TPI CGFI Seminar - (Biomechanics Level 2)

June 23rd, 2008 | Full Swing Biomechanics, Putting Biomechanics, TPI

 The TPI Level 2 Biomechanics sourse was held in Oceanside, CA. June 21 & 22 2008. Over 50 people registered for the course, along with the TPI Biomechanics Advisory board. It was a very interesting 2 days, followed by an advisory board meeting…

The second level in Biomechanics track is designed to teach the golf professional how to identify and overcome any physical restrictions that are limiting your students potential. The workshop featured the latest in 3D Motion capture, kinematic sequences, the big 12 swing faults and the most recent research and development in the field of golf swing analysis.

The course was taught by TPI Co-Founders Dr. Greg Rose & Phil Cheetham.

I would encourage anybody serious into the mechanics of the golf swing to do Level 1 as soon as possible. You never stop learning…

Finch wins Irish Open

May 20th, 2008 | Full Swing Biomechanics, PGA European Tour Golfers, Putting Biomechanics

Congratulations to Richard Finch for his victory in The 2008 Irish Open, providing one of the championship’s most memorable moments by falling into the River Maigue after hitting his third shot on the Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort’s 18th hole.

Three shots clear of his closest challenger Felipe Aguilar coming down the par five finishing hole, Finch drove his ball into the right hand rough before over-hitting his lay-up second onto the edge of the riverbank. The ball was lying well enough to go for the green with his third shot, only to find his momentum knocked him off balance and dumped him into the water, much to the amusement of the packed gallery.

After being fished out of the water by his caddie, Finch crossed the river to secure the title and the €416,660 first prize. Finch’s ten under par 278 aggregate saw him finish two clear of Aguilar and three ahead of leading Irishman Gary Murphy, as well as Robert Karlsson, Maarten Lafeber, Lee Westwood and Bradley Dredge.

“This is massive,” he smiled. “Things may change in my outlook in the coming months and what have you. But obviously I had not looked into that in any way, shape or form. I didn’t want to sort of tempt fate and start thinking, well, if this happens, then that happens or anything else.

Lee Westwood broke the course record on Saturday with a unbelievable third round at the Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort 64 stokes, finishing 6 under for the last five holes…

Congratulations once again Richard from all at Quintic.

Paul McGinley : High Speed Video 1000fps Driver SV

March 20th, 2008 | Full Swing Biomechanics, PGA European Tour Golfers, Quintic Video Software

Paul McGinley : High Speed Video 1000fps 6 Iron FV

March 20th, 2008 | Full Swing Biomechanics, PGA European Tour Golfers, Quintic Video Software

Quintic video analysis software - Bionic Belfry!

November 6th, 2007 | Full Swing Biomechanics, Quintic Video Software

The following article is taken from the PGA UK Website, written by Matthew Millard

The man who guided Padraig Harrington to Open success is making his mark at The Belfry’s PGA National Academy.

Biomechanics guru Dr Paul Hurrion has officially opened a state of the art Quintic lab at the famous Ryder Cup venue, equipping it with the latest technology to measure and analyse the golf swing to the tiniest degree.

Hurrion, who will be a headline speaker at next May’s PGA National Teaching and Coaching Conference, is an expert in the field of biomechanics which is an integral part of the PGA Foundation Degree in professional golf programme.

The principles of biomechanics aim to provide a means for the accurate description and explanation of human movement and the changes of the player and their club through the swing. The Quintic video software at The Belfry gives the resort’s stable of pros a library of measurable data they can utilise to show pupils progress in their lessons.

To read the article in full please vist http://www.pga.info/PGAFeatures/40869559.htm

2007 Champion Golfer, Dr Paul Hurrion & the Claret Jug!

November 5th, 2007 | Full Swing Biomechanics, Padraig Harrington

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Padraig Harrington - 2007 Champion Golfer

Play-off king Padraig wins The Open Championship!

July 23rd, 2007 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Full Swing Biomechanics, PGA European Tour Golfers, Padraig Harrington, Putting Biomechanics

Congratulations Padraig… what a day!

Exciting to the point of gut-wrenching!!

A superb last round of four under par 67 took Padraig into a play-off with Sergio Garcia for the Open Championship. Four birdies and an eagle three left him one shot ahead playing the fearsome 18th hole, but two visits to the water seemed to have put paid to his chances of winning a first major. But in a dramatic finish Garcia lipped out for par and a four hole play-off ensued. Like a man spared the death penalty, Padraig played superb golf to leave himself with a four foot putt for the title. He holed it, (straight in the middle) to become the first Irishman to win the title in sixty years…

Harrington’s victory, his first Major Championship success in his 37th attempt, saw him become the first European born player to win The Open Championship since Scotland’s Paul Lawrie triumphed at Carnoustie in 1999 and only the second Irishman in history to lift the Claret Jug following Fred Daly’s triumph at Royal Liverpool in 1947.

The 35 year old Dubliner picked up the first prize of €1,106,617 (£750,000) to move top of The European Tour Order of Merit – where he ended last season – and up to sixth on the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest ever placement.

“I think it will take a long time to settle in what I have achieved today,” he said. “The emotion of it, I couldn’t believe it. I know it was only a short putt to win in the end but as it was rolling into the middle of the hole I’m thinking, I’m the Open Champion! It was amazing, incredible to see that putt drop.”

“Always my goal was to win more than one Major and if I crossed the threshold and won one, as I have done now, I always want to win more. I’m going to celebrate like it’s the pinnacle of my career but I’ve got other goals to move on with now. I’m certainly going to enjoy this one though now, and for the foreseeable future. Forever actually.”

There’s no substitute for building a solid putting stroke that won’t break down under pressure and I can’t imagine any more pressure than Padraig was under several times late on Sunday. To be mentioned in his speech, I am very proud of what he has done & achieved, all those hours upon hours, late nights, hitting balls beyond midnight have all paid off, congratulations once again.

First of many Padraig !?!

*His 12th European Tour International Schedule victory in his 260th European Tour event as a professional.

*His first Major Championship victory in his 37th Major Championship appearance.

*Becomes the first European-born player to win a Major Championship since Paul Lawrie at The 1999 Open Championship also at Carnoustie – a gap of 31 Major Championships.

*This victory beats his best previous Major Championship performances of fifth in the US Open Championship in 2006 and tied fifth in the 1997 Open Championship, 2000 US Open Championship, 2002 Masters Tournament, and 2002 Open Championship.

*Wins The Open Championship in his 11th appearance.

*Third consecutive first-time Major Champion, following Zach Johnson (Masters Tournament) and Angel Cabrera (US Open Championship). First time this has occurred since Phil Mickelson (2004 Masters Tournament), Shaun Micheel (2003 US PGA Championship) and Ben Curtis (2003 The Open Championship).

*Second victory on The 2007 European Tour International Schedule, following the Irish Open.

*Third victory of 2007, following the Irish Open and Irish PGA Championship last week.

*Fourth time in his European Tour career he has recorded multiple victories in the same season.

*Gains an exemption into The Open Championship until the age of 65.

*Gains a five year exemption into The Masters Tournament, the US Open Championship and USPGA Championship.

*Gains a place in the 2007 PGA Grand Slam of Golf, joining Johnson and Cabrera.

*Gains a place in the 2007 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational and HSBC World Match Play Championship.

*Gains a place in the 2008 HSBC Champions.

*Extends his European Tour exemption until the end of 2017.

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Titleist ups the ante on its Performance Institute

June 5th, 2007 | Full Swing Biomechanics, Padraig Harrington
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Biomechanist and MD of Quintic Consultancy Ltd, Dr Paul Hurrion has been invited to join the Biomechanics Advisory Panel of the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI).

 
The TPI was born out of an ongoing search for knowledge about bodies in sports motion. Morphing out of a private facility that was created for the benefit of Titleist staff players worldwide, the public side of the TPI was first opened in 2004.The TPI was born out of an ongoing search for knowledge about bodies in sports motion. Morphing out of a private facility that was created for the benefit of Titleist staff players worldwide, the public side of the TPI was first opened in 2004.It is one of the most technologically advanced golf evaluation facilities in existence focusing on swing efficiency, physical conditioning, and custom equipment fitting. It combines industry leading experts, state of the art technology, and world class facilities to enhance the performance and physical well-being of golfers of all skill levels.You’d find that a good deal of what is discussed and debated by the members of the Institute is over the heads of most club golfers, but it’s meat & potatoes to professional athletes for whom the game is a livelihood.There are eight people in total currently consulting just on the TPI biomechanics panel - each with discrete disciplinary skill-sets and in different sports. The idea is that physiological & biomechanical aspects of all sports have information that can be applied to golf. Considering that this will involve processing vast amounts of data to extract valid components, an exhaustive degree of knowledge is needed.“We met Paul through Padraig Harrington and knew that he was doing research on shoes and motion analysis of elite athletes,” explains Dr Greg Rose of TPI. “We look for advisors that can help direct us in each discipline and we try to get experts from different sports that may have great information that we could apply to golf. We definitely try to get advisors who don’t think the same so that we can get great discussions on each topic.

“We try to meet at least once a year, we pose monthly questions to discuss and debate through email, we all write articles to post on our website, and we will try to publish 6-10 research papers over 12 months from the group.”

2007 and 2008 are going to be very busy years for Paul Hurrion. As demand among PGA players and management grows for Hurrion’s one-to-one consulting time, Quintic itself is poised to launch a range of very special training aids under the Quintic brand.

Designed, packaged and priced to have appeal among the broadest range of golfers, these training aids are distinguished by their simplicity and instant feedback.

Paul Hurrion and the Quintic team have amassed a vast body of work on the complexities of the professional athletes’ sporting performance. An innate knowledge of this data firstly enables a biomechanist efficiently to target a problem or an opportunity for performance improvement. Secondly, it makes it possible to identify accurately the common problems of most golfers and crucially, the quickest and most effective cure.

“At its purest level, yes, biomechanics is probably deathly dull to men and women who simply love the game of golf and always want to play better,” says a sanguine Paul Hurrion. “The point is those people don’t have to bother with exhaustive analysis of their game because we’ve done that. For those that are interested the facts and figures, we can gladly discuss these, otherwise they can just benefit by our research… and play better golf.”

The TPI will be a Shangri-La for serious golfers, irrespective of the brand of club they swing. They’ll sell truckloads of very worthy Titleist gear off the back of the TPI, but that’s a given and no secret. What is perhaps a more closely guarded secret is just how coveted a place is in this particular school.

Greg Rose : “We are a private facility - used mainly by our professional Titleist staff players worldwide (almost 8,000 players in total). We do offer 35 fantasy camps called ‘experiences’ each year - where 6 amateurs will come in for three days and we treat them like they are Adam Scott for the week. We charge $7,500 per person and it is usually sold out well in advance!”

‘Scott Cranfield Golf Academy’ partners with Quintic video analysis software…

April 17th, 2007 | Full Swing Biomechanics, Quintic Video Software

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Cranfield Golf Academy is the largest group of Academies in London and Greater London, UK and Europe, Many of you may recognise Scott from his appearances on Setanta TV & Sky Sports along for coaching some of Europe’s most famous players. Like most young professionals Scott’s original ambition when he started his career in 1985 was to become the world’s number one player. After four years of dedicated trial and error he realised he probably he was much closer to being the world’s most knowledgeable golfer - and perhaps the most frustrated. However, the research years proved invaluable for his now chosen and cherished career of coaching others.

Scott has developed 12 academies throughout London, South East England and parts of Europe. His teachings are based on his findings and beliefs, all of which are supported by thorough research. These are applicable whether you are a new golfer or a hardened tournament professional. Quintic is delighted to be part of Scott’s plan for the future bringing the latest video analysis technology to help golfers at all levels.

Scott & co-host Sarah Stirk present the “Out of Bounds” programme on the Setanta Golf Channel (Sky Ch 418). They bring you all the latest tips, features and interviews from across the UK & PGA European Tour. Watch them on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays on Setanta Golf.

You can find out more about the Scott Cranfield Golf Academy at the following website: www.cga-golf.com/


“Quintic Video Analysis Software enables me to analyse all aspects of the golf swing in fine detail, whether I’m on the practice range at any of my CGA academies, or away on Tour.

Quintic software helps me explain my teaching methods and enables me to send the lesson information directly to my pupils email account. By doing this I can communicate with them no matter where I, or they, are in the world.”

Scott Cranfield, PGA European Tour Coach

Hi-Tec CDT Golf & www.golflifetv.com

April 3rd, 2007 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Full Swing Biomechanics, Quintic Video Software

Hi-Tec CDT Golf footware as featured at www.golflifetv.com. Please watch the video at the following link, you will need to scroll down the list to find Hi-Tec footware…

http://www.golflifetv.com/Video_Pages/GL_BC_Player.htm



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