As you all know, your efforts to triumph over Annika Sorenstam are similar to efforts made by your male counterparts on the PGA tour when competing against Tiger Woods. Here are some tips on how to defeat Annika Sorenstam. 1. All must agree that those playing with Sorenstam must be willing to bend the rules of etiquette. This means they must come supplied with weaponry other than their sticks. 2. One of those in the grouping must make believe that they have a very bad cold. They must also be willing to sneeze and cough loudly in Annika’s backswing. 3. One of ...

Both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have opted out of the Tour Championship. Tiger says that he needs to recharge his batteries and Phil is still trying to forget his U.S. Open “flop". Now that Barry and I have a year’s worth of Golf for Beginners podcasts in the hopper, we have also decided to take a short respite. This occurence doesn’t necessarily mean that we aren’t going to provide our listeners with quality golf tips and our usual banter. We have compiled a few of our “vintage” podcasts, filled with Tiger tips, Michelle Wie frenzy and ample instruction to keep you ...

Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, even Michelle Wie, have been hot topics this season on the PGA tour but which story has gained the most sympathy, support and readership? Could Phil Mickelson’s second Masters triumph be the early gossip leader, where everyone proclaimed “Lefty” as a person likely to complete the elusive Grand Slam? Then, with the untimely demise of Earl Woods, all golf afficionados tuned in to see how Tiger handled himself under the pressure of the calamity. Missing the cut at the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods proved that he was human. We felt for him, hoping that he would return ...

Click here to listen. You would think that Tiger Woods already has every shot in his bag but he, too, is always learning. This week’s golf tip focuses on all-important chip shot. At the end of a round of golf there can only be one winner, whether it be a professional or amateur tournament. Even on the publinks, when betting a two-dollar Nassau with your friends, it really hurts when you are the person handing out the dough. Do you follow basic golf etiquette? How good of a loser are you? Finally, we reveal an all-important occasion for Golf for Beginners. Continue sending your golf ...

If you come to New York toting your sticks, you won’t be able to play a round of golf on the course that will host this weekend’s skins game featuring Donald Trump. It’s really a park that is being gussied up to bring attention to Governors Island, originally a coastal fortification for the City. That being said, “The Donald” will be teaming up with Tom Watson with the hopes of defeating Annika Sorenstam and Natalie Gulbis even though he will be the only amateur on the course. Trump sports a five or six handicap (depending upon what internet source you read) and ...

At first I was considering letting the whole Michelle Wie debacle come to a close after her floundering performance at the Samsung. Why rub salt on the wounds and what more could be said about the 17-year old who is said to be one of the LPGA’s great hopes and the future of professional women’s golf? I wished to see Wie near the top of the leaderboard. I wanted to see her contend with Sorenstam and Ochoa. I expected to be dazzled by her extraordinary talent, cheering her on to victory. Instead I watched as Lorena Ochoa proved herself to be ...

Click here to listen. Strengthen your focus and concentration with this game-within-a-game tactic! Pia Nilsson (Annika Sorenstam’s mental coach) and Lynn Marriott’s (Golf Digest Top-50 instructor) golf tips will keep you “in the moment"! Both are co-founders of “Vision 54″, a tutelage that all golfers are capable of shooting a birdie on every hole! Phil Mickelson has a tendency to get into trouble (remember his U.S. Open collapse?) He also has many shots in his bag to get him back onto the fairway. We discuss the punch-out with help from Golf Digest teaching professional Rick Smith who, I believe, has seen ...

Michele Wie would like nothing more than to be the golfer who dethrones Annika Sorenstam at the Samsung World Championship. Considered by some to be the LPGA’s “fifth major", this would be a crowning achievement for the young Hawaiian girl who has tried but failed all season to triumph on both LPGA and PGA tours. Fifth major? Laura Davies makes that assertion on the Samsung website adding, “Just to get in means you’ve had a great year". The Michelob Ultra Open has also been declared a fifth major by some players for it’s high purse but seriously, how many can ...

Click here to listen. How you swing the golf club can really make a difference! A lesson from his golf professional taught Barry which plane which works best for irons, woods and driver. Fred Astaire was not only a terrific dancer but also a low handicap golfer. We share his secret. And, we couldn’t help ourselves when we heard Phyllis Diller’s wisecrack about her golf experience, so here it is! Continue sending your golf questions and comments to golfforbeginners@aol.com. Subscribe to our weekly podcast through this RSS feed: http://feeds.worldgolf.com/stacy_solomon or through iTunes. Nextel/Sprint cell customers type http://www.mymbn.com/podcast/ in your browser and click on “sports casts". ...

Annika Sorenstam had little interest in entering this week’s Corona Morelia Championship. She already proved convincingly that she can crush the LPGA’s ADT money leader Lorena Ochoa and she’s too busy preparing for her guest appearance on NBC television’s “The Tonight Show". Just two weeks ago, Sorenstam put on a golf “clinic", a friendly skins game, in which she thrashed Lorena Ochoa eleven skins to seven, causing the Mexican sensation to quickly ask for a rematch. Annika agreed. Why not? She’s already up one match! Now that Ochoa has had time to “ponder” her loss to Sorenstam, she has to take on ...

This is S. Scott Rosenberg’s recent remarks about golf’s beloved Tiger Woods. He further goes on to tell us that Woods should be the one man that America should love to hate. Could it be that Rosenberg is just a tad bit jealous knowing that he will never achieve the popularity nor the charitable greatness shown by the number-one golfer in the world? Although he is considered golf’s first “billion-dollar man“, Woods also gives millions to charities (Tigerjam and the Target World Challange in which Woods donates his winnings every year) and helps the youth of America through the Tiger Woods ...

Click here to listen. I found myself searching for a reason why my self-assurance increased this past week after crushing opponents during a round of golf. The “dean of mental coaching", Dr. Bob Rotella, seemed to offer up the closest ideas as to my improved cerebral performance. What would make Tiger Woods retire from golf? We relate this quote plus one in stark contrast from Vijay Singh. “The Rules of Golf plainly spoken” helps the golfer whose ball finds an unplayable lie. Continue sending your golf questions and comments to golfforbeginners@aol.com. Subscribe to our weekly podcast through this RSS feed: http://feeds.worldgolf.com/stacy_solomon or through iTunes. Nextel/Sprint ...