A tip of the LBG cap to all Lynn Blake students in the LaSalle field:
John Riegger, Winner on rounds of 70-65-68-68=271.
Jay Williamson, winner of last month's Ft. Smith Classic, fired 71-67-68-68=274 and finished T5.
Neal Lancaster, with rounds of 70-70-71-66=277, T18.
Greg Kraft, 70-71-73-69=283, T47.
Collectively, these four comprised 6 percent of the weekend field (66 players). Even more impressive, in this richest event of the Nationwide's regular season, they took home 23 percent of the money ($174,633 of $750,000)!
A tip of the LBG cap to all Lynn Blake students in the LaSalle field:
John Riegger, Winner on rounds of 70-65-68-68=271.
Jay Williamson, winner of last month's Ft. Smith Classic, fired 71-67-68-68=274 and finished T5.
Neal Lancaster, with rounds of 70-70-71-66=277, T18.
Greg Kraft, 70-71-73-69=283, T47.
Collectively, these four comprised 6 percent of the weekend field (66 players). Even more impressive, in this richest event of the Nationwide's regular season, they took home 23 percent of the money ($174,633 of $750,000)!
Congrats to John and the rest of the LBG guys on blitzing the Nationwide field in the LaSalle Bank Open.
And congrats to LynnBlake for supporting them in their success!
Riegger has winning feeling, then finds winner's circle
Jun. 3, 2007
By Dave Lagarde
PGATOUR.com Correspondent
GLENVIEW, Ill. -- Golf, even from a purist's point of view, is one strange game, one that can create violent mood swings and create clouds of self doubt from minute to minute and shot to shot.
Often, cruel and capricious it can turn for the better in a heartbeat and produce the kind of starling outcomes that can make even the keenest observers of the game scratch their heads...
...Talk about catching lightning in a jug. Riegger had competed in 290 tournaments sanctioned by the PGA TOUR in 11 seasons, including 92 on the Nationwide Tour without a victory and with just 16 top 10s. But that didn't stop him from finally getting the job done Sunday on the Nationwide Tour's biggest stage of the regular season[emphasis added], an event that annually offers the biggest first-place check ($135,000) in a full-field tournament...
...The victory moved him from 57th on the 2007 money list all the way to sixth with $169,481 in official earnings, just a couple of good paychecks short of what he will need to finish in the Top 25 and graduate for a ninth full season on the PGA TOUR...
...Riegger shot a 4-under-par 68 that gave him a 72-hole aggregate of 17-under 271 for his first victory since 1996, when he won the Columbian Open. And guess what? He never had a doubt. ...
..."You have to have confidence and faith in yourself,'' he said. "I wouldn't still be doing this is I didn't think I could win out here and on the PGA TOUR. And the fact of the matter is, I've always believed I could play.''
Congratulations to John and Lynn, Jay, Neal and Greg. It just keeps getting better and better. Success building on success . The wheels are in motion and the Machine is picking up speed.
Here are a few snapshots from John Riegger's recent win in Chicago. Many thanks to professional photographer Brian Kieffer. Enjoy!
#1 John, oh so modestly to the press corps: "I know it didn't look like it from the way I played, but my back was killin' me. I was in a lot of pain out there!"
#2 John, Jennie and Jaxon share the spoils. "Get a good look at it now, Dad," says young Jaxon. "Like you promised, when it hits home in Vegas, it's mine!"
#3 The hardest won silver in town.
#4 Check's on the green, not in the mail!
#5 The winning putt. John swears it was his LBG gallery leaning left that made the difference!
#6 Another perfect drive. If you ain't seen it in person...you ain't seen it!
Here are a few snapshots from John Riegger's recent win in Chicago. Many thanks to photographer Brian Kieffer. Enjoy!
Awesome photographs, thanks Brian, Yoda and John of course!
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
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