Barclays Singapore Open

World Number One Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland will grace the fairways of the Barclays Singapore Open this year along with Australia’s Adam Scott, a three-time winner of the event, and American star Phil Mickelson.
The three golfing powerhouses, along with a wealth of other marquee names , will compete in the US$6 million event at Sentosa Golf Club, in Singapore, from November 8-11.
Their sights will be set on the US$1 million winners’ cheque in a tournament which joined The European Tour International Schedule in 2009.
Reigning US PGA Champion McIlroy will arrive in the Lion’s City on the crest of a wave, having emphatically cemented his position as the world’s leading golfer by winning the BMW Championship for his third victory in four outings on the US PGA Tour.
The 23 year old won both the 2011 US Open Championship and this year’s US PGA Championship titles by a staggering eight shots, and his explosive driving and deft touch will no doubt be in full effect at the Barclays Singapore Open – which will again be co-sanctioned by The European and Asian Tours.
McIlroy first played in the tournament in 2008, a year after turning professional, finishing joint fourth.
Scott has made Singapore’s national Open his own, having won the tournament a record three times in 2005, 2006 and 2010. He also finished third in 2007, and in a tie for third in 2009.
The World Number Six came agonisingly close to winning his first Major this year when he led The Open Championship by four shots with four holes to play, but lost by a single stroke to South African Ernie Els.
Four-time Major winner Mickelson has competed in the last five Barclays Singapore Opens, with his best finish coming in 2008, when he finished in ninth place.
With three Masters Tournament titles to his name, plus one US PGA Championship, he will be eager to conquer Sentosa’s famous Serapong Course.
“I am delighted that the 2012 Barclays Singapore Open will once again welcome the world’s best golfers. Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson are some of the most sought after players in the game, and their presence will further enhance one of the world’s premier tournaments,” said Quek Suan Kiat, Country Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Barclays Bank PLC, Singapore.
A total of 156 players will complete, with 63 from European Tour and a further 63 from the Asian Tour. There will also be 10 sponsors’ invitations, whilst three spots will go to amateurs nominated by the Singapore Golf Association, and a further three places made available to professionals selected by the Singapore Professional Golf Association who are not otherwise exempt.
A qualifying tournament will be held on Sunday November 4 on the Serapong Course, where the top three finishers will progress to the main event.
“This year marks the 49^th staging of the Singapore Open, and thanks to Barclays and Sentosa everything is once again in place for Asia’s showpiece golfing event. The Singapore Golf Association are the guardians of our national Open, and we are proud that it now ranks as one of the world’s premier events,” said Bob Tan, President, Singapore Golf Association.
“The Barclays Singapore Open continues to set new standards for golf in the region, which is something that it has always done since its inauguration. With a list of past champions that dates back to 1961, the Singapore Open has earned its place in the history books as a tournament that helped build the foundations for the development of tournament golf in Asia,” added Tan.
For the past two seasons, Sentosa’s Serapong and Tanjong Courses have hosted the event, but this year only the former will be used.
“This is the eighth year the Singapore Open is being held at Sentosa Golf Club and we are excited to continue attracting some of the world’s greatest golfers to The Serapong course”, said Low Teo Ping, President of Sentosa Golf club. “ The team is priming the character of the rough, the shape of the fairways and raising the mowing height to challenge their golfing skills and talent.”
Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño triumphed in the Barclays Singapore Open last year after he pipped Filipino Juvic Pagunsan to the title by draining a ten foot birdie putt on the second play-off hole on Monday.
The duo ended the weather-shortened tournament tied on 14 under par 199 after the third and final round on Sunday, but thunderstorms thwarted attempts to finish the play-off.
When play finally resumed early on Monday morning, it was the 31 year old Spaniard who got the better of the man from the Philippines on the second play-off hole.

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You want to swing the fastest right at impact....right?

The Best Drill To Get The Most Speed...At Impact!

You want to swing the fastest right at impact....right? You don't want to swing fastest at the top of your backswing or at the end of your follow-through.

Nope, when you impact the ball you want your golf club swinging at max speed.

But how on earth can you learn to do that?

Well, today you're in for a treat because I have for you the best drill to teach you how to do exactly that.

Now interestingly this drill doesn't involve swinging a golf club, but instead you will be swinging a rope. And doing this will give you get instant feedback as to whether the power in your golf swing is NOT at impact. For example, if you have a lot of power at the end of your swing you'll get hurt - and that will be great!

Why would getting hurt be great?

Because us human beings learn quickly to avoid pain. So when you do this drill you'll quickly learn how to apply the most power to the impact zone. This will result in much longer golf shots.

Sound good?

OK, to do this drill you'll need to get a 3 and 1/2 foot rope. And you'll need a pretty thick rope (roughly an inch or so thick would be good), thin rope won't work for this. You'll also need some duct tape.

Once you have your rope then put some duct tape around one end of the rope where you're going to be holding the rope like a golf club (enough that your hands will be holding duct tape not rope) and then a smaller amount down the other end.

After your rope is ready then setup to an imaginary ball with your rope, holding it at the end where you have the most duct tape. From your setup position make your normal backswing move with your body. But here's a tip - you should start your backswing with the big muscles of your back and shoulders to get the rope moving away smoothly.

Once you get into your final backswing position then STOP so the rope is resting on your back. Then from this top of the swing position you then need to start your downswing.

To do this you must:

Start your downswing by moving your weight from your right foot to your left foot. At the same time move your hips laterally to the left and turn them as fast as you can.

This should all happen very quickly however so you won't be able to easily distinguish the difference between your weight being transferred and your hips moving and turning.

If you don't start the downswing correctly with a weight shift and a lateral shift and turn of the hips you will get hurt doing this rope drill.

The rope will come through very fast at the finish of your swing and hit you - and that will hurt.

But like I said at the beginning of this article, pain is great feedback and you'll probably only do it once!

To help you so this probably won't happen make sure you don't do anything with your hands after they've reached the top of the backswing position. Your hands are simply pulled through the downswing by your powerful lower body.

Also do nothing with your shoulders and arms. Because like the hands they are moved as a result of your lower body movements. There should be no conscious thoughts as to how to move them in the downswing, or follow-through for that matter.

And when you do this drill correctly the rope will lightly tap you at the end of your swing. It won't hurt you at all.

Why?

Because with the correct transition from the backswing to your downswing the majority of the power in your swing is generated at the bottom of your swing -- which is just where it should be.

At the end of your swing the rope should be moving very slowly as it should have very little power. That's why this is such a great drill because you learn to use your body to get the club moving the fastest just where it needs to....through impact. 

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How To Add Extra Power To Your Golf Swing

How To Add Extra Power
To Your Golf Swing

There's one place in your golf swing that you can improve to add extra distance to your shots. And that place is the transition.

What is the transition?

It's simply the moment of time in your golf swing when your swing is moving from the backswing to the downswing.

And it's called the transition because there should not be a stop to your backswing and a start to your downswing. You transition between the two. And in fact, the transition is the START of you finding amazing power in your golf swing that you never thought existed or was even possible!

This amazing power will come with much greater accuracy too when you master the transition.

If I had to name one place in the golf swing (apart from impact) that separates the great ball strikers from the average ones it's the quality of the transition.

So if you want to become a great ball striker this is one aspect of your golf swing that you're going to have to really spend some time practicing.

But the pay off for doing this is huge i.e.... Longer and More Accurate Golf Shots!

Now like everything where only a small percentage are successful, the great ball strikers have spent a lot of practice time perfecting their transition from backswing to downswing. And to be completely honest with you, the transition is the hardest move in the golf swing to perfect. The reason for this is obvious.

During your swing, for a brief second your upper body should be completing the backswing while your lower body is starting to move towards the target.

So to complete the transition successfully you should have two main segments of your body (upper and lower) going in different directions. I know that sounds hard....and that's because it is!

But it's doable.

And when you "get it" you're going to get so much more enjoyment from this game due to the extra distance and accuracy you'll gain...you're going to love it!

Now if you've ever taken part in any other sport that requires kicking (e.g. soccer), throwing (e.g. baseball), hitting (e.g. tennis) you would've experienced the transition move that is needed in the golf swing. And one move that almost every one can relate a transition to is the action of throwing a ball.

So if you wanted to throw a golf ball as far as you possibly could down the fairway would you?:

a) shift your weight to your back foot as you're taking the ball back and then shift the weight to your front foot to throw the ball, or

b) keep your weight evenly distributed the entire time you're throwing the ball.

I hope you picked "A" because that's what any athlete would do to throw a ball as far and fast as possible. Just take a look at a baseball pitcher for example.

When they pitch they move their weight to the back foot. And they do this so much so that when they're taking the ball back they lift their front foot up. Then to change directions they shift their weight aggressively to their front foot and keep moving all of their weight so that at the end of the pitch basically all of their weight is on their front foot. That's an example of a powerful transition and one that you'd do well to model in your golf swing and here's a great way to feel this move.

Get out your driver and setup as normal (but without a golf ball). Then swing to the top of your backswing and stop. While you're stopped bring your front foot back so it's together with your back foot. Then to start the downswing simply move your front foot back to the position where it was at address and swing down and follow-through.

By doing that you'll quickly learn how the transition into the downswing should start with your lower body.

But once you have that drill down the next thing you should do is take out the stop of your backswing.

So swing back and as you're swinging back move your front foot back to your back foot and as you're completing the backswing move your front foot back to where it was at address. Doing this will help you to feel your upper body going back while your lower body is moving forward.

This is super powerful!

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