KJ was just awsome coming down the stretch again. I am thrilled at how his swing changes have taken effect and that he has the confidence to win with his improved action. CBS analyst Peter Kostis demonstrated the improvements in KJ's swing plane, set up and transition using the super slow motion camera during Sunday's final round. The highlight was the holed bunker shot for birdie on the 71st hole to take a 3 shot lead into the final hole. There is no reason why he can't be very competitive every week with the way he is swinging and with his mental discipline and confidence level. This was KJ's 6th PGA Tour victory and 3rd win since we started working together last August. He has now moved to just outside the World Top 10 rankings. I am in Ireland this week staying and practicing at Waterville where Stuart Appleby and I will work every day toward his British Open preparation. Apples put himself in great position to win on Sunday in Washington, but got off to a horrible start with two bad tee shots and three 3 putts in the first 7 holes that blew him out to 6 over for the day. At least he fought out the round well from there and managed to play the last 11 holes even par and finish in a tie for 3rd with Jim Furyk. We won't dwell on what went wrong on Sunday, except to analyse errors that could have been avoided. Mainly, we will focus on consolidating the things that got him into the lead before the final round.
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