New Taylormade Performance Labs tour fit van arrived at its new home yesterday at our Club. There’s about 5 of these around the country and we’re lucky enough to have one of them be based at our club. It’ll be on the road a fair bit, but still excited about the possibilities and getting to play around with endless combinations of shafts and heads as well as a lot of stuff you’re not going to find on the shelf most places.
That was an important year. That was the year of getting over the hump of winning again, and blowing majors was the first step on the way to winning a major. Normal progression. Injuries ruined that progression in 14 unfortunately. I maintain that he has to go through that normal progression like a new player to the tour. He was reborn after that scandal in that he disappeared, lost his game and had to rebuild. Unfortunately he had so many injuries in the comeback he had to rebuild twice. But this concept is all part of that comfort zone golf theory.
Think of Jordan spieth…he had to blow it in a major ('14 masters) before he could win one. Same with Rory ('11 masters). Same with Phil 11 times before 04 masters. It’s that normal progression most guys follow. First you contend, blow it, then you Contend and win. You’re breaking out of your comfort zone. It’s the same as having a chance to break 80 (or 70 or 90) with 2 holes to play and then vomiting all over yourself and blowing it…but the next time you’re more comfortable and get it done. Or the time after. You rarely blast through that first time.
Tour players usually do it with regular events, then big events, then majors. You rarely see a first time winner at a major or the players or a WGC.
Contend in Puerto Rico, blow it.
Win John deere
Contend in Deutsche bank and Tour championship, blow em both.
Contend in masters, blow it.
Contend in pebble, match play , players, blow em all.
Contend at Australian open…win. Contend at tigers invitational with 15 of the top 20 in the world…win by 10.
Contend in Tampa in a strong field… Win.
Contend at Augusta…win wire to wire.
That was Jordan’s progression. People often forget about Aussie open and tigers event in December.
It’s a normal progression. Tiger did a mini version of it when he came out. He blew a couple of events before winning. He was weird in that he won his first major as a pro, however he had played in about 6 majors already as an amateur to that point, and contended (and blew it) in a couple, so you might say he too went through that cycle even though he’s a freakazoid achiever.
So two out of the next three U.S. Opens will be played on links-styled courses. This year at Chambers Bay (which is an amazing piece of real property) and in 2017 at Erin Hills.
Erin Hills is only a few hours away from me. If anyone on here is interested, I’d love to play it this summer. Seems like a fantastic (and terrifically difficult) course. Looks like the rates are around $250. Sounds pretty reasonable given the site. Let me know if anyone has interest in setting up a round.
So two out of the next three U.S. Opens will be played on links-styled courses. This year at Chambers Bay (which is an amazing piece of real property) and in 2017 at Erin Hills.
Erin Hills is only a few hours away from me. If anyone on here is interested, I’d love to play it this summer. Seems like a fantastic (and terrifically difficult) course. Looks like the rates are around $250. Sounds pretty reasonable given the site. Let me know if anyone has interest in setting up a round.
[quote]Erin Hills is a golf course located in Erin, Wisconsin. Construction began in 2004 and the course officially opened in 2006. It has been selected for the 2017 U.S. Open, which was announced on June 10, 2010. It also makes it the first USGA event ever awarded to a course owned by one person. The 2011 U.S. Amateur was also held at Erin Hills.
Erin Hills was built by Wisconsin developer Robert “Bob” Lang who used his own money to fund the course. Designers included Dr. Michael John Hurdzan, his partner Dana Fry and Ron Whitten. Determined to bring the U.S. Open to Erin Hills and at the suggestion of USGA officials, Lang made many changes to the layout of the course, dramatically changing several holes. Lang’s ultimate goal of bringing the U.S. Open forced him to sell the course, due to financial difficulties, in 2009. Andrew Ziegler purchased the course.
[/quote] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Hills
[quote]Erin Hills is a golf course located in Erin, Wisconsin. Construction began in 2004 and the course officially opened in 2006. It has been selected for the 2017 U.S. Open, which was announced on June 10, 2010. It also makes it the first USGA event ever awarded to a course owned by one person. The 2011 U.S. Amateur was also held at Erin Hills.
Erin Hills was built by Wisconsin developer Robert “Bob” Lang who used his own money to fund the course. Designers included Dr. Michael John Hurdzan, his partner Dana Fry and Ron Whitten. Determined to bring the U.S. Open to Erin Hills and at the suggestion of USGA officials, Lang made many changes to the layout of the course, dramatically changing several holes. Lang’s ultimate goal of bringing the U.S. Open forced him to sell the course, due to financial difficulties, in 2009. Andrew Ziegler purchased the course.
[/quote] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Hills
