Padraig wins the 2006 Volvo Order of Merit!

October 29th, 2006 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Full Swing Biomechanics, PGA European Tour Golfers, Padraig Harrington, Putting Biomechanics

Padraig celebrates as he wins the 2006 Volvo Order of Merit!

Padraig Harrington secured the Harry Vardon Trophy as The European Tour’s Number One player after a thrilling end to the 2006 season at the Volvo Masters where he pipped Ryder Cup team mate Paul Casey to the Order of Merit title by €35,252. A second Alfred Dunhill Links Championship title in October had propelled him into the Order of Merit race, and he overtook Casey at Valederrama to win the Order of Merit for the first time, having finished second in 2001 and 2002, and third in 2003 and 2004…

Padraig secured the 2006 Volvo Order of Merit title by a mere twenty thousand pounds with a last gasp round of two under par 69 at the season ending Volvo Masters. After a horror start of two bogies on his opening holes he looked dead and buried in the race to catch Paul Casey but in typical gritty fashion he clawed his way back with a display of chipping and putting straight from the top drawer. Even as he got up and down yet again on the 18th he still needed events out on the course to go his way. But as Valderrama played it’s usual stern test, all the players struggled to cope with the course. Niclas Fasth bogied the 18th to fall out of a share for second and then Sergio Garcia failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker to also bogie the 18th. This left Padraig with his 30th second place finish on tour and by far the sweetest! He commented after that it was unusual for the runner up to be happier than the winner but for once this was the case. Padraig is the first Irishman to hold the title since Ronan Rafferty in 1989!

David Howell finished third in the race for the order of merit, with Henrick Stenson finishing sixth, both whom which I have worked with on their putting (their posture might give you a clue!)…

Dr Paul Hurrion & Quintic would like to congratulate Padraig, David & Henrick on their sucessful 2006 season.

‘A Stroke of Genius…’ Article from Play Better Golf Magazine

March 9th, 2006 | Biomechanics Consultancy, PGA European Tour Golfers, Putting Biomechanics

A Stroke of Genius…
Forget grooving your stroke on the practice green or across your living room carpet. An increasing number of top players are visiting sports scientist Dr Paul Hurrion at his laboratory in the West Midlands for a detailed analysis of their putting technique. Steve Muncey reports…

“I’ve got a great assignment for you” the editor said. “It involves plenty of travel, you’re taking a photographer with you and you’ll be having your technique analysed by a top expert in his field.”

“Don’t tell me, it’s a lesson with Leadbetter at some top-notch golf academy in Florida with loads of free golf thrown in.” “Actually…. no.”

“Ok, then, it’s got to be a session with Butch Harmon on location at his new academy in the Bahamas?”
“Erm… not quite.” “How about Bob Torrance at Kingsbarns or Muirfield, then?”

“Even better” he said, “You’re not going to a golf course at all, but to a laboratory.

I’m sending you to Coventry…”

In more ways than one, I mused, as, instead of jetting out of Heathrow to glamorous West Palm Beach, I crawled past it on the M4, en-route to the West Midlands. And if that wasn’t enough to temper my enthusiasm for this particular assignment, I was to have, of all things, my putting stroke analysed, critiqued and, quite possibly torn apart by some white-coated boffin holding a clipboard inside a laboratory bristling with hard drives…

The ironic thing is, as anyone who has had the dubious pleasure of playing golf with me will tell you, my putting is just about the last thing that I need to worry about. Let’s just say that my long game isn’t exactly Faldoesque – “more planes than Heathrow airport”, “Jim Furyk in reverse” and “looks like you’re swinging inside a telephone box” are just a few of the editor’s more favourable descriptions of my golf swing.

The fact that I currently manage to play off an eight handicap is testimony to my prowess on the greens, so if there’s one part of my game that I’m confident in, it’s my putting. Neither was I totally convinced that technology, no matter how advanced, would be able to effectively analyse and improve such a highly individual part of the game.

How would a computer be able to second-guess my feel, touch and ability to read the greens? Then again, even if a detailed analysis of my putting proved to be a complete waste of time, at least I’d discovered a little bit more about the mysterious Quintic Consultancy Ltd, a five-year-old company whose little-known cutting-edge techniques are helping to boost the putting performance of many European PGA Tour Players…

The complete article can be found on the following page: www.quintic.com/quinac/Puttingarticle.htm

The Power comes from your feet!

March 1st, 2006 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Full Swing Biomechanics, Padraig Harrington

 “Quintic are pleased to have been involved in the biomechanical analysis and development of the Hi-Tec and Padraig Harrington Golf Shoe. ‘CDT’ technology will enable all golfers, amateur to professional, to benefit from improved stability and balance during their golf swing”.

Dr Paul Hurrion - Director
Quintic Consultancy Ltd

 

 “I’ve always known there’s an art to golf, but there’s also a science. For over two years, I’ve worked alongside Dr Paul Hurrion from Quintic Sports Science Consultancy and Hi-Tec Golf to perfect the shoe’s biomechanics.”

Padraig Harrington

Hi-Tec CDT Super Power
http://www.quintic.com/members_forum/consultancy/Hitec.htm



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