Symptom: Poor distance control on long putts. The all too frequent "You're still away" after hitting your lag putt, and the sad square or double-square on your scorecard due to yet another three-putt.

Overview: Always walk all the way to the cup (or past the cup) and back to your ball on your approximate line before putting.

Why it works: Most Occasional Golfers focus on the line of their putt and not the distance or speed of their putt. As a result,

While my disdain from Chandler would have me think the split is due to Chubby's self importance rubbing his clients the wrong way (like telling the world Darren Clarke has money problems), it is probably just McIlroy moving to a company better equipted to support a player who's base is in the US.

Symptom: You hit a bad shot and then say to yourself, "I didn't keep my head still and watch the ball that time," but you don't really know if that was the problem. Come to think of it, you don't really know what it means to keep your head still and watch the ball, since you've never known when you've done it right, only when you (might have) done it wrong...

Long timers here at WR should remember Tiffany Joh, but it's been a while since she's hung around with us....too busy with that LPGA Tour stuff.

BUT - she hasn't left us little folk completely behind. This is her music video on chipping. (guys - I'm not sure we are built to follow this instruction, but Wendy, D, and Chip might be able to put it to some good use)

When a wayward golf ball I do find,
I wonder if it's really kind
To keep it.

etc.

Symptom: Try as you might, consistency on the golf course is elusive. You hit great shots from time to time, but you also hit terrible shots, making you wonder if you have an evil twin that takes over your body and swings your golf club like a caveman attacking a bear...

(via Devil Ball @ Yahoo!Sports)

As always, I wonder who left who; Haney or Nike?

You will be missed...

Nineteen-year-old Pierre-Luc Dusseault had planned on working a summer job at a local golf course - that is, until he managed to win his local constituency in Monday's Canadian parliamentary elections, becoming the youngest MP in history