John Sendon tops the Leaderboard at Australian Open.

Queenslander John Senden has stormed home with the round of the tournament to claim the MFS Australian Open by a stroke from US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy at Royal Sydney. In fact 7 out of the 8 top places went to players who use Leaderboard for their golf fitness and stability platform. Full story and scoring:

http://pgatour.com.au/default.asp?s=newsdisplay&aid=5964

George Stubbs 15, wins The Hallowes Junior Open, Sheffield, using his Zen Tour Works Red “hot” putter.

George (5 handicap) carded 2 under par to finish 2 shots clear of the field with a decisive eagle on the 16th and only 26 putts.

“It’s the first time I have played the course. The greens were immaculate, the putts rolled great and I took advantage of every opportunity presented”  

No stranger to the Zen Oracle and its training system, George was introduced to the putter having taken up the game just 2 years ago and receiving expert instruction from Graham Walker (EGU Coach) and Mark Shervill of the Zenjin team coaching programme.

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Oliver Fisher wins golf’s most prestigious amateur title The St. Andrews Links Trophy with new Zen Merc Blade putter.

The 17 year old international golf prodigy finished by two clear shots on -7. Oliver, an avid fan of the Zen Oracle training routines, switched to the Zen Merc Blade during the British Masters at The Belfry. In 2005 he entered the record books as the youngest player to gain selection for the Walker Cup in Chicago.

The Links Trophy was inaugurated in 1989 and is now one of the most prestigious amateur events in world golf. Top golfers today such as Ernie Els, Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Philip Price and Paul McGinley all played in the Links Trophy early in their careers and it provided them with valuable tournament experience.

Full report, click or paste the link into your web browser:

http://www.standrews.org.uk/events/annual_tournaments/links_trophy.html

The Zen “Merc” Blade putter introduces patented and scientifically proven “RDE” (pronounced “Ready”) Dimple Error Correction face technology featuring precise micro ridges that work to counteract the adverse effect of the golf ball dimples. The putter was first brought into play by Stuart Appleby at Mercedes Championships in Hawaii, the opening event on the US PGA Tour, where he secured his record 3rd successive victory of this title. More recently Stuart went on to capture the Shell Huston Open by six shots; his largest ever winning margin.

RDE inventor and British engineer Dr Norman Lindsay has proven that “dimple error” can cause perfectly stroked and aligned putts of only five feet to miss the hole.  While existing face grooves can only provide an 8% reduction, the new Zen RDE provides correction by typically 50%. This results in putts that stay online, roll true and a have feel that is both soft and responsive coming off of the face for maximum confidence and control. 

Stuart wins the Shell Houston Open

Stuart Appleby led from the opening round to the end of the tournament and finished at 19 under 269 on the new Redstone Tournament Course. Appleby, who uses the new Zen Blade Putter, also won in Houston in 1999. Following on from his win at Kapalua, Hawaii Stuart joins Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as the only two time winners on this years PGA Tour. Read more about Stuart's win by CLICKING HERE

Course conditions were tough and the greens were very tricky. This year the field recorded the highest-ever putting average for this event, but Appleby uses the new Zen Blade putter to lead the field for the second consecutive year in average distance of putts made at 83 feet, 5 inches and led the field in putting from 15 to 20 feet, converting 42.9 percent of his attempts.

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The English Elite squad member and former world #4 reaches the summit of his game at this year’s event staged at Bromborough GC.

Over the last 18 months, Paul has been working closely with Zen Master Graham Walker who is an EGU and Golf World Top 25 Coach.

Zen will exhibit at The Open Championship as a guest of The Heritage Golf Company of St. Andrews and the charity “Keepers of the Green”. The Fife County Tent, situated next to The Open Merchandise Marquee, will feature a special indoor putting green to showcase Zen together with David Edel of the USA who will demonstrate his advanced laser custom fit putting system. The event provides an ideal opportunity to raise awareness to the tremendous endeavours of the charity and to allow visitors to experience the Zen “Direct Feedback” training system at first hand using the latest line-up of their range of innovative putters as played by Stuart Appleby.

Once again, eyes will be drawn to the 2004 Open Champion, Todd Hamilton, who started using the Zen Oracle training system prior to his rookie win at The Honda Classic earlier that year, and has since become a seasoned advocate of the Zen. This year, Zen is joined on the Players Practice Putting Green with Science & Motion Golf “SAM Putt Lab”, the World’s #1 putting analysis system. Together, this powerful combination offers competitors a vital insight into their swing mechanic and stroke technique in their quest to find that last minute edge. Stuart Wilson, the Silver Medallist at Royal Troon, made front page news when he famously captured his form to join the early leaders in 2004. It can now be revealed that Stuart together with Ian Rae, Scottish Golf Union National coach, started using the Zen system prior to the competing. The response gave rise to the SGU adopting the system, and Stuart alongside a growing number of fellow elite players now enjoy the positive benefits of Zen brings to their game.