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Swing Sequence: Scott Stalling (Video)

GolfDigest.com — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The key to unlocking Scott Stallings' potential is increasing the mobility in his left hip. View his powerful swing in this slow-motion video.

Swing Sequence: Scott Stallings

Analysis by Brad Rose — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

The key to unlocking Scott Stallings' potential is increasing the mobility in his left hip. View his powerful swing frame-by-frame with analysis by Brad Rose, director of instruction at Willow Creek Golf Club, Knoxville, Tenn.

Humana not up to the challenge vs. the NFL

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:42:00 GMT

By John Strege

The golf on Sunday, in the event you missed it, and we're reasonably certain you did, was at least entertaining, notwithstanding its B-list cast.

The A-listers on which golf was depending to avoid indifference were Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, Nos. 1 and 2 in the World Ranking. They were around on the weekend, but only via an amusing Nike commercial. Each missed the cut in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, exposing the downside to a sponsor committing seven-figure appearance fees.

Meanwhile, back in the USA, the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation, or the Hope, as it was known in simpler days, had the misfortune of opposing a thrilling end to the 49ers-Falcons game and the start of the Ravens-Patriots game.

Colin Kaepernick and Tom Brady or Brian Gay and Charles Howell III (or Scott Stallings and David Lingmerth)? Football was a prohibitive favorite and you won your bet if you gave the points.

The Humana Challenge winner was Gay, who contributed to the entertainment factor with one of 10 rounds of 64 or better Sunday on the Palmer Private Course at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif. The kind of warm, sunny January day that explains the winter popularity of the Palm Springs area was the impetus for the kind of low scoring that typically amps up the drama.

Gay won on the second playoff hole, prevailing over Howell and Lingmerth, but it was less the story of the day than the collapse of Scott Stallings.

The Humana Challenge, admirably, is dedicated to the promotion of healthy living and was an advocate of taking 10,000 steps a day, or the equivalent of what a tour pro takes in the course of a day's work. Of course, doing so is no guarantee of good health. Stallings exceeded 12,000 steps, according to a Golf Channel graphic, yet he presumably felt sick afterward.

Stallings, twice a winner on the PGA Tour, began play on Sunday with a four-stroke lead, and increased it to five for a time, before his own indifferent performance opened the competition to all comers. Of the top nine finishers, Stallings was the only player to shoot higher than 65, a number he exceeded by five strokes. More to the point, he bogeyed two of his final three holes, including the last, when he yanked a 6-iron second shot to the par-5 18th, the ball bounding into the pond left of the green.

Dare we say that this native of Oak Ridge, Tenn., also known as Atomic City for its role in the development of the nuclear weapon that ended World War II, bombed on the back nine?

Stallings, 29, played the first 60 holes without a bogey and was bidding to become the first winner to play a tournament without a bogey since Lee Trevino in 1974. That ended when he carelessly missed a two-foot par putt on the seventh hole, the beginning of his demise.

Gay won for the fourth time with birdies on the two playoff holes, defeating Lingmerth, a Swede playing only his second PGA Tour event, and Howell, who finished second for the 14th time to remain stuck on two victories for nearly six years and counting.

Played opposite NFL football with Super Bowl berths at stake gives us a clearer understanding of the Challenge in the Humana.

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Simpson's three-under start gone with the wind

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:14:00 GMT

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By John Strege

KAPALUA, Hawaii -- Good news for Scott Stallings was bad news for Webb Simpson on Friday, when the PGA Tour season got off to a false start.

Stallings was seven-over par through four holes of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, while Simpson was three-under par through seven holes and leading. None of it counts, as first-round play was canceled as a result of wind gusts that exceeded 40 miles per hour. The tournament will re-start Saturday morning at 7:30, with 36 holes scheduled and players going off on the first and 10th tees, in pairs.

"We'll try to play 36 holes and catch up [on Saturday], but the forecast isn't real good," Slugger White, vice president rules and competition for the PGA Tour, said. "Maybe we'll get lucky."

It blew so hard, Rickie Fowler said, that "I hit a good drive on three and it went 215."

"It stinks for me," Simpson said. "I got off to a great start, but that's the way it goes. I'm sure they made the decision that's best for all the guys."

Carl Pettersson hit a putt on the second green that seemed to have run its course about a foot from the pin, when a wind gust blew it off the green.

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What's In My Bag: Scott Stallings

Scott Stallings with Stephen Hennessey — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The winner of the True South Classic has his second PGA Tour victory since 2011. From driver to putter, find out what Scott Stallings carries in his bag.

Scott Stallings: My Checklist

Scott Stallings — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Scott Stallings won his first PGA Tour event in a playoff at the 2011 Greenbrier Classic, during a week when the average high was 98 degrees.He shares his secrets to beating the heat.

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Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Still recovering, Holmes forced to withdraw from Shark Shootout

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:15:00 GMT

The comeback of J.B. Holmes from brain surgery was put on hold Monday when the PGA TourÂ¹s longest driver called tournament host Greg Norman to withdraw from the Franklin Templeton Shootout.

Feeling that he wouldn't be competitively ready, Holmes pulled out saying he didn't want to disrespect the event. He had surgery for Chiari malformation of the brain on Sept. 1 at John's Hopkins University Medical Center. Doctors just cleared him to hit driver last Friday.

"I'm not a guy who likes to quit, but I physically I havenÂ¹t been able to walk 18 holes and with five rounds of that, I donÂ¹t know where I'd be," Holmes said. "I'm just not ready. It stinks to say that, but when you get right down to it that's as simple as it gets."

Holmes was scheduled to play with Kenny Perry. They finished second in 2009. The tournament will replace Holmes with Scott Stallings, rookie winner of The Greenbrier Classic.

"If I could have been cleared earlier it might have been different," Holmes said. "I understand people would have been understanding but it still would be on national TV. I don't want to hit some shots that are normally not possible, but with the situation we're in now are possible."

-- Tim Rosaforte

A golf towel designed by a caddie for players

John Strege — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:34:00 GMT

A towel is a towel is a towel, some might argue, but the Players Towel would argue otherwise. Scott Stallings' caddie used one last week while Stallings was winning the Greenbrier Classic. Charl Schwartzel's caddie...

Monday Swing Analysis: Scott Stallings' anti-hook swing

Roger Schiffman — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:18:00 GMT

Editor's note: Every Monday, PGA professional Kevin Hinton examines the game of a recent tour winner and tells you what you can learn. A Golf Digest Best Young Teacher, Kevin is the Director of Instruction...