Jim Hardy's Book - Solid Contact is a great read if you are interested in understanding the golf swing better. As a golf instructor Jim Hardy is one of the best. Among his notable achievements, he is the originator of the "1-plane or 2-plane swing" philosophy that captured the attention of teaching professions when introduced ten years ago. Hardy is the type of teacher who wants the student to know not just the how, but the why and this is the theme of his latest book.

The 2012 Publinx Open contested at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park brought out St. Louis' best amateur and professionals on a May day that felt more like mid summer. Temperatures exceeding 90 degrees and an afternoon breeze welcomed over 200 players competing in three divisions - Amateur, Senior Amateur and Professional.

Top seed Skip Berkmeyer needed extra holes to advance out of the first round. Trailing 1 down walking up the 18th hole at Old Warson Country Club, Berkmeyer received a gift from his friend and playing competitor, Jack Eisenbeis. After both players hit their tee shots in the left rough, Eisenbeis proceeded to hit the wrong ball which allowed Berkmeyer to square the match. Berkmeyer would win the match on the first extra hole.

This score is lower than usual, are you sure you want to post? What a wonderful phrase to read when you are posting your score into the GHIN computer, don't you think?

First off, be sure to tune in tomorrow to The Back Nine as Mike Small, Head Golf Coach of the Big 10 Champions - Fighting Illini, joins the show at 8:15am CST. Also on tomorrow is Ron Sirak of Golf Digest to discuss Tiger's decision to go "social".