For
Immediate Release:
June 2, 2008
PZ Student Amy Yang (18) Wins Ladies German Masters
and Tops LET Money List.
Hamburg Germany -- The PuttingZone
The
hottest player on the Ladies European Tour is
18-year old Amy Yang, student of Australian PuttingZone
coach Bruce Howard. Amy recently finished
second at the rain-shortened LET Swiss Masters
to vault to the top of the money list with five
top-ten finishes in six starts, and then followed
that up this week by winning the Ladies German
Masters. En route to her four-shot victory in
Munich, Amy set the course record with a 9-under
63 in the third round (including a hole in one)
followed by a 67 the final day. Commenting on
her record round, Yang said: "I just hit really
good today. And my putting was really good - much
better than normal." Yang won her first event
on the LET at the Ladies Australian Masters as
a 16-year-old amateur. The Ladies German Maters
is her first win as a professional. Yang donated
her entire $60,000 winnings to China's earthquake
relief.
Bruce Howard, PZ Coach, Sydney
Australia
PuttingZone.com.au
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Geoff
Mangum is widely regarded as the most knowledgeable
putting coach in the world and has spent 20 years
studying and coaching putting to amateurs and
professionals right up to major winners. Last
year, after his lecture at the European PGA Coaching
Conference, Mangum held a series of clinics for
teaching professionals in Europe and received
rave reviews. He returned this year to hold further
sessions at locations in England and Germany,
teaching over 70 PGA pros and elite golfers.
Shaun
Micheel worked with Mangum in May 2003 and went
from winless on Tour and a low-ranking putter
to winning a major with his putter after a single
lesson. Winner of the 2003 USPGA in July, Micheel
improved his US Tour putting stats from 133rd
to 16th within two months of working on putting
with Geoff Mangum, and said: "Everyone remembers
my [last] seven iron, but my putter won me the
PGA Championship." Golf Magazine 2004. Micheel
recently finished runner-up to Tiger Woods in
the 2006 PGA Championship after the same caliber
putting performance. Other standout PuttingZone
students include Chris Hanson on the EuroPro Tour
and Ben Parker, who won the Orange Bowl Junior
Invitational in Miami (December 2005) over a world-class
field with an opening round 63 that left the field
6 strokes behind. He followed that with an opening
62 at the Tasmanian Open, which he also won, a
month later. For testimonials from veteran teachers,
click here.
Mangum's
approach is to combine the best of existing putting
lore with application of the neuroscience for
human perception and movement in putting, targeting
and stroke control. This "Mechanics of Instincts"
approach teaches the teachers how the instincts
actually work on the green and enables golfers
to use body postures and movements in a structured
putting routine that enhances rather than conflicts
with these basic human processes for instinctive
behaviour. The result is a permanent and dramatic
increase in putting competence and the added confidence
that comes with real skill.
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