FBR Open / PGA TOUR / January 29-February 1, 2009
 

Brian Gay is playing great AGAIN! Yoda, what are you guys feeding that young man this year? :)

:golf:

Kevin

The Yoda trough
 

Alignments. :happy3:

Ya Gotta Have Heart . . . Miles and Miles and Miles of Heart!
 

Brian Gay today shot a 3-under par 68 (T-8 ) on a golf course that left Phil Mickelson, #4 in the world, at 76 and Angel Cabrerra, 2007 U.S. Open Champion, at 79.

http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/...003/index.html

Brian started on #10 today and promptly bogeyed the 11th. This in a league that will send you packing on Friday for that mistake. So what do you do when you're a money-making PGA TOUR player? Whine? Complain about the bad break? Or suck it up and do what you do?

In the next 16 holes, Brian reeled off twelve pars and four birdies (#13, #14, #1 and #3).

Good answer!

:salut:

Early Bird(ies)
 

Brian teed off early today -- 8:16 local MST -- and blitzed the course with a second consecutive, four birdie, one bogey, 68 (-3 for the day and -6 for the tournament).

Currently T-4, he's a shoe-in for the weekend, and has a solid shot at the big prize on Sunday.

http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/...003/index.html

:golf:

Yeah baby, go Brian!

Kevin

again
 

And once again he's leading the driving accuracy categori. 75%.....field avg. 49%

I want that kind of precision.....now!

GO Brian!!

Tied for 3rd and only 2 shots off the lead. His driving accuracy dropped...to 73.8%. I wish I could have off days like that.


3JACK

Pretty cool to know he is doing it with good solid TGM fundamentals.

Working hard on swing plane
Beautifully centered, stationary head
Beautiful Rhythm and Balance
Maintaining Flying Wedges
Lag Pressure
Tracing a Straight Plane Line
Educated Hands Powered Pivot

One bullet point after another...

Watching Brian Gay get a lesson from Yoda shows the yellow book fully in action. Great stuff, that's why we are all here!

Kevin

Current PGA Best!
 

I also saw this great stat: Brian did par or less on the last 16 consecutive rounds...

Wich is the current PGA best!!! :eyes:
Yes: numero uno!

I'm amazed by those stats, they really show that when you put precision and consistency in the machine, you get the same thing out of your scores.

Let's all grab our dowels and get those aligments perfect!

Two Men and A Truck -- Moving On Moving Day
 

With caddy Kip Henley on the bag, Brian Gay today shot a classy 67 and moved from T-8 to T-3. With four birdies and no bogeys on the card, he's -10 for the tournament and only two off the lead. http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/...003/index.html

Unlike many of his PGA TOUR brethren, Brian has proven he is not afraid to 'go low'. Let it happen tomorrow!

:3gears:

TGM Principles and Procedures At the Pinnacle of the Game
 

To get your own copy of that particular lesson, go here: http://lynnblakegolf.com/cmps_index.php?page=proshop and click on Brian Gay -- Golf Stroke Fundamentals.

You can be watching that hour-long lesson in less than three minutes. Plus, you can download it to a DVD and have it for unlimited use!

I know of no other DVD where TGM is demonstrated by a world class player with commentary by a competent TGM instructor.

:cool:

If Brian keeps up this consistency I worked out that he would win 3 tournaments and earn over 5M dollars this year-he needs to get better!:salut:

Tee time is getting close. I'm really excited. Go Brian!

Kevin

Man. Cant wait to watch this today. Forget the Super Bowl, honey make some of those sandwiches for the Brian Gay Bowl.

He is so solid. Who the heck is his teacher? What is he working on?

ob

Watched some of the golf this week and from what little they showed of Brian he did look good!!
Having a solid West Coast swing thus far. Go Brian, we are all rooting for you!!
Alex

Money Man
 

Brian closed with 70 (-1) for a four-round total of 273 (-11). His T-6 finish earned a very serious payday of $194,250.

He now stands #10 on the 2009 PGA TOUR Money List with $536,787. http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?109

Not too shabby . . . especially considering we're only through the four weeks of January!

:salut:

Not bad for the first 4 weeks of the season. Well done Brian, is he due to play this week?
Alex

A Well-Deserved Rest
 

I haven't talked with him, but Torrey Pines is not his 'fav', and I would be very surprised if he played (he's not currently listed in the field). My guess is that you'll see Brian next at the Northern Trust Open (Feb 19-22) and then, of course, the next week at Mayakoba (where he won last year).

Jay Williamson, on the other hand, will be playing his first event of the year. It's not that he hasn't wanted to play, it's just that there are more guys with TOUR cards than there are spots in any given field. That makes it pretty tough sledding for those with the higher "numbers" in the early season 'high demand' events.

A well deserved week off then (but then again 2 weeks in Hawaii, a week in California and a week in Phoenix does not seem like work to md :D)
Now off to find my car in the snow :(
Alex

Scotch Brite
 

It's two weeks 'off', Alex. TWO weeks.

:laughing9

And these two are spent 'makin' do' at home in Orlando, Florida -- normal February temps Low 63* F - High 74* F -- that's summer in a hot spell for you, right?

:salut:

Whoever titled the Ben Hogan biographical movie Follow the Sun gets a 'two thumbs up'!

:golfcart2:

This weather talk has got to stop before my cabin fever escalates to "The Shining" levels! :)

Yahoo sports has a small mention of the above feat here:

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/new...v=ap&type=lgns

Scroll down to the bottom for the 1 line snippet:

"IRONMEN: Brian Gay is finally taking a week off after playing the first four tournaments, all 17 rounds at par or better."