nationwide Tour starts as professionals. Richard played 16 Tour events between 2007 and 2009. Note: It was incorrectly stated in a release last week that Danny Lee was the youngest player on Tour.

BUBBA WATSON TO SERVE AS HONORARY CO-CHAIR AT STADION CLASSIC AT UGA — Former University of Georgia golfer Bubba Watson will join fellow Dawg Chip Beck as Honorary Co-Chairman of this year’s Stadion Classic at UGA. Watson will be in Athens to participate in tournament functions on Monday and Tuesday of tournament week (May 2-8), prior to heading to Charlotte, N.C. for the PGA TOUR’s Wachovia Championship. The two-time TOUR winner lettered at UGA in 2000 and 2001, helping lead the Bulldogs to the 2000 SEC Championship. He completed requirements for his degree in Consumer Economics in 2008. Beck served as the sole honorary co-chair last year.

BEN CRANE ON NATIONWIDE TOUR IMPACT – Three-time PGA TOUR winner and 2002 Nationwide Tour alumni Ben Crane remarked recently on the state of the Tour and its impact on the PGA TOUR…”The Nationwide Tour is bringing out just awesome talent. I played on the Nationwide Tour. I think it’s the best training ground, better than any other sport has. I think it’s just fantastic….I’m excited to meet the guys and play with some of them.”

MORE IMPACT — The Nationwide Tour’s status as the official proving ground of the PGA TOUR continues to grow in 2011 as evidenced by the increase in the percentage of Nationwide Tour alumni who will be competing on the PGA TOUR this year compared to the last two years: 2011 = 73.9%….2010 = 70.7%…. 2009 = 67.5%.

NATIONWIDE TOUR PRESIDENT ON “MORNING DRIVE” WEDNESDAY – Nationwide Tour president Bill Calfee will preview the 2011 season as a guest on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive” on Wednesday (Feb. 23rd) at 8:15 a.m. ET. Calfee’s week got off to a good start when he competed as a member of the Amateur team in the 20th annual Underwood Cup at Timaquana Golf Club in Jacksonville, Fla. The Presidents Cup-styled competition pits a team of 12 pros and 12 amateurs from the North Florida section of the PGA of America. The Ams captured the last two matches to win the Cup on Tuesday, with Calfee, a former TOUR player for nine seasons, earning two out of a possible three points.

BIRTHDAY BOYS — Celebrating birthdays in Panama will be: Steve Wheatcroft (Indiana U./Jacksonville, Fla.), and Scott Weatherly (Auburn U./Fort Payne, Ala.), who both turn 33, on 2/21 and 2/24, respectively. Ryan Armour (Ohio State U./Jupiter, Fla.) turns 35 on 2/27.

NEXT WEEK – The Nationwide Tour will be in Bogot?, Colombia for the Pacific Rubiales Bogot? Open. Last year’s inaugural event marked the PGA TOUR’s first sanctioned event in South America and was hosted by 2005 Nationwide Tour alumnus and Colombia native Camilo Villegas.

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MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) – Paul Casey’s strategy at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship has been to play the course rather than his opponent, so much so he barely knew who he would face in Wednesday’s opening round.

The Briton’s tactics have certainly been successful though, as he has reached the final here for the last two years and plans to maintain the same aggressive approach this week.

“I tend to play the golf course not the player,” Casey told reporters at Dove Mountain’s Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Monday.

“By doing that and making lots of birdies and being aggressive and knowing what you’ve got to do on putts, I seem to make a lot of putts.

“I have a game plan of how to get around this golf course. And it’s something I don’t flinch from, I don’t change that.”

Casey, the world number six, only learned earlier in the day that he would face 60th-ranked Australian Richard Green in the first round of the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event.

“I’ve never looked ahead,” the Arizona-based Englishman said. “I’ve never looked at the brackets, I don’t like to get sucked into thinking I’ve got a difficult bracket (draw), I’ve got an easy bracket.

“I know every match out here is extremely difficult. Every opponent is dangerous. I only found out I was playing Richard Green this morning when somebody told me.”

MATCHPLAY CHALLENGE

Casey, who clinched the 2006 World Match Play Championship at Wentworth in England, has always relished the challenge of one-on-one golf.

“I’ve always been a player who’s been fairly aggressive on the golf course, makes a lot of birdies and then occasionally will throw in the odd mistake,” the 10-times European Tour winner said.

“I also think I’ve had a very good approach mentally to playing match play. I always feel if you keep the ball in play, and you’re very consistent and you put a lot of pressure on the other guy, that’s very difficult to play against.

Casey’s record at Dove Mountain is certainly spectacular, although he would dearly love to go one better this year.

He was beaten 4&3 by Australian Geoff Ogilvy in the 2009 final before being edged out 4&2 by fellow Englishman Ian Poulter for last year’s title.

“I try to take the positive out of it,” Casey said. “One of the keys to playing good match play golf is to eliminate mistakes, and both Geoff and Ian were very good at doing that. They really didn’t do much, if anything, wrong.

“I’ve had a good run here. I like to think I can get myself into position to win this thing again. Really repeat what I’ve done up until the final the last couple of years and then see if we can go one better.”

(Editing by Frank Pingue; To comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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All golfers be it beginner or professional try repeatedly to learn how to increase your swing speed in golf. Swing has a decisive impact on the game of golf and so it becomes very important that you as a golfer, work on it and take it to a higher level of perfection. If you want to learn how to increase your swing speed, you will need to adopt a few different techniques that have proven to be effective with even the experienced professional.

The first thing you need to do to improve your golf swing is to get fitter. Increase your strength and balance. For this you need to exercise regularly. These exercises should be designed to increase your flexibility with your strength. Hold a heavy Club in position swing in approximately 15 seconds in order to do this. Begin with swinging back the Club to the top of your backswing. See that your shoulders are turned backward step at this time. Then swing it halfway down and hold this position for a moment before swinging it back to the top. Repeat this a few times before you start into the forward swing. Give special attention to the follow-up action. Be sure to maintain your body, arms, shoulders and legs correct position at all times. Do this in a mirror in front.

Maintain constant acceleration, keep your club face squared throughout impact, using muscles in the legs and trunk rather than in the arms and hands are all effective ways to increase the speed of your golf swing. Work with your trainer and get him to show different ways to increase golf swing speed. A good trainer will teach you everything there is to learn and make sure that you understand the finer points.

By using the right kind of golf club also plays an important part in the determination of the speed of your swing. This varies from person to person and your trainer will be the best judge. He will know your strengths and weaknesses and will be able to advise you as to what type of Club will give you the best results. A longer golf club will give you more power, but you will have less control over the club head. As the impact of the golf club is one of the crucial factors in swing speed you will be better served by using a shorter Club. This will ensure your shot is controlled and you provide maximum power impact. Your professional trainer will know what shaft size in your golf club fits you best.

Finally try never to hit the ball too hard. When you try to make your body tighter, as your muscles get tense. This way, the mechanics of your swing nose will go awry and power will be wasted. The end result will be a loss of the speed of your golf swing. So learn to relax, improve your fitness and strength and you will be able to improve your swing speed in golf.

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Choosing titliest golf balls that are best suited to your game can be confusing with the choices between the long distance golf balls, spin golf balls and compression golf balls.

The question is, which titliest golf balls best suit your game?

The Pro V1 has proved most popular with all levels of golfers because of it feels soft around the greens. What golfers do not realize is the Pro V can actually hurt your long game if your swing speed is not high enough to compress the ball sufficiently off the clubface.

For instance the Pro V 1 is designed for the serious player, who is looking for distance and control in the short game It has a compression ratio of between 84 to 96, and is suitable for most golfers with club head speeds of around the 90 mph mark with the driver.

The Pro V 1x has a compression ratio of 95 to 105 and to compress this ball for maximum distance you need a club head speed of over 100 mph. (to compress the ball sufficiently)

The titleist NXT golf balls together with the DT Solo are suited for most golfers (and females) because the compression ratios are from 66 to 72 and require club head speeds of approximately the same. These balls feel a lot softer off the clubface when hit with the driver. The titleist NXT Tour has compression ratios from between 76 and 82.

It would be safe to say the above mentioned ball compressions should be slightly below the club head speeds you can generate as a general measurement of suitability for you.

There is such a large choice of balls to choose from it is well worth the effort to find the right compression ratio your swing can handle before choosing.

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Golf game is today one of the most popular sports in the world. Not all be able to learn golf rules, guidelines, or even where to begin. Golf games have steadily gaining popularity in the last 50 years or longer.

In the more than 50 years we have seen lots of champions including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods. Can be lots of people want to have a perfect golf swing as these champions so golf game is a great sport enjoyed by thousands and thousands of people in the world.

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