Masters Contest

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Pick the winner of this year Master's and receive a free half hour lesson (picks must be received before Thu, April 10).

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Greetings, I hope this newsletter finds you doing well. 
  
My favorite golf tournament of the year, The Masters, starts on Thursday, April 10th and ends on Sunday, April 13th. The tournament (including the Par 3 contest on Wednesday) is a must watch for any golfer. It has an amazing history, beautiful scenery, and unmatched excitement (especially on the back nine on Sunday) that makes it a wonderful event.
  
In honor of this year's Masters, if you can correctly choose the winner of this event, you will win a complimentary half hour lesson. Just don't pick Tiger Woods, he is officially out of the tournament as he has undergone back surgery. My pick is Dustin Johnson, I think with his tremendous length and calm demeanor that he will capture his first major next week.
In the rest of the newsletter, you will see the following features:
  

*Video Tip on posture - it may surprise you to see how the greatest golfers of all time set up to the ball.

*Video of 2014 Valspar Championship Winner- John Senden.
*Honor Roll Students 
*Upcoming dates for One Day Golf School, Short Game School, and Play with the Pro.

     SWING TIP OF THE MONTH

Posture of the Greats-

 It's probably not what you would expect.

Posture of the great golfers: www.hicksgolf.com

  

If you have ever been told to keep your back straight, chin up, stick your butt out than this video is for you. As you will see in the video, these great golfers (Nicklaus, Palmer, Hogan, Trevino, Sneed, Nelson, and Boros) did none of the above and as a group won 55 Majors! They simply reacted to the target and got their body in the best position possible to create the desired swing - just like you would for any other sport.

 

If there are any parts of the game that you would like for me to address in future videos, please let me know.

PGA Tour Player Swing of the Month

2014 Valspar Champion

John Senden
Congratulations to John Senden for capturing his first victory on the PGA Tour by winning the Valspar Championship. John has always been ranked as one of the top ball strikers on tour, but struggled with the putter His swing has a little bit of a loop where he takes it a little outside on the backswing and drops it back onto plane on the downswing. Needless to say, it works pretty well for him. 

Honor Roll Students

  • John Rister- John recently won two Golf Channel Amateur events.
  • Jon Miller Bailey- Jon shot his career low, by 10 shots, of 85 at Eastlake.
  • Greg Haines- Greg holed out his second shot for eagle on the first hole on the Mission course at Riverwalk. 
  • Ray Cox- Ray won a member-member tournament at Cottonwood golf course.

If you have had a great round or accomplishment in golf, please share it with me so that I may put it in the next newsletter. 

Upcoming Programs
 
 
One Day Golf School 
Monday, May 19th from 9AM-4PM at Riverwalk and Stadium
  
Play with the Pro
Wednesday, April 23rd 8AM at Riverwalk
Wednesday, April 30th 11AM at Riverwalk
  
Short Game School
Saturday, April 12th 8-10 AM at Stadium Golf Center
Saturday, May 24th 8-10 AM at Stadium Golf Center
 
 
(Please let me know if there are other days/times that work better for you to do a One Day Golf School, Play with the Pro, and/or Short Game School)
  
To sign up for these schools, please email me at Justin@Hicksgolf.com or call (858) 254-0889.
  
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help your game. I look forward to hearing back from you and hope all is well.  

Justin Hicks

Mobile: (858) 254-0889