Padraig Harrington - Weight Shift in the Golf Swing
Padraig Harrington - Weight Shift in the Golf Swing
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Description
Have you found yourself struggling with the driver, either bouncing the club off the ground before the ball, or maybe hitting that weak banana slice? These common misses can be directly related to improperly shifting your weight. In this video, I'll show you how Padraig shifts his weight correctly throughout the golf swing, yet manages to keep his head steady. I'll also show you some things to look out for in your own swing so that you can overcome some of those troublesome faults. Weight shift is a critical part of the golf swing and will help make your ball striking much more consistent and powerful. Let's get to work on shifting your weight the right way!
Video Practice Points
- Shift your weight to the trail side in the backswing to load up and stabilize.
- Allow the hips to shift and unwind when sitting into the lead side in the downswing.
- Check and see where your head position is at impact vs. where it was at address, to help determine what sort of fault you may have.
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Hey everyone, this is RST instructor
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Chris Tyler. If you've been searching for
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a solution to hit your driver more
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solidly, more frequently, then you want
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to pay close attention to Padraic
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Harrington's golf swing. I'm going to
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show you a couple of great checkpoints
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that are going to help you overcome some
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of those major faults that you may have
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been struggling with, including properly
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shifting your weight, keeping your head
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quiet, and releasing the golf club
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through the hitting area. Let's go ahead
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and get started.
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Okay guys, we're back with another tour
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analysis this week of Padraic Harrington.
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Congratulations to Padraic on pulling out
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a playoff victory over a resilient 21
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-year-old who played some great golf as
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well, so it's good to see Padraic back in
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the winner's circle. This week, I'm going
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to be going through a few things that are
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going to kind of highlight some of the
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areas that are going to help you become a
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better driver of the golf ball,
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And give you a couple of good checkpoints
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and a couple of good related videos that
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will help you get some big things kind of
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resolved in your golf swing.
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If you look at this from a face-on
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perspective, I'm going to go ahead and
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mark the head position here at address.
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You'll notice that the head is just
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behind the golf ball here. We've also
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gone to a little bit of a wider base. I
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know that a lot of times people get
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confused of what do we do with the
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driver, and we do have a video on the
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website that talks about some driver
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setup adjustments, and generally
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speaking, you'll see golfers go to a
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wider base for a little bit more
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stability, but we still want to make sure
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that we're shifting our weight properly
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throughout the golf swing, and that's one
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of the things that we see amateur golfers
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really struggle with, is properly
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shifting their weight. That's going to be
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really kind of the whole MO of today's
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analysis, is how to shift the weight
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properly in the golf swing. So I'm going
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to mark a line here where the head
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position is. I'm also going to mark this
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center of the hip socket here, which is
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right around the belt loop on the front
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of your pants, or two finger widths
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inside of the pointy pelvic bone on the
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front of you there.
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So we're going to go ahead and see a
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small shift over to the trail side.
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Again, because we're working from a wider
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base here, you're not going to see some
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sort of drastic lateral shift where the
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head moves off of this line, a good five
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to six inches. It's just enough to shift
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the weight over there to load this trail
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side up. So you can see the head moved
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inch, inch and a half or so, And now you
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can notice that the center of the hip
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socket is virtually where his head
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position was at the starting
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Now, What we need to do is we need to be
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able to shift our weight properly with
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the lower body in the downswing sequence
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to start the move. And this is where
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things kind of go awry for amateur
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golfers, is they'll tend to not want to
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shift their weight enough. They'll start
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swinging their arms or their shoulders
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from the top of the swing, and that
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creates rotation. And in turn, That's
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going to make their head actually give
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this appearance where they're going to be
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hanging way back. And if you've ever
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struggled with hitting the ground before
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the golf ball off of your driver, hitting
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those little drop kick shots, this is a
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good reason why, is that you haven't
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really shifted the weight enough.
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And Podrick does it really, really well
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on his golf swing. You're going to see a
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good unload of his hips. So again, His
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center of his hip socket is now virtually
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right through that line of where his head
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was at the starting point. And now he's
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going to make a pretty good size shift
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these hips back over to the lead side
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here, getting ready for a release.
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And what I want you to notice now is that
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the center of the hip socket is now right
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over the top of the center of the ankle.
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All right, so it moved all the way from
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where it was back here at the starting
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point of his head, and now it's moved a
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good six to eight inches or so over to
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the lead side. But take notice of what
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the head didn't do. See how the head
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didn't stay way back behind this line,
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and you see how the head didn't jump way
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in front.
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So that's just a proper combination of
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shifting and unwinding at the same time.
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So there's a good shift and a good
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unwinding of the hips. And this is
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allowing him to get himself posted into
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that lead side. So if you've noticed
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yourself on camera where your head stays
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way back behind this line and your hands
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and arms are starting to get down into
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the hitting area, then chances are you
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didn't shift your weight enough.
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Now, on the opposite end of that
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spectrum, if you've noticed that your
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head is now moved out in front of this
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line quite a bit, then we've got to find
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the culprit as to why you've moved out
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there. And chances are that's a lot of
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trail side dominance, okay? That could be
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a lot of lateral shift of these hips, And
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the way to laterally shift them too much
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is using your trail leg to push really
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hard, or using your right shoulder and
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your right arm. And if you shift too hard
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and you don't rotate, then you're going
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to see the head stay out in The club's
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going to come down really steep. It can
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even potentially be over the top, and
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then you'll hit that big slice off the
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golf course. So again, if you've ever
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struggled with hitting those ugly drop
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kick shots, I know we've all been there,
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or if you struggle with being over the
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top, then you need to pay attention on
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how you shift your weight in your
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downswing sequence. And it all starts
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right from a good setup position, and it
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all starts with properly loading up the
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trail side.
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So loading up that trail side again, you
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can see that his head is moved. He's
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loaded up his right side here. And then
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in the downward move, you're going to see
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a good size shift and an unwinding of the
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hips, not just one or the other. And
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that, in turn, gets the head into that
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same position. And then the head stays
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very quiet, sets him up for release, and
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then he releases on through. You can see
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that the head still stays in behind that
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line beautifully, while all that stored
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power is now coming out through the
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release for speed.
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All right, guys, so if you want to make
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your weight shift a lot better, then
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we've got to make sure that we load it up
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properly.
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A good video on the website is weight
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shift number one video. These will all be
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in the recommended videos over to the
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right-hand side of the video player.
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And then weight shift number three is
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another great video that's going to talk
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to you about how to get back over to that
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lead side and really get things
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stabilized.
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Another good video for you guys to check
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out would be the straight left-legged
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impact. That's going to show you how to
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create some good awareness of some proper
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muscle groups in order to stabilize
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things through the hitting area.
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And you'll be well on your way to
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overcoming some of those major faults
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with hanging way back or getting out in
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front of your shot. And this will, in
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turn, help you keep the golf ball on the
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golf course more often. All right, guys,
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so let's get out there and shift our
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weight properly. Let's load it, unload
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it, and let's play some great golf. I
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wish you all the best. Let's make it a
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great day.
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