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Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player, and the only American inside the ATP Top 10. As of November 12, 2010, he is ranked World No. 8 by the ATP rankings. He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 US Open, defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals. Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon three times and the US Open once), losing to Roger Federer each time. He and Federer are the only players to have been ranked in the Association of Tennis Professionals top 10 at year-end from 2002 through 2010 consecutively.

Roddick was born in Omaha, Nebraska[4] to Jerry and Blanche Roddick. Roddick's father was a businessman and his mother was a school teacher. She now directs the Andy Roddick Foundation. Roddick has two older brothers, Lawrence and John (All-American tennis player at University of Georgia (1996–98) and head tennis coach at the University of Oklahoma), who were both promising tennis players at a young age.

at one point, Roddick dated actress/singer Mandy Moore. It was while Roddick was flipping through a previous swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated that Roddick first noticed Brooklyn Decker, to whom he is now married. The two had been dating since at least the 2007 Davis Cup, and on March 31, 2008, Roddick announced on his website that he and Decker had become engaged. The couple were married in Austin on April 17, 2009.

Roddick seriously considered quitting competitive tennis at the age of 17, when he had a losing streak in the juniors. His coach, Tarik Benhabiles, talked him into giving tennis four more months of undivided attention.[8] Roddick finished as the #6 junior in the U.S. in 1999, and as the #1 junior in the world in 2000. He won six world junior singles and seven doubles titles, and won the US Open and Australian Open junior singles titles in 2000.[9] In March, in Miami, in the first round Roddick had his first major victory as he beat world # 41 Fernando Vicente of Spain, 6–4, 6–0. In August, in Washington, D.C., he beat world # 30 Fabrice Santoro of France, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3.

Roddick's hardcourt record in 2003 included his first Masters Series titles – coming at Canada and Cincinnati – and his only Grand Slam title. At the U.S. Open, Roddick rallied from two sets down and a match point against him in the semifinals to beat David Nalbandian 6–7 (4), 3–6, 7–6 (7), 6–1, 6–3. He then defeated world # 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3. At the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston he defeated world # 7 Carlos Moyá of Spain, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, and world # 4 Guillermo Coria of Argentina, 6–3, 6–7 (4), 6–3, before losing to Federer in the semifinals. By the end of the year, at age 21, he was ranked # 1, the first American to finish a year at # 1 since Andre Agassi in 1999. He also became the youngest American to hold this rank since computer rankings were started in 1973.

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Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskina (Анастасия Мыскина [ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə ˈmɨskʲɪnə]; born July 8, 1981, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam event. Subsequent to this victory she rose to number 3 on the WTA ranking, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to reach the top three in the history of the rankings. In September 2004 she reached a career high of No.2, but she has not played professional tennis since 2007, and has stated she does not know whether she will return or not. Injury has prevented her from advancing for the past several years.

Her German coach, Jens Gerlach, is also a former boyfriend.[5] Myskina also dated HC Dynamo Moscow hockey player Aleksandr Stepanov,[6] and she has also been linked to Austrian tennis pro Jürgen Melzer.[7]
In October 2002, Myskina had a series of photos taken for GQ magazine by the photographer Mark Seliger for a spread in the October 2002 edition of GQ, in which one approved photo of her fully clothed was published. After she won the French Open in 2004, some photographs from the shoot, in which she appeared topless, were published in the July/August 2004 issue of the Russian magazine Medved (Bear).

Myskina only played two singles matches, having been injured. She lost both of those matches; including to Meghann Shaughnessy at the French Open, only winning a game.[1][2] As of July 25, 2007, Myskina fell to the same ranking as the wildcard she lost to, Agnieszka Radwańska, of Number 309. She also is unranked for doubles. Myskina is taking time off due to a career-threatening injury.[3][4]

2006 was another disappointing season for Myskina. Having had several chances to return to the Top 10, she failed to convert any of them. In Warsaw, she suffered her worst defeat in terms of the rankings on WTA Tour level, falling to a wild card, Agnieszka Radwańska, ranked No. 309. She showed splashes of her old form during the grass season, having reached the Eastbourne final beautifully, losing to Justine Henin in a close final concluded in a third set tiebreak. She made the Wimbledon quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champion Amélie Mauresmo in three sets. She had solid performance at the first two Grand Slams, making the 4th round on each occasion. After Wimbledon, her game completely fall apart.

2005 brought Myskina mixed fortunes. She spent the first half of 2005 poorly, due to personal issues regarding her mother's health. Myskina surrendered her Doha and Roland Garros titles in the very first round, and became the first Roland Garros champion to lose in the opening round. Bringing an 8-10 win-loss record to the beginning of the grass court season, Myskina managed to turn it around at Wimbledon by reaching her career-first quarterfinal at the event with three comeback wins over Jelena Janković (from a 1–5 final set deficit), and over Dementieva (being 1–6, 0–3 down and facing match points in the second set tiebreak). She fell out of the Top 10 in August. She then won a tenth career title in Kolkata beating lower-ranked opponents.

2004 was Myskina's best season to date. Myskina successfully defended her Doha title, afterwards becoming the second Russian woman to break into the Top 5, the first was Natasha Zvereva, who rose to number 5 in the World in May 1989. The highlight of Myskina's 2004 season was a victory at the French Open, where she saved match points in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova, then defeated former world number 1 players Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati, en route to a 6–1, 6–2 victory over compatriot Elena Dementieva in the first all-Russian Grand Slam final, thus making her the first female Russian to win a Grand Slam singles title. Prior to her French Open victory, she had never made it past the 2nd round at Roland Garros.

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Alizé Cornet (born 22 January 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three (Behind Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezaï ). She has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 30 August 2010 she is ranked World No. 80.[1] Cornet also has an extensive juniors record, winning the 2007 Girls' Singles at Roland Garros.[2] She has won 1 WTA title.

She made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2005 and made it to the second round, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo. In 2006, she reached the second round again by beating Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the first round. She could not repeat this performance in 2007, as she lost in the first round to Venus Williams 6–4, 6–3. Cornet was defeated in the Wimbledon 2007 qualifying event by Olga Govortsova 7–6(12), 3–6, 6–4, but made it to the main draw as a lucky loser when Li Na of China withdrew.

Cornet reached 2nd round at Australian Open where she lost to ninth seed Daniela Hantuchová. Over the following months, Cornet experienced a great level of success on the main tour, particularly on clay, reaching the final in Acapulco and the semi-finals in Amelia Island and Charleston (a Tier I event). Cornet entered the 2008 Rome Masters and beat Vera Dushevina 6–1, 6–3 in the first round, Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–2 in the second, world number 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–4 in the third, and then received a walkover from an injured Serena Williams to get into the semi-finals.

She won her first WTA title at Budapest. She was seeded 2nd and received a bye into the second round. Here she defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–2, 6–2, and followed it up with a 6–2, 6–3 win over Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the quarters. Then in the semis she defeated Gréta Arn 6–1, 6–1, to make her third final of the year. Then she won it 7–6, 6–3 over Andreja Klepač. She capped it off by winning the doubles with Janette Husárová at the same tournament.

She then competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, seeded 15th. She defeated Nicole Vaidišová 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the first round, Shuai Peng 6–2, 6–2, in the second, before falling to Serena Williams 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. In New Haven, she was seeded 7th and again beat Nicole Vaidišová in the first round, 6–3, 7–6(8). She followed it up by beating Katarina Srebotnik 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–2, and a win over second seeded Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the quarters. However she lost in the semis to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki, 7–5, 6–4.

During the European clay court season, Cornet, as a qualifier in the Barcelona Ladies Open in Spain, lost to Timea Bacsinszky, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round. Cornet reached her first semifinal of the season in Fes, Morocco, losing to Iveta Benešová 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. She had previously not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament. At the Estoril Open in Portugal, home favourite Michelle Larcher de Brito beat Cornet in the first round 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. As a qualifier in the Madrid Open she lost again to Schiavone for the fourth time that year. Cornet won her first tournament of the year at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, playing doubles with Vania King.

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Adrienne Acton was born on November 4, 1985 in Marana, Arizona, United States. She is a famous sportsgirl, who plays college Softball. She plays for the University of Arizona Wildcats softball team, wearing number 4 as an Outfielder. She is studying and majoring in Criminal Law and Sociology .
She grew up along with other brother and sisters, J.D., Sarah, and Stephanie, and Derek. Even studying in her high school in Marana High School in 2004, she was a member of the 2003 and 2004 All-America high school teams

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2007: All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention ... Will hold highest returning batting average (.294) and most stolen bases (12-for-12) in 2008 after the graduation of Caitlin Lowe and Chelsie Mesa ... ... All 60 starts came as the nine-hole hitter ... Started 59 games in right field and one in center ... WCWS: Drove in game-winning run in UA's 1-0, 10-inning victory over Tennessee to force Game 3 in Championship Series ... Had two of UA's three stolen bases in WCWS ... Tucson Super Regional: Led Super Regional with .500 (2-for-4) batting average ... Recorded game-winning hit in Game 2 - a two-run single ... Tucson Regional:

2006: Started all 65 games for Arizona ... Started 55 games in right field and 10 in center, when Caitlin Lowe went down with an injury from March 24 through April 15 ... Set career highs in virtually all offensive categories ... Started 60 games batting ninth, to go along with one game each hitting leadoff slot and second ... Reached on an error 12 times during the year, including a pair of four-base errors in the same game in a Feb. 17, 5-1, win over Tennessee Tech ... Women's College World Series: Batted .235, scored four runs and was 2-for-2 in stolen bases ... Kept the pressure on defenses, as she reached via error three times ... Had her second outfield assist of the year in Game 1 of the Championship Series, as she threw out Northwestern's Tammy Williams at third in the seventh inning of UA's 8-0 victory

2005: Started six of UA's eight postseason games, after having 10 starts in 49 regular season contests ... Had three hits in eight postseason games, after having four in the regular season ... Led the team with 33 appearances as a substitute, primarily as a pinch runner ... Tucson Regional: Had two bunt base hits in three regional games ... Started five of the last six regular-season games, after starting five of the first 43 ... Scored seven runs before knocking her first hit ... Went 2-for-6 with three runs in two home wins over Oregon on April 9-10 ... Scored game-winning run in a walk-off win over Eastern Michigan on March 5 ... Stole her first base when pinch-running for Jackie Coburn in a win over Oklahoma State on Feb. 5.

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In this enjoyable effort to spread appreciation for golf-course architecture, Shackelford preaches a simple dogma: a course should be naturalistic, replete with tempting, playable shot options. Knowing that golf aficionados can sense the difference between playing an assembly-line course built during the 1970s and a mature one from the 1920s, Shackelford puts flesh on the bones of their intuition with a review of design schools. He extols the "strategic" school, exemplified by St. Andrews or Augusta National, which he justifies with detailed assessments of the famous Road Hole and Amen Corner, respectively. Caustic about designs he disdains, Shackelford is more than an armchair critic because he helped create a new public course in Southern California, illustrated, as are his other topics, with a profusion of sketches and photographs.

The award is based on performance excellence for current and previous years in various categories, including maintaining turfgrass conditions, successful large scale renovation or construction projects, loss prevention efforts, personnel development, operating within budget, active pursuit of industry-wide certifications and education, and more.

In addition to his commitment to protecting and preserving the environment, Ragsdale is also a true community leader, having contributed to several community relations programs, including Feed The Homeless and Habitat for Humanity.

We are happy to recognize Andy Ragsdale as our Golf Grounds Manager of the Year," said Robert Waller, Senior Director, Grounds Operations at Ritz-Carlton Golf. "Complementing his commitment to promoting environmental stewardship, Andy serves as a passionate leader and has consistently demonstrated the ability to maintain the highest standards that are synonymous with a Ritz-Carlton property.

Marriott Golf manages 59 golf courses at 43 locations in 12 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970 and is one of the world's premier golf operators. Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises. For more information, visit www.marriottgolf.com.

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In teaching the one plane golf swing, by far the most difficult task I have found is helping golfers "unlearn" everything they already "know" about the golf swing. The second most difficult task is finding the balances by not over exagerrating certain movements in the swing. The ideas I present below are a blend of what Jim Hardy calls a one plane swing and how I teach the swing. Interestingly enough, with all the buzz around this idea of a one plane swing, Jim Hardy openly admits that his one plane swing is a more difficult swing to learn as it requires more athleticism.

For the serious golfer who wants to be as good as possibly can, the Rotary Swing Tour is the only model to follow.
What I am writing below goes completely against helping you learn the swing and is not even close to how I teach the swing. It is meant strictly as a reference and is for all those super technical golfers out there who want to know way more than they need to about the golf swing. If that's you, read on as you'll be able to completely overwhelm yourself with the technical detail below and ensure that you won't be able to swing the club to save your life :-) After writing this, I had to put my clubs down for a week until I "forgot" everything I wrote. For those of you who want to actually learn how to do the one plane swing and not read about the details, click the link below.

Hardy firmly believes that there are no interchangable parts between the two swings, he calls them oil and water. However, if this were true, every golfer on the PGA Tour would neatly fall into one or the other and strictly follow Hardy's fundamentals. Of course, this is simply not the case and almost every golfer on tour is more of a hybrid than anything else. If you are looking for the purest demonstration of Hardy's ideas of a one plane swing, I highly recommend you study Peter Jacobsen's swing, as well as Scott McCarron. Of course, you will notice that not very many other golfers' swings look like Jacobsen or McCarron's, but if you want to follow Hardy to a "T", that is where you should look.

Compare the two photos below of myself and David Toms. Note how David swings the club above the shaft plane he established at address very early in the swing. He keeps the club outside of his hands in order to keep it from coming too far inside. This is a commonly taught position in today's modern teaching and David performs it perfectly. You can already see how his arms are separating from his torso in an effort to create width. In a one plane swing, too much width is a bad characteristic according to Hardy, so the arms swing more to the inside and across the chest. Hogan also talked a great deal about his arms swinging across his chest and the connection he maintained of his upper arms to his chest throughout his swing.

The rotation of the arm in the one plane swing allows the left arm to more naturally swing across the body. If you stand up and make a baseball swing, you will notice that there is some clockwise rotation of the left forearm. If you do not allow the left forearm to rotate, the club will be "maneuvered" onto a more upright plane rather than being allowed to "swing" on it's natural, more "around" plane. This is not something that you will concsiously do if you allow yourself to make a natural swing, it is something that will happen on its own. I simply point it out here because you have likely heard not to allow the left forearm to rotate, which is true for a two plane swing, but not true for a one plane swing.
As I mentioned, Hogan talked about this in his book, Five Fundamentals. Both arms stay close to the body to decrease width and give control of the golf club over to the torso, removing the responsibility from the much more difficult to control arms. This allows you to use the big muscles of your body to swing the club because the arms are a completely unreliable source of power and control. This swinging motion happens naturally because the arms are simply being led by the rotating body and are being allowed to swing back behind the chest similar to a baseball swing. You can clearly see here that David's arms are continuing their very upward movement whereas mine are swinging more around behind me. A simple way to look at this is that in a one plane swing the arms and body are more in sync, with the arms naturally swinging with the rotation of the body on the same plane.