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It Makes alot of Cents!!

We had a great guest here this past Tuesday night.  Former NBA Dream Team player Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, who is in love with golf now and plays celebrity golf around the country booked some studio time.  Talk about "rollin the rock" - Penny's stroke is very smooth and silky.  After playing a round of golf in Memphis, he and his good friend, Corliss, drove up for the day.  Talked about the most down to earth person.  He even had time to snap a few photos with our staff.  Class Act!!

 

 Pictured to left - Penny, Ted and Corliss

Picture to right - Penny and Jim

Picture to left - Sam (Operations) - Penny - Greg

Picture to right - Silas (club doc) - Penny - Stephen (club doc)

Also, great video of young LeBron before the start of his NBA career talking about who his favorite players were growing up - Penny Hardaway and Magic Johnson.

Briny Baird's Birdie Barrage at Verizon Heritage

This past weekend at the Verizon Heritage Briny Baird switched from the SeeMore he has used for all his years on tour (his putting stats this year are actually his best ever), and the same putter he has used to make 85% of his cuts the last 3 years (61 of 72).  He simply wanted to try a belly putter.  The good news is that after trying out a belly from another brand on Thursday and Friday and going 1 under, he switched again on Saturday to a new SeeMore m1 belly and had 6 birdies and no bogeys, and only 23 putts!  Then on Sunday another great round with the m1 belly, 4 birdies and one bogey, so 9 under on the weekend to share 2nd place with Luke Donald and earn his largest ever paycheck, $501,000!  Had some great comments on his incredible putting over the weekend from Jim Nance, Nick Faldo, and Gary McCord!  Check out the links below from PGA TOUR.com to see highlights of his weekend putting....

Click on Video Coverage below:

Baird birdies the 17th in the third round of the 2009 Verizon Heritage

Briny Baird makes a long putt from the second cut of rough greenside at the par3 17th for birdie in the third round of the 2009 Verizon Heritage 

- quote from Jim Nance - "the round of the day is being performed by Briny Baird ... so far 6 under for his round"

Baird birdies the 7th in the final round of the 2009 Verizon Heritage

Briny Baird makes a long, up hill birdie putt at the par3 7th in the final round of the 2009 Verizon Heritage.

-quote from Nick Faldo - "look at Mr. Baird any way I stand I can hole a putt!!"

Baird birdies the 9th in the final round of the 2009 Verizon Heritage

Briny Baird sinks a twenty-three foot birdie putt at the par4 9th in the final round of the 2009 Verizon Heritage.

-quote from Gary McCord - "oh he made another one only 6 strokes back ... His putting stroke is like going from right handed to left handed for guys on the Tour"

How It's Made! - SeeMore Putters - www.mygolfspy.com

Below is a great post from www.mygolfspy.com

The Making Of A SeeMore

Here is an insider’s look at behind the scene footage of what goes into to making the SeeMore Putter line. These are 100% milled in the USA…the milling is done in CA nd the finish work being done in TN. The guys over at SeeMore are a class act in the putter industry…if you want to learn more about the SeeMore guys, the story or just want more info on their putters go check them out at www.seemore.com.

 

Click Here to see Great Post and Great Pictures

Masters - One of SeeMore's Finest Moments Re-Lived

Attached for your enjoyment is a blog written by owner Jim Grundberg 2 years ago following Zach Johnson's Masters victory, as well as a few key stories that came out that week on the stunning Masters Win over the #1 player in the world.

Tour Blog from Masters, Augusta GA-Sunday April 8, 2007

This is the American dream.  Our putter was in the hands of the great new champion who won the Masters!  Our little company…with no advertising, no endorsement, no public shareholders, no staff bags on tour, just a small group of passionate people focused on making the finest putters in the world using the most innovative putting system in the world...we were part of a great Masters victory.

In a dream scenario we could not have made up, both of the players using our SeeMore RST putters and putting system in the most elite and motivated field in the world played together on Sunday in the 3d to the last group, with one winning and the other finishing top 10.  We could not make this type of story up.

Zach Johnson won it in one of the great finishes of all time, holding off the world number one at the end and actually stealing the lead back from him early in the round.  It will go down as the first time  

in the most storied golf career of all time that Tiger Woods had the lead on Sunday of a major and did not win the tournament.

Zach’s putter was on fire Sunday, as he drained birdie putts on 2 and 3, chipped in for birdie on 8, and drained birdie putts on 13, 14, and 16 that will go down as one of the greatest back nine charges in  

Masters history.  Every part of his game was brilliant, from driving to his approach shots, and his wedge play was extraordinary.  On the greens he had that look in his eyes that made one realize early on  

that he was in it to win.  We were just thrilled to have played a small part of this great victory as his putter of choice.

The new champion has instantly become an American hero, proving that greatness is not a gift for a privileged few but something that can be earned by those who work hard and stay within themselves and never back down or believe that they cannot achieve.  Three cheers to Zach Johnson, the Masters champion of 2007!   He has handled the victory with such grace and humility and is proving to be an incredible role model for the next generation of young golfers that will want to be like Zach.

We were equally proud of the fantastic top 10 performance of Vaughn Taylor, who played along Zach in the final round and but for a few breaks might have been wearing the green jacket himself.  He was a  

great friend to Zach certainly offering strength to his buddy as they walked up the 18th, knowing that Zach was within an earshot of history with only the charging Tiger from behind able to end the  

dream.  Like Zach, Vaughn is a believer in the teachings of Pat O’Brien and the SeeMore putter and putting system.

With Zach’s Master’s victory, and Payne Stewart’s 1999 US Open victory at Pinehurst, a SeeMore putter has helped sink the final and winning putt at the two most challenging major championships of the  

past 20 years, each time seeing a player putting with a SeeMore putter get into a zone on the final day and putt lights out on the toughest greens ever played.

Zach’s 27 putts on Sunday at Augusta, alongside Payne Stewart’s 24 putts on Sunday at Pinehurst, will be remembered forever as two of the greatest putting rounds in US major championship history.  It  

simply leaves us breathless.

Link to GOLF WEEK / Masters / SeeMore artcile

Masters Memory - www.patobriengolf.com

post from Pat O'Brien - www.patobriengolf.com

photos courtsey of Pat O'Brien

Masters Memory

In honor of this special week, I will share a quick story with you about 2007.  When I arrived on Monday at Augusta National , after seeing Zach and Vaughn practice, I realized very quickly that they were both dialed in.  Zach hit every fairway with a perfect 5 yard draw.  Vaughn was hitting his irons so crisply.  Both their putting strokes were perfect.  A strange sense of calm washed over me that day and I knew in my heart that something good was going to happen that week.  It was an indescribable, unshakable feeling.

On Thursday, they both played very well.  I had to leave Friday morning to give a clinic in Dallas, but as I was walking out of my room at Vaughn's house, I said to myself that I would be back here on Sunday night.  I didn't even have an airline ticket at the time.  I just knew.

After Saturday's crazy round, with the severe conditions, both my guys had held the lead at one point.  I remember getting chills when VT made a fast, curling left to right putt on 15 for the lead.  They both struggled on the last few holes in freezing conditons and found themselves two back.  They would be playing together in the third to last group.  Are you kidding me?  With the help of a great friend, Cliff Fischer, and his Delta miles, I was on a 5:30 a.m. plane the next morning.   I would be at Augusta on Easter Sunday.

The calm feeling never left me.  There were plenty of lead changes and fireworks, but none of it fazed me.  As the round unfolded, it was clear that VT was struggling and Zach was hanging tough.  When he made birdie on 14, I thought he might win.  When he birdied 16, I knew it was over.  As elated as I was for Zach, I was devastated for Vaughn.  It was a very strange dynamic, I would imagine like having two sons play for the Green Jacket.  When it was over, I was at one minute consoling Vaughn and the next hugging Zach.  My emotions were all over the map.

As all of Zach's family and friends waited for him in The Butler Cabin, there were many smiles and tears as well.  Seeing him walk in with the Green Jacket on was completely surreal.  We all talked for a bit before Zach and his wife Kim were lead away to the Members' Dinner to honor the Champion.  It was time for me to head back to Vaughn's house.

The most surreal moment then occured.  I got to walk down Magnolia Lane by myself in complete darkness and total silence.  I had talked to my wife briefly before from a land line as no cell phones are allowed and she was of course in shock!  As I was walking, I was trying to gather some sense of perspective as to what just happened and what it all  meant.  At the end of Magnolia Lane, I could see the bright lights of Washington Road.  It was as if that represented the future toward which I was headed.  I had no idea what was coming, but I knew my life was about to change in a big way.    I also thought it was pretty cool that God had let me in on his secret early in the week.  Obvioulsly, a day I will never forget.

In honor of this special week, I will share a quick story with you about 2007.  When I arrived on Monday at Augusta National , after seeing Zach and Vaughn practice, I realized very quickly that they were both dialed in.  Zach hit every fairway with a perfect 5 yard draw.  Vaughn was hitting his irons so crisply.  Both their putting strokes were perfect.  A strange sense of calm washed over me that day and I knew in my heart that something good was going to happen that week.  It was an indescribable, unshakable feeling.

On Thursday, they both played very well.  I had to leave Friday morning to give a clinic in Dallas, but as I was walking out of my room at Vaughn's house, I said to myself that I would be back here on Sunday night.  I didn't even have an airline ticket at the time.  I just knew.

After Saturday's crazy round, with the severe conditions, both my guys had held the lead at one point.  I remember getting chills when VT made a fast, curling left to right putt on 15 for the lead.  They both struggled on the last few holes in freezing conditons and found themselves two back.  They would be playing together in the third to last group.  Are you kidding me?  With the help of a great friend, Cliff Fischer, and his Delta miles, I was on a 5:30 a.m. plane the next morning.   I would be at Augusta on Easter Sunday.

The calm feeling never left me.  There were plenty of lead changes and fireworks, but none of it fazed me.  As the round unfolded, it was clear that VT was struggling and Zach was hanging tough.  When he made birdie on 14, I thought he might win.  When he birdied 16, I knew it was over.  As elated as I was for Zach, I was devastated for Vaughn.  It was a very strange dynamic, I would imagine like having two sons play for the Green Jacket.  When it was over, I was at one minute consoling Vaughn and the next hugging Zach.  My emotions were all over the map.

As all of Zach's family and friends waited for him in The Butler Cabin, there were many smiles and tears as well.  Seeing him walk in with the Green Jacket on was completely surreal.  We all talked for a bit before Zach and his wife Kim were lead away to the Members' Dinner to honor the Champion.  It was time for me to head back to Vaughn's house.

The most surreal moment then occured.  I got to walk down Magnolia Lane by myself in complete darkness and total silence.  I had talked to my wife briefly before from a land line as no cell phones are allowed and she was of course in shock!  As I was walking, I was trying to gather some sense of perspective as to what just happened and what it all  meant.  At the end of Magnolia Lane, I could see the bright lights of Washington Road.  It was as if that represented the future toward which I was headed.  I had no idea what was coming, but I knew my life was about to change in a big way.    I also thought it was pretty cool that God had let me in on his secret early in the week.  Obvioulsly, a day I will never forget.

Baird birdies the 12th in the 1st round and 16th in the second round of the 2009 Shell Houston Open

Video courtesy of PGA TOUR

Briny Baird makes birdie at the par3 16th from over thirty-two feet and moves to 9-under in the second round of the 2009 Shell Houston Open . 

Watch Video - Birdie on #16

 

Briny Baird hits his second at the par4 12th to twenty-two inches and makes a short birdie putt to tie the lead at the time in the first round of the 2009 Shell Houston Open.

Watch Video - Birdie on #12

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