http://blog.imgacademies.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/09/short-game-tip/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/09/short-game-tip/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:44:36 +0000 IMGAMarketing http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9217 Pitching Tip from IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy coach Gary Parrett: The most common way golfers are told to regulate distance on pitch shots is to vary the length of the backswing. But I’ve always found it extremely difficult to get players to know exactly how far back they take the club. How would they know? It’s not [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/09/short-game-tip/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/08/9211/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/08/9211/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:22:29 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9211 IMG Leadbetter Golfer, Zi  Jun  “Lucia” Yin, traveled just north of Jacksonville this past weekend to compete in the HJGT Amelia Island Junior Open.  Zi Jun “Lucia”, of China, won the Girls 10-14 Division for the second time in as many starts and now has taken the lead in the HJGT Player of the Year [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/08/9211/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/08/img-leadbetter-alum-making-news-in-california/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/08/img-leadbetter-alum-making-news-in-california/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:52:02 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9207 http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/08/img-leadbetter-alum-making-news-in-california/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/07/james-leadbetter-wins-the-fcwt-saddlebrook-open/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/07/james-leadbetter-wins-the-fcwt-saddlebrook-open/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:19:36 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9180 James Leadbetter went wire-to-wire to win the FCWT Saddlebrook Open (13-15 age group) this past weekend.  James opened with a first round 69 on Saturday and followed it with a 1-over par 73 on Sunday.  His two day 142 total put him 5 shots ahead of his nearest competitor, Emilio Mauer of Mexico.  This is James’s [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/07/james-leadbetter-wins-the-fcwt-saddlebrook-open/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/flashback-friday-4/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/flashback-friday-4/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:11:17 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9158 As an academy many of our top student athletes have fortunately gone on to play for the University of Florida. Florida is a highly ranked golf team both on the men’s (currently ranked 5th in the country by Golfstat) and women’s (currently ranked 17th )side. Some of our former graduates that went on to compete and play for UF [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/flashback-friday-4/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/meet-katerina-prorokovaa-future-unlv-rebel/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/meet-katerina-prorokovaa-future-unlv-rebel/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:42:40 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9145 Katerina Prorokova Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic Grad year 2010 2 years at IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy “Katerina is a very serious and dedicated person. She has a good plan and this has allowed her to achieve her process goals. She is a model student and is very coachable. She believes in the holistic approach: as she incorporates her [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/meet-katerina-prorokovaa-future-unlv-rebel/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/img-alum-wins-the-ladies-philippine-amateur/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/img-alum-wins-the-ladies-philippine-amateur/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:45:29 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9128 IMG Leadbetter Alum, Cyna Rodriquez, recently won the Philippine Ladies Amateur Open in commanding fashion. She shot a 6-under par 201 and won the 54-hole Amateur event by 7 shots. Cyna spent two years at the academy and is now a freshman at the University of Southern California! Check out this nice article about Cyna and her great [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/05/img-alum-wins-the-ladies-philippine-amateur/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/04/victoria-tanco-in-sports-illustrated/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/04/victoria-tanco-in-sports-illustrated/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:39:41 +0000 IMGAMarketing http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9101 IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy student Victoria Tanco was featured in this week’s edition of Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd.” The column is a weekly entry that features the nation’s top high school athletes who excel in their respective sports. Also mentioned was fellow IMG Academies student Laetitia Beck. Visit SI.com to see the full [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/04/victoria-tanco-in-sports-illustrated/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/03/i-am-a-golferleonardo-kitahara/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/03/i-am-a-golferleonardo-kitahara/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:21:43 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9067 Leonardo Kitahara Rio de Janerio, Brazil Graduation 2013   Leonardo is in his first semester at the academy. Not only is Leonardo a great golfer, he is a very caring and helpful person as well as a dedicated and passionate golfer.  We are happy to have him here at IMG!  While at IMG, he is being coached by Senior [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/03/i-am-a-golferleonardo-kitahara/feed/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/02/james-yoon-golfweeks-player-of-the-week/ http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/02/james-yoon-golfweeks-player-of-the-week/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:48:27 +0000 The Leadblogger http://blog.imgacademies.com/?p=9037 Golfweek has named FOUR of our students the “Player of the Week” 4 times in the last 5 weeks! This week the boys at IMG take a turn with the honor with James Yoon being named the Player of the Week for March 1-7, 2010. James, originally from Paraguay, shot 1-over 145 (68-77) at the Plantation [...]]]> http://blog.imgacademies.com/2010/03/02/james-yoon-golfweeks-player-of-the-week/feed/