Even in another landslide victory, Tiger Woods conceded nothing.

He already was 8 up with nine holes to play and headed for the record books at the Accenture Match Play Championship when Stewart Cink finally got his moment in the high desert, holing a 36-foot eagle putt, pumping his fist in mock celebration.

Then he stood to the side of the green as Woods faced an eagle putt from the same line, about a foot closer.

?I told my caddie before he hit it that it was going in,? Cink said. ?He doesn?t like to be upstaged in any way.?

Alas, this putt spun around the lip and stayed out. Having raised his putter over his head, Woods cringed and let the club fall through his finger, and both players laughed and tapped fists.

It was that moment Sunday at Dove Mountain that illustrated where Woods is on the world stage of golf.

Woody Austin was at his self-deprecating best Thursday in the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Having already three-putted twice to give away holes, Austin had a 45-foot birdie attempt that was struck so poorly it turned off the slope and stayed 15 feet left of the cup.

?Greatest putter in the history of golf,? he said to himself as the gallery stifled a laugh.

Trying to stay in the match, he thought a 20-foot birdie putt was right in the heart on the 16th, but when it burned the edge, Austin looked toward the heavens, raised his hands and began clapping, as if to say, ?Good work, God, you really know how to stick it to me.?

Austin was up to his old antics at Dove Mountain, but there is no mistaking his grit.

He made an impressive debut at the Presidents Cup, despite falling face-first into the water, and he is 2-0 in his debut at this fickle tournament. Austin advanced out of the second round against Adam Scott in a match that never looked like he would win.

?I will never give up. I think I proved that,? he said after winning in 19 holes.

Scott was 2 up with four holes to play until an unseemly collapse, and some clutch putting by Austin.

The golf swing has physics written all over it and is a great example of angular motion. It can be simple but is often complicated by too much thinking. The questions are endless. What’s the correct wrist movement in the golf swing? The ever famous golf swing pushes and pulls, cure me please! Well, we need to completely remove distracting thoughts from the golf swing. The ability to perform this activity rests upon the golfer executing the biomechanics of the golf swing over and over again without error (easier said than done). Maybe if we understand the swing more, we can start to do this.

Golf Grip

“Golf begins with a great grip,” says David Leadbetter. The Interlocking Grip is where the right little finger and the left index finger are locked together. Experiment with your grip by hitting balls with the different grips to see what works best. Golf and baseball have similar grips, but remember, they are different in both sports. Baseball players grip the bat more in their palms. Golfers should grip the club more in the base of the fingers.

Address

When addressing the ball, both arms are straight but relaxed, and the left shoulder is higher than the right due to the position of the hands. The “slicer” tends to keep too much weight on the front leg at address for all shots, which restricts the shoulder turn and encourages a steep out-to-in swing. Proper posture at the address position sets up the ability for you to execute the golf swing correctly. Flexibility as it pertains to posture allows you to place your body in the correct address position.

Backswing

The backswing now starts with the initial rotation - shoulders, hips, hands and arms - an almost simultaneous movement. If the take-away is one-piece, there is very little stress on the elbow. From the top of the backswing to the ball is less that one forth of a second. Getting the club inside during the backswing is usually disastrous and a fast backswing will create bad motion and a hands dominated swing that will be hard to repeat. Try hitting balls making a backswing from about hip high with your 7 irons just focusing on shifting back and shifting and firing through-you will get so much power and accuracy you might wonder why you take the club all the way to the top.

Downswing

The object of the downswing is to return the club head to the ball with maximum controllable speed. The downswing begins by pushing your weight from right to left and rotating the body and hips. The motion should be unbroken from the start of the downswing to the finish of the follow through.

Impact the Golf Ball

On impact the hips are turned with the shoulders parallel to the ball. Often less accomplished players break down at impact, cupping their lead wrist, losing power early and decreasing their accuracy. Something else that I strongly emphasize and explain in detail is how to use extension and timing to work with the centrifugal force and momentum to create a whip like action through impact. Oh, and by the way, this is not the time to take your eyes off the ball.

Follow Though

The motion should be unbroken from the start of the downswing to the finish of the follow through. For example, Tiger Woods allows the club head’s momentum to extend his follow-through far around his back, completing a long and smooth club head rotation.

Sometimes when we understand or are reminded of the simple parts of something, it can help us figure out what we need to do to improve. Pick something, work on it, own it, and then move on. Focus and you will see results.

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The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. The course has been the primary host for the PGA Tour’s Nissan Open (better known as the Los Angeles Open). Riviera has also hosted the U.S. Open in 1948, the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995, and the U.S. Senior Open in 1998. The course is located in the Santa Monica Canyon, just below the Santa Monica Mountains and a block south of Sunset Boulevard.

The greens are bent grass, and the fairways are kikuya grass. Guests must play the course with a member. For the dress code, denim is not allowed; a collared shirt and Bermuda shorts are required. Green fees for guests are $350 for a round, including a golf cart.

“This year on the golf course, it’s been a great year,” he said Sunday after closing out the season with a seven-shot victory in the Target World Challenge. “Off the golf course, it’s been the greatest year I’ve ever had.”

He could not have picked a better way to end 2007.

Woods hosted an elite, 16-man field at Sherwood Country Club to play 72 holes in gorgeous weather for $5.75 million in prize money, with last place getting $170,000 without even having to show up on Sunday.

But the relaxed setting gave way to a frightening future.

Woods had been out of competition for 10 weeks, dating to his singles loss to Mike Weir in the Presidents Cup on Sept. 30. He began hitting balls about 10 days ago to get ready for the Target World Challenge, then played as if he never left the couch.