thanks everyone
 

a big shout out to all my friends here at lbg.thanks for all the support.it is great having such a great support group.everyone must have leaned left on that last putt so it would sneak in.wow what a great feeling that was.
i have to thank my 2 good friends for all their help.thanks lynn and rob noel,you all have helped me very much and have stayed patient with me to finally get my 1st win.thanks for helping me understand tgm.i dont think i would be where i am today in my golf without your help.i would also like to thank MR.KELLY for spending all those years figuring out all of these golf alignments.

You are the man- John. Yoda's army will be cheering you on all the time.

Congrats to Rob Noel, too. As you said, he has played an important part of your career.

And of course as you said- Mr. Kelley for figuring it all out all the alignments years ago.

Congrats on the win John. It was a long time coming but you got there in the end, here's to more trophy lifting in the future and a ticket back to the big show.
Congrats again,
Alex

Now You See It...Now You Don't!
 

John needs to win again soon. Once that LaSalle trophy shows up at the front door, it's headed on a beeline to son Jaxon's room. Dad had promised one a while back...

And, once it arrives, it ain't leavin'!

:laughing9

Way 2 Go!!!
 

Congrats John...All those years of dedication for that first "taste of victory"...well deserved....savor the taste....glasses raised for round two!!!

:occasion:

:laughing9
Nice one!!
Alex

John Riegger's Scrambling Clinic
 

John,

Please tell us about this shot and how you played it! :eyes:

http://www.pgatour.com/video/link/?/...iegger.pgatour

I mean...

The lie, slope, pin, desired ball behavior, club selected, etc.

Did you use a little Pivot Motion to help get your left arm and club through?

Were your Hands passive, merely Clamps?

What Hinge Action did you use?

Did you play the Stroke with your Conscious Mind (Mechanics)?

Or with your Subconscious Mind (Feel)?

What part does Pre-Shot Routine play in all this?

Finally, what is it like to play a shot like this under intense Competitive Pressure?

You did it -- successfully! -- and we want to know more about it!

Is it possible for us handicap players to play shots like this?

Thank you for your answers!

:)

Congratulation !

WOW!

John . . . watched your iron shot into 16 tonight over and over about 15 times. Your alignments look great! Right up and down the Plane. The Right Forearm looks textbook.

Congrats! Can I borrow $500???

lynn.
this was atotal feel shot.what you did not see was me trying to actually get into the shot/the bank there was really steep.i could barely stand there and try and hit the shot.i tried to evenhit it with 1 knee on the ground,but opted not to try that.i had to aim 20ft right and it was truely a hit and hope shot.which we all have had to play at one time or another.i just used my imagination and got real lucky that i was able to get it up and down.you have to have a little luck to win.

Loan- You're approved!
 

Bucket,
John's been busy and doesn't have the time to answer your post. However, as his financial advisor, Yes, we will loan you $500.

Before you sign the promissory note- I'd like to go over the details. This will be a 1st lien against your primary residence- NO not your car- A HOME! Of course, we will require GMAC to subordinate their current 1st mortgage neg am loan in the amount of $1.4MM- on your house that's worth $78,500. That'll put our LTV on the first at 6%. We're comfortable with that, but there is more- and some of it you'll really like- the loan is interest only for the first 30 years- Great right! The interest rate given the TGM association will be 78% per annum- really quite fair considering all the factors. We don't expect you to pay it off early- so there will be a $1000 dollar early payment penalty- if you decide to payoff before the 30 year term is up. In the note, it will say that you are banned from posting ever again on a TGM related site. Now, John thought this was really quite lenient and didn't want to do it but I convinced him that - out of the generosity of our hearts that it would be important to make the effort. He wanted to take the kids as additional collateral until I convinced him that the kids are a liability not an asset- according to GAAP. I'll have the paperwork overnighted - you'll have it in the morning.

Wow Mike! That's a great deal you put together! I reckon you actually had to take your left index finger out of your nose to type all that.

I bet if we keep up the doofus routine on a PGA Tour Player's forum we could probably get banned from all Tour sanctioned events . . . Oh wait a minute . . . you were banned for trying to sell those oppossum fur thongs to tour wives at the John Deere stop.

Sharpen up the crayon and I'll be over to sign the loan papers. I'll just bring the house with me.

Luck, you say???
 

When "Opportunity" and "Preparedness" meet :salut: .

Absolutely, when I met John and his caddy, John Custer, on the range at Henrico, I was very impressed at how well he stays right on the plane. Outstanding!

Watching him on the course, it was clear that it was simply the putter holding back a victory, and for the most part, the putter was already 'on' - all around the hole all day and nothing dropped that weekend.

From the footage I've seen from last weekend, the putting stroke looked really solid - very stable.

No surprise that Gary Player likes to say "listen for the ball to go in, don't look", and that when Payne Stewart won the U.S. Open, his main key for the day was to stay still on his putts.

Keep up the great work John!

So pleased for you John,
one thing that really impressed me was how little time you spend over your putts.GREAT procedure:notworthy
Being a Brit I just hope you're NOT playing in the next Ryder Cup!

The BHAG
 

Now that is a BHAG...

Big Hairy Audacious Goal!

And that is where it starts.

:cool:

Well done John. Your swing and course management looked rock solid going down the stetch.

Congrats John. Look forward to many more to come. BTW, enjoy reading your posts. Giving us a glimpse of tour life. Your videos on Basic & Acquired Motion (including commentary) have help immensely

thanks lynn for the avatar,looks nice.the trophy that is.

Thumb Removed
 

The LaSalle is the first of many, John.

The floodgates are now open.

Let it pour...

:salut: