LynnBlakeGolf: Finished behind Padraig Harrington and was introduced by tournament chairman. Cool!

LynnBlakeGolf: Padraig had seen our Academy set-up. We're in the lower level of the clubhouse, and . . .

LynnBlakeGolf: . . . the players have to go right by it from the parking lot to the locker room. I hate it when that happens! :-)

LynnBlakeGolf: BTW, at Wyndham, Billy Anderson was +4 Thurs with 37 putts. 68 Fri with birdie, eagle, birdie finish. Pretty strong! :-)

LynnBlakeGolf: Just passed two guys playing ping pong in Caddie Hospitality area. Anthony Kim and a trainer. Loud and competitive!

LynnBlakeGolf: BG only practiced today. First in short game area; then on tee; finally, putting. He's off at 7:30 am in the pro-am.

LynnBlakeGolf: The Caddie Hospitality room will really fill up soon. Barclays is sponsoring a night out for them at Yankee Stadium.

LynnBlakeGolf: A private box has been arranged for them, complete with food and adult beverages. The full bus will leave at 6 pm!

LynnBlakeGolf: Heath Slocum's caddie, D.J. Nelson, is a very long hitter. He is also a very long thrower. From the short game area, he threw ..

LynnBlakeGolf: ... a ball over the high netting onto a green in the middle of the range. Almost 100 yards. No other caddy came close.

Champion In Residence
 

Thanks, Curt. You've got a lot to offer, and I want it posted here!

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P.S. For our readers: Curt is the 2009 Carolinas PGA Player of the Year. He and I have worked several times at Eagle Point, his home club in Wilmington, NC, and on the PGA TOUR at Quail Hollow (where he earned an exemption on his POY status).

Friendly Doorman
 

Here's a photo taken from the Players Entrance.

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Excuse me while I drool.



3JACK

LynnBlakeGolf: Sorry, guys. Just can't tweet the moments. Way too many, especially with my new BB Storm. Bought for International, it is a handicap.

I thought that you got that sorted out my friend?
Alex

Trade the Storm in for a BB Tour. Sold by Verizon. Does international. It is like a curve or 8300x but slightly updated.

LynnBlakeGolf: Following BG at E Lake. Just passed back side of the range. Butch Harmon is giving a private lesson to tournament chairman and course sa ...

LynnBlakeGolf: Butch is teaching Atlanta developer Tom Cousins. Earlier, we were side-by-side on the tournament practice tee. He with Phil and me with BG.

LynnBlakeGolf: BTW, I've taken Bonesy's advice and bought the BB Tour. I hereby offer my BB Storm to the highest bidder!

LynnBlakeGolf: Off the course with BG. +2 for the day including 18 inch 2nd putt at 18. Ugh!

LynnBlakeGolf: Didn't tweet, but had a late lunch with Butch Harmon in caddie/instructor hospitality in E Lake clubhouse. With all the field out, just ...

LynnBlakeGolf: Just had a nice chat with Johnny Miller off the 2nd green. He was doing his homework for today's broadcast.

LynnBlakeGolf: JM was scribbling notes on the day's pin sheet. Said he had already done it once but left it in his JM cart and somebody got it. Bummer.

Why did the tweets stop?

LynnBlakeGolf: Thinking about cranking this puppy up again. Stay tuned.

I liked the Tweets. It seemed as if I was inside the ropes and I became more interested in the Tournament. Also I liked learning that Mrs. Blake was enjoying herself.

I wouldn't change anything. Maybe a little fewer Tweets or maybe fewer tournaments if it becomes a burden? Or, get a Ipad. Bigger typing keys but harder to carry. Or hey, maybe you could wear a "Man purse". :laughing9 :laughing9

LynnBlakeGolf: Just loaded UberSocial. Thanks Andrew! Should get things going again!

LynnBlakeGolf: http://lockerz.com/s/113193861 Was at Congressional last wk for tje Open. I was shocked to see the guy in green on ... http://tmi.me/bZepd

LynnBlakeGolf: @Graham_Golf I'll be here David. This UberSocial thing is empowering!

LynnBlakeGolf: @alasdairwatt thx Alasdair. Now that it's easy, I'll b here a lot! Too bad I wasn't 'up' last wk @ Congressional. ... http://tmi.me/bZfFX

LynnBlakeGolf: Here's a view of the US Open scene Tues from the Player's Bridge to the 10th tee. Putting green is left. http://lockerz.com/s/113198090

LynnBlakeGolf: Here's an end of day shot Thurs @ Congressional. Last group thru an hour ago. Golf fans: Gotta luv'em! http://lockerz.com/s/113198999

LynnBlakeGolf: Breakfast with my two grandsons at the 'Awful' House. Precious times! http://lockerz.com/s/113366329

LynnBlakeGolf: Cathy, an LPGA teaching pro in Naples, wanted info on the Runyan putting grip. Here 'tis, Baseball style. http://lockerz.com/s/113368315

LynnBlakeGolf: @JoeDonRooney Thanks, Joe Don. And congrats on that opening 75 (!) in the Outback Steakhouse Celeb Pro-Am. Great stuff!

Why do you call it "Baseball style". Do you mean that it is a 10 finger grip?

The Baseball Grip
 

Yes, I'm referring to the ten-finger grip, i.e., no overlap or interlock of any kind. In TGM this is designated the Baseball Grip (10-1-B). In photo 10-1-B #1, you see the Normal version, i.e., hands close and touching. Photo 10-1-B #2 illustrates the Exaggerated version, i.e., hands split apart and not touching.

As an example, Henrik Stenson, demonstrates here the Exaggerated Baseball Grip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNJHAh8kYTk

Note that this version "increases the Right Hand support of the Clubhead Loading during Impact".

Note also that the Clubshaft breaks at the #3 Pressure Point (right hand index finger).

I guess we can call this a Snap Release!

:laughing9

I have been using (what I thought was ) the Runyan putting grip this year, but it has not been a ten finger grip. Does that mean that I have been doing this wrong and that I have to make place for index finger of he left hand to grip the shaft as well? The drawing in his book "The short way to lower scoring" P.64 doesn't look just like this one here ...!?

Mr. Runyan's Grand Finale
 

Paul Runyan, short game maestro, used the reverse overlap putting grip to win 24 PGA Tour events, three major championships, two Leading Money Winner titles, and some forty PGA Sectional tournaments, all while being consistently out-driven by his fellow competitors by 30-50 yards. It was this grip that he explained and illustrated in his book, The Short Way To Lower Scoring.

In his later years, after experimenting with the Baseball Grip (including the exaggerated, split-hand version), he elected to eliminate the overlap. The hand alignments (positioned opposing each other at 45 degrees to the shaft per the photo in my post above) remained unchanged, as did the grip pressure (equally firm in both hands).

He presented this grip in his presentation to the 1990 PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit. After viewing that presentation this spring (thanks, O.B. Left!), I tried it and have been using it ever since. At the very least, it is easier to teach (and learn).

The Reverse Overlap version is sound -- you have not been "doing this wrong" -- but Mr. Runyan came to believe that his ten-finger version was superior. Give it a try and draw your own conclusion.

The end goal is to sink more putts. Go with the grip that gets that job done.

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Thanks. Interesting. I have nothing to lose - so I might as well try the baseball version and see how that works for me..
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