Ryder Cup, Just Like You and Your Buds!
You know some of my greatest memories in my personal golf game is Ryder Cup Events that I have played in. If you’re like me you probably have your own annual trip that you and your buds play some sort of Ryder Cup style matches.
Two weeks ago the annual ROCKET RYDER CUP- Mason Dixon Classic took place. We grab 8 guys born and raised in the South and 8 men reared in the North. This alone leads to great banter and some spirited golf.
As the founder of the Rocket Ryder Cup, I am the North Captain and my big buddy ex-NFL Center Michael Cheever Captain’s the South squad. I guess I am Corey and the big ugly lineman is Monty.
Whether its the real Ryder Cup or the Roclet Ryder Cup it is all the same sans the media frenzy (this would make great reality tv). There is pride at stake to get that cup. The bragging rights for the year and the stories that just get better with time.
I watch the Ryder Cup every time and it is just a great all around event. Crazy fans, great chants, roars reminesent of Augusta’s Amen Corner where you can tell by the volume whether its a birdie or eagle for wining a hole. Captains wheeling around it their carts with the wire imbedded in their ears.
Plant your butt in that favorite chair and get ready for a fight!
PS: You now what stink? Ties!
Tags: Colin Montgomery, Corey Pavin, ryder cup
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Pressure the 15th club!
When the time comes to tee it up under pressure do you fold like a cheap lawn chair? When the time comes for your annual trip with the boys and a few bucks are on the line or team pride do you walk towards it with enthusiasm or wish you were somewhere else?
The country is full of many great players that tee it up weekly at their home course and post some great numbers but when it comes to competition they can’t transfer their game. This past week at the Open Championship, this was the looming question in everyone’s mind. Can Louis Oosthuizen close the deal under the pressure of a Sunday at a major championship.
The guy was #54 in the world but yet he was entering uncharted waters and it would have been very understandable if the wheels came off. Just last month at the US Open Dustin Johnson displayed what happens to one’s body under this pressure.
So what about you, do you take it in stride or all of sudden put extra importance on every single shot? The fact is simple, if you increase your expectation on every shot all day it is an absolute mental grind that will kill you. You must put the day into perceptive and know that you don’t have to be perfect all day. Knowing that you will miss a few shots, have a few errant drives and won’t make every putt will allow you to free up your mind.
We have heard it so many times that you just need to play the course and not your opponent and focus on what you can do. Trying to pull off a shot that needs to be perfect may lead to disaster instead of playing your game and playing to your strengths.
Meltdown!
For us hackers out there in the 10-17 handicap range don’t fool yourself into having to be perfect. Dance with the date you brought and leave it to the other guy to make forced mistakes. I can’t tell you how many times bogey will win a hole and when you look back on how you got to double bogey I am sure you will find that you tried to bite off more than you can chew.
On September 11-12 I will be playing in my Rocket Ryder Cup and fun North vs. South match that I am gearing up for. The only thing I am really going to focus on from now until then is my short game and putting because around and on the greens is where it all happens.
I would love to hear some of your experiences in these situation and how you over came or folded. Looking forward to the stories!
Tags: Pressure, Rocket Ryder Cup, ryder cup
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Pavin Announces 2010 US Ryder Cup Assistants
February 3rd, 2010
U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin announced his Co-Captains who will be leaned upon to mold the US team as they prepare for the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales at Celtic Manor. Captain Pavin was as relaxed as one could be with his 2 yr. old daughter, Alexis, on his lap with her USA teddy bear named “Ryder” as he read off the names.
First, he credited the true assistant of any Ryder Cup Captain, his wife Lisa, dubbed the Captainess. She has been by his side since the announcement if his captaincy and carries the Twitter handle @RC_Captainess and tweets often of their work together.
Pavin chose to go with a 4 man team of Co-Captains in an effort to have full coverage of the Friday & Saturday matches so each match will be accompanied by a Co-Captain.
Tom Lehman- 2006 US Ryder Cup Captain, member of 3 Ryder Cup teams and a major championship winner.
Jeff Sluman- 3 time Assistant Captain to Jack Nicklaus in the Presidents Cup and a PGA Championship winner.
Davis Love- 6 time Ryder Cup team member, PGA Championship winner and a sure to be future Ryder Cup Captain.
Paul Goydos- Multiple PGA Tour winner and PGA Tour journeyman who will be relied upon to give clear and unfiltered opinion.
A diverse group of guys each with their own strengths and talents. It is early in the process to identify a team but Pavin has assembled a quality group of assistants that will no doubt lend experience, intellect, a keen eye to what is going on weekly on tour and above all each respected by the players at large.
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