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Video: Ben Crenshaw Talks Putting

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If you need putting tips, you can't go wrong by listening to what Ben Crenshaw has to say. What I like about this video, in which the putting genius Crenshaw discusses his craft, is that Ben never talks about mechanics. He's asked to offer advice to recreational golfers, and the advice he offers is about feel, and nothing but feel. Crenshaw talks about the way most amateur golfers grip the putter - too tightly, he says. "Hold the putter as a delicate instrument, because you're doing delicate work," Crenshaw says. And: "Back off the grip pressure just a little bit, that makes the putter head feel heavier and therefore it swings more." He then switches to what he calls one of the best things he heard Harvey Penick say about putting, "Never look like anyone else when you're putting," and explains what that means. And finally Crenshaw briefly touches on the speed vs. line debate, and you can probably guess what side of that debate Crens...

Michelle Wie's Boyfriend: Former Pro Hoopster Adam Zahn

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Did Michelle Wie and former pro basketball player Adam Zahn just go public with their romance? This photo of the two cuddling makes it seem so: The caption that Michelle included with this photo on Instagram also points to Zahn being Wie's boyfriend: Sometimes, it hurts so much inside that you can't breathe let alone see all the good things in your life. So thankful for the people around me who pull me back up every time I fall and remind me of how blessed I really am. 💜 #nevergiveup #blessed #thankful A photo posted by Michelle Wie (@themichellewie) on Jul 10, 2016 at 6:06am PDT The only boyfriend we've known about in Wiesy's past was Robin Lopez, the 7-footer who was at Stanford with her and has gone on to a decent NBA career. Zahn, 32 years old, played his college ball at the University of Oregon. He measures in at 6-foot-8. And while he never achieved an NBA career, he did see the world playing pro basketball. Zahn, who now lives in California, had ...

On Toddler Tiger and the Ubiquity of Video

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I was browsing YouTube the other day and stumbled across excerpts from Tiger Woods' national TV debut. It's a famous story: At age 2, Tiger appeared on The Mike Douglas Show in a segment that included his father, the host, plus Bob Hope and Jimmy Stewart. Footage from that appearance isn't hard to find; I'd seen it before. It's been used in television commercials and in video segments many times. You've almost surely seen it before, too: And it occurred to me after running across li'l Woods again - and it's not an original thought, to be sure - just how amazing well- and thoroughly documented the lives of today's youth are compared to those of people who grew up in the 1980s and earlier. Or, heck, even the 1990s. Once upon a time, it wasn't that easy for parents to film their children. Depending on the family's income level, it might not be possible at all. Even if it was, the process of filming, developing film, showing the film was ....