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AIB Ladies Irish Open This weekend I took the oppurtunity to caddy for one of Ireland's top amateurs, Danielle McVeigh at the AIB ladies Irish Open. The weather was great, the course in fantastic shape and a top class field gathered to go for the top prize of €75,000. Danielle had a great expeience and played great golf. Who knows, but for a few mistakes by her inexperienced caddy, she might have gone all the way! Look out for the name, she is one to watch. *Danielle McVeigh* The European Tour Finally. Nick Dougherty provides our website with its' first European Tour winner. At 50/1 I hope everyone had a few bob on! *Nick Dougherty kissing the winning trophy. Last week we couldn't understand why the bookies had him at 50/1!* This week we are off to the very scenic but very difficult Le Golf National near Paris for the French open. The Open de France ALSTOM is not only the oldest National Open Championship on Continental Europe, dating back to 1906, but also the richest, with a prize fund of €4,000,000. The Open de France is used to high profile players winning the championship. No less than 18 Major Champions have their name etched on the roll of honour. The field assembled for the 2009 Championship includes no fewer than 103 players who have won on The European Tour. *The challenging 2nd at Le Golf National* For all the reasons above we are going to back Angel Cabrera this week. Others sure to be in the mix however include big tournament winners such as Soren Hansen and Stephen Dodd whom we are watching closely. For some value bets watch youngsters Danny Willett, Oliver Fisher and Rafa Echenique who have returned some solid performances in the past few weeks and are great value at 50, 80/1 and 100/1 respectively. Top 10 bets; Shiv Kapur and Jamie Donaldson @ 10 &12/1 *The PGA Tour* After an amazing second-first and fourth place finsishes from my selection of players I may be either on a roll or have peaked and it is all downhill from here! This week we travel to one of the great courses in the U.S. and I will let Mike Vitti from PGATour.com explain why; " Congressional Country Club plays host to the AT&T National this week and, as one of the more traditional-style courses on the PGA TOUR, it definitely places a premium on shot making. The first two winners of this event, K.J. Choi and Anthony Kim, are both excellent shot makers and Sergio Garcia, the winner of the 2005 Booz Allen Classic that was played at Congressional, can also be included as an example of the style of player that excels at this venue. Unlike some of the other traditional courses on the PGA TOUR, distance from the tee may prove to be a bigger advantage this week than accuracy. Each of the last three winners of PGA TOUR events at Congressional have all ranked in the top 15 in driving distance for the week, while only Choi was in the top 15 in driving accuracy when he won in 2007". *The spectacular 9th and 18th greens at Congressional* Following this advice I am sticking with Steve Marino and returning to an old favourite in Robert Allenby both players whom I think have been knocking on the door all season. Also with such a premium on ball stricking one would have to include Sergio in the mix. I think it may be a week too many for Hunter Mahan but he really does deserve a victory but the all have to beat the host and we all know that will be difficult...DK

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Panama Blog Day 7;

My last day as I travel home tomorrow and we spent some time discussing Goal setting and Motivation techniques for young players as well as tidying up some loose ends. I also looked at some of the Pro's own games and tried where possible to help them.
On the way back to the hotel, the president of the Association,Roberto Vallerina, treated me to a guided tour of the Miraflores locks on the Panama Canal. What an amazing feat of engineering that is! About 40 ships pass through it each day at an average cost of $250,000 per ship! Expensive, but if you consider it would cost approx $1,000,000 to take it down around Tierra del Fuego and back up, not bad value.
Panama regained control of the canal from the US in 1999 and as well as being approx 40% more efficient in its running, it has also all but stopped serious accidents/injuries. Amazing place.
My most sincere thanks go out to the Pro's, board and players in Panama who made my trip in Panama a memorable one.
I hope you have enjoyed the trip as much as I have, now its back home to see my beautiful new baby daughter Alex, who by this stage must wonder where dad has been...DK

Panama Blog Day 6;

We investigated the mystery that is putting today, going in to great detail, enjoying great discussion.
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Panama Coaching Blog Day 3 - 05 May 2009
On the odd ocassion as a student of St.Colmans college in Claremorris, my mother would choose to furnish me with a tomato sandwich for reasons best known to herself. Now, i do not have an issue with Tomato sandwiches persay, but when they are wrapped in cling film and its hot, thats another story. Thats how i felt on the 4th tee at Club De Golf De Panama today.It was so humid. Weightwatchers? no need, just play at CDGDP and you'll be fine!
I had the oppurtunity of playing with some of Panamas finest juniors today and as well as being able to golf their ball, what nice guys they were. Perfect English and great company.
The club itself is the home to a Nationwide tour stop in January and a fantastic test of golf. I really enjoyed it.
Tomorrow, we will do some junior clinics and play at Summit with some of the other juniors.I look forward to it...DK

Panama Blog Day 2 - 02 May 2009
Arrived at the Summit golf resort to meet some of the local pros and board of the administration. We had a full day conference, the first half of which was taken up discussing the current situation in Panama with regard to junior player development and coaching systems in place. For the remainder of the day we had a lot of interesting debate with regard to teaching techniques and the planning of player pathways. I have to say, i was very impressed with the level of knowledge that the pros had and hopefully we can work together over the next week or so to give them some fresh ideas and approaches.
Summit itself is a public facility which is undergoing a major renevation and hotel build. It is a regular stop for the Golfers who disembark the cruise ships which go through the panama canal to get their "fix" and play a few holes.
Tomorrow, the plan is to play Club de Golf de Panama with some of the nations best juniors.CDGDP has been a nationwide tour stop for the past 6 years. Better get some good rest for that one! ill keep you posted....DK

Panama Coaching Trip Blog - 01 May 2009

"I have just landed in Panama to take a look at the golf coaching structures in place on behalf of the PGA of Europe and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. This initiative gives developing golfing nations the chance to have their training programmes, tournament structure and general methods of operation assessed and advised upon. Over the next 8 days I'll be keeping you posted on the developments and hopefully share with you some of the challenges that they have as they strive to develop the game of golf in their country. I'm sure it will be an interesting journey for all of us!" DK.

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