Barclays Classic Golf Academy

[12 piece bucket]

Man this is great!!!! Congrats guys!!! I know Mr. K would be proud of you boys!!!

The train is pullin' outta the station . . .

[YodasLuke]

Lynn and I have been looking forward to the announcement. We can hardly wait!

[psheehan]

Figures.... now that I'm out of there something great like this happens...lol... congratulations. I'm going to tell all my friends still on wall street to get tickets and go....

[Daryl]

Good luck everyone. Four days of golf talk and instruction. I'm sure you'll have great success and enjoy it very much at the same time.

[Daryl]

Yoda,

What will be your approach to the 1,000’s of people who come to learn from you at the Barclays?

I think that walking up the isle dressed in Vestment and Hat holding the Little Yellow Book is fine for us, your congregation, (by the way, I think Gold and Red are your colors) but the general golfing public may not get the humor.

How do you explain to these 1,000’s that a nearly forty year old out of print book holds the “Secret to Golf”? After all, it does.

I would focus on drills. The Tree Imperatives. Hands-on for the audience. Set up some PVC pipes a foot above the floor, with a piece of tape wrapped around at the impact position. See if they can get there with a flat left wrist and take the hands, Clubshaft and Clubhead into impact. Explain the Three Dimensional Impact, Pivot lag. I would bring all of the toys. They’ll want to play with the launch monitor.

Remember, they’re there to have fun.

If all else fails, does Ted play the Organ? Gregorian Chants are nice. Ted can demonstrate the "X Pattern" Basic Putting Stroke.

Seriously. Good luck and have a great time.

[Yoda]

Yoda,

What will be your approach to the 1,000’s of people who come to learn from you at the Barclays?

Good luck and have a great time.

Thanks for the boost, Daryl. Knowing that you and our many other friends are out there and supporting our efforts makes it all worthwhile.

Actually, while there definitely will be thousands of fans at the tournament -- it is one of the most prestigious events on the PGA TOUR -- we will be seeing far fewer in our Academy. As I write, the 'hard-walled' Academy is being constructed, and the only access will be through the main level of the Barclays Hospitality Pavilion off the 18th green. That credential will be available only to a select list of Barclays private clients, and not all of them will take advantage of the Academy.

So, to answer your question, our approach will be very personalized and 'hands on'. And while we will be flying only the colors of Barclays and Lynn Blake Golf, the principles of The Golfing Machine will serve as the foundation of all we do.

[Ian Clark]

Lynn,
Just want to wish yourself and Ted all the best for a great week at the Barclays, have a great time, and if you bump into anyone who knows Larry Nelson please say Ian says hi!!