2015 Valero Open Results (Winner: Jimmy Walker)

Jimmy Walker took his local advantage with some awesome play to win the 2015 Valero Open

2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational Results Winner: Matt Every

Matt Every wins back to back in 2014 and 2015.

Matt struck the ball all week like a champion and he really feels comfortable on this golf course. It shows us just how hard it really is to win on the PGA Tour as Henrick looked like he had this one...

Congrats!!! to Matt Every

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2015 Valspar Championship Results (Winner: Jordan Speith)

Jordan putted his way on the final round to make the playoff, but more importantly he putted his way to victory...

His ball striking was very good as well, but it left him many times throughout the week and when it did his short game was there to manage the damage.

I've met Jordan a couple of times as he played with a student of mine that was a former PGA Tour Winner and now is a member of the Champions Tour and I can say that Jordan is as nice and cool as advertised. He is easy to root for and he's one of the great new leaders of the game.

What do I like best about Jordan's swing?

He has great posture every week which is hard to have through fatigue both mentally and physically. The main thing about his actual swing though is that his body and club seem to always be in sync.

The one thing that hurts his swing sometimes is that he sometimes will pull up and out through the shot which causes his lead arm to break out away from his body which can cause a push and pull.

Putting:
The thing about his putting that makes him so great is that he hits his putts more solid than any other player on the Tour IMO. His stroke puts a tremendous amount of pressure into the ball with very little effort. His forward roll of the ball seems to be much faster than the rest of the players.

Pitching:
Jordan  uses a good blend of arms and wrists in his pitching. He hits these shots so solid as well and is IMO very underrated with his incredible wedge play around the greens and also distance wedges

Jordan lacks some of the big power that the elite long hitters have, but he still has good power and has a great all around game and he gets better in a tournament when the time is right

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2015 Valspar Championship Weekend Predictions

My Predictions Over The Weekend:

Front Runners: Jordan Speith and Henrik Stenson

Mid Pack: Ian Poulter and Kevin Streelman

Long Shots: Lee Westwood and Luke Donald

We shall soon see I love this course and it may get very tough over the weekend if the wind picks up... Ball control and 4-10 ft putting will be the most important factors to winning this weekend. Also watch for the snake holes 16, 17 and 18 as many things can and will change when players arrive there

2015 Valspar Championship Early Predictions

Power Vs Accuracy On The PGA Tour

Fans of the PGA Tour are learning that Power wins on the PGA Tour over accuracy on a week to week basis. The reason is the Power hitters can do everything that an accuracy player can do, but the accuracy player can't do all the things a Power player can do...

Don' t think that a Dustin Johnson, JB Holmes and Bubba Watson ect  are not accurate first and foremost. These guys are deadly accurate and repeatable, but they understand that Power has a big accuracy component attached to it and that is a shorter club into the green on every hole on the course. This means they have a 72 hole advantage over the short hitters of the game.

These players have ball speeds up and over 177 mph and their misses relative to their speeds is what makes them so dangerous. The stats don't tell the whole truth about power hitters as it will show they only hit 55% of the fairways in general. This is a stat that misleads the amateur golfer the reason being is that they are carrying the ball 310 yards plus and when they miss the fairways it's usually by a very small amount. If this player wants to hit a higher percentage all they would have to do is hit a driving iron or fairway wood and they would lead the accuracy stats.

I could go on and on about why Power beats Accuracy, but I don't need to just watch the PGA Tour every week and see for yourself. Power that has big misses is not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about the elite of the elite which are the guys who bomb the ball and really control their ball.

The best ball strikers on tour not relative to stats are IMO:

1. Dustin Johnson
2. Rory Mcilroy
3. JB Holmes
4. Bubba Watson
5. Daniel Berger

2015 World Golf Championship At Doral (Results) elitegolfperformance.net

Winner: Dustin Johnson

Runner-up JB Holmes

3rd place Bubba Watson


I believe DJ has the best ball flight on the PGA Tour right now. He has the four essentials of ball flight down to an art

1. Compression
2. Initial Start Line
3. Trajectory
4. Ball Control/Rotation

If DJ starts putting better he will be a top 3 player in the world very soon. He won this tournament with poor putting so I think this shows just how good he really is from tee to green. The shot of the year IMO is him taking on the water at the Blue Monster and flying it over the water and leaving himself a simple short iron left into the green on 18 to win the golf tournament.

All three of these players use a move that is really kinda of our secret sauce at elitegolfperformance.net

Watch the video below to see what that secret is and I believe you will see it in all 3 of these great ball strikers

2015 World Golf Champonship At Doral Weekend Predictions

My Picks:

Front runner: JB Holmes

Mid pack: Adam Scott

Long shot: Dustin Johnson

We shall see as the 10 under by JB was one of the best rounds of Golf of all time... That does not get him the win, but it could be a career changer for an already good player on the PGA Tour.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this all plays out over the weekend at Doral.

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2015 World Golf Championships At Doral Early Predictions elitegolfperformance.net

Here's my early picks for the week
 

Rory Mcilroy- This week will be different than last I believe. If the winds blow he typically does not play his best. If you watch Rory against the best he seems to just hit it closer every hole than the best along with just barely edging them out in all aspects, when he's on. The tour can't keep up if Rory is on

Jason Day- Trending and well balanced throughout the bag. Jason may be most under rated inhis short game, he's great tee to green, but he has a steve stricker type of short iron technique and this makes him a dual threat with power and touch...

Patrick Reed- Trending and will be playing with a lot of fire after last week. I believe he needs to apply a go to cut shot. His ball flight reminds me of Tom Lehman's push draw every shot. Regardless, he is tough wherever he plays

Bubba Watson- Bubba is a true threat anywhere because I believe he may be the best driver on the tour. The man can over power about any track through distance and accuracy

Ricky Fowler- Played well last year and I believe he will start easing back into events. Ricky is a tough player that is well rounded and is a great/elite putter day in and day out. This is a great track for him to be around the top

Adam Scott- Has not played in 2015, but I believe he will play well with his record at Doral. To me Adam is the 3rd best driver on tour behind Bubba and Rory.

Ryan Moore- Trending and has all the ability to win at Doral. Ryan has this game that is so well rounded IMO. He has power accuracy repeatability and a great short game and mental game. He has not played up to his potential, but he will and it will surprise many when that happens

Dustin Johnson- Putting will be the only issue, if he's putting well he will be Top 5

Doral will be playing very tough, but I believe the Honda will play tougher than Doral will play, pending the wind. We shall soon see

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2015 Honda Classic Results (Padraig Harrington) elitegolfperfomance.net

Padraig Harrington did what veterans do, win by mental toughness and skill

Padraig took it on the chin yesterday and probably would no have won if the tournament finished yesterday, but it didn't. He came out today and took advantage of being able to recover mentally and went on to play a great round of golf and close out a very tough week.

Congrats to Padraig Harrington for showing us that mental toughness and the ability to "let go" is still alive and well

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2015 Honda Classic Weekend Predictions Early Predictions "JUNK"

Rory Mcilroy- he typically goes crazy low on Thursday and struggles on Fridays and as we know steadies the ship to usually win big events

Dustin Johnson- Most physically talented player in the game and is trending to win and I believe he's playing with a focus now more so than ever before.

Justin Rose- Always has a good chance to win if the winning score does not get past double digits. Great day in day out ball striker and player. Putting will tell the truth about his play this week IMO

Martin Kaymer- Trending every week of high level play. Has the go to fade every shot and has that championship short game to go with it.

Sang Moon Bae- Great swing and player that is trending as well. This is a ball strikers course and this man is just that and a lot more. Experience may determine play, but if not I believe he will be right there

Russell Henley- Main reason is because I believe in patterns and he's the defending champ and this confidence will return as soon as he arrives to tee it up Thursday. Last year opening day he shot 64, who knows he's a great putter and streaky player which proves on the PGA Tour to be a great combo


Early Predictions:

Rory- MC
DJ-MC
JR-MC
MK-Made cut barely
RH- Made cut barely


My predictions were junk this week and I would be the first to say so however, I've picked the winner every week this year except last week.

Weekend Predictions
Front Runner: Patrick Reed- He's striping it and played on Thursday and Friday in by far the worst conditions than the other leaders

Mid Runner: Luke Donald- Steadily picking away and it's really hard for this man to make bogey, only if his driver leaves him will he struggle

Long shot: Paul Casey- This man used to be one of the best week in and week out and he's trending towards that again. Look for him to move into position on the last 9 holes of this tournament

This week was truthfully a luck of the draw, the reason I say this is that if you got trapped by the weather on your tee time it was almost impossible to play well, not impossible though, ala PR
It's been a very hard tournament to watch as a fan because the delays have made it boring and as a fan you can get the momentum of watching players make runs in either direction.

Regardless, it's Golf and it always has been and always will be my favorite sport to watch on TV...

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