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Coach's Corner - Know Your Weakness
By Craig Forgash, PGA
This tip is geared to help you figure out where some of your weaknesses lie.  Spend your next round of golf completely ignoring the flagstick for every full swing approach shot.  That is to say, play every approach shot to the center of the green.  Use the exact yardage on the sprinkler and don’t add or subtract yardage for the pin position.  What you are likely to discover is that you will hit more greens and end up with the same average length of putt than you normally would.  What does it mean?  Basically it means that you don’t have enough confidence in your ball flight to aim at pin positions that reduce the size of the target by shrinking one side of the green.  That’s pretty typical because few of us practice enough to have that confidence.  What you will also find is that the pins that are placed on right side of the green will feel very comfortable if you are a slicer or fader of the ball simply by aiming for the center of the green.  The opposite will be true for drawers of the ball.  Then…work on your putting!!!

Notable Golfer - Arnold Palmer
In honor of Arnold Palmer's birthday on September 10, below are just a few facts on this legendary golfer.

• Arnold Palmer is known as "The King" and is one of the most popular and well recognized name in golf.
• He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Barack Obama, the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush, and the National Sports Award by President Bill Clinton - making him the first sports person in history to receive all three of the US's highest civilian honors.
• Golf has influenced his life off the course too - his father was a greenskeeper, he received a golf scholarship to college, and even met his wife at a tournament.
• Arnold Palmer was a charter member of the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974 & PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.
• He was written thirteen books; designed approximately 300 golf courses worldwide; has his own drink (the Arnold Palmer Tee), magazine, and hospital; is co-founder of the Golf Channel and has numerous other charity and business projects (too many to count). 

For more on Arnold Palmer's achievements visit www.arnoldpalmer.com .

Life Lessons in Golf
Golfers have three responsibilities that have nothing to do with their golf swing.  1. Enter the tournament, 2. Register for the event, 3. Sign their scorecard.  This weekend, Chad Campbell was disqualified from the Deutsche Bank Championship for forgetting to register for the event.  This mistake not only ended his play at this event but took away any chance he had for the FedExCup.  This is not the first time Campbell has forgotten some paperwork, last year he was on his way to the Sony Open in Hawaii when he realized he never entered the tournament.  In a related story, Jim Furyk was recently disqualified from The Barclays for oversleeping and missing his tee time.  Life lesson: follow the rules and honor your responsibilities (especially when the FedExCup and $10 million is at stake).