When Enough is Enough
We’ve all heard someone say at one time or another, “I took lessons from so-and-so, and he ruined my game.” Some of today’s high-priced tour gurus are known to have as many failures as successes. In Timothy Gallwey’s book The Inner Game of Golf, he relates the story of a golfer who takes up the game, and within a year is shooting par. The golfer’s friends, amazed at his progress, urge him to take lessons and join the tour. After...
What I Said Then…..What I Think Now
In the Summer 1999 edition of American Golf Pro (now Golf Teaching Pro), I wrote an article on alternative swing methods. The article detailed my experiments with these methods, and my subsequent beliefs regarding them. What I wrote was not without controversy. One of our teaching professionals at the St. Lucie Range (which the USGTF operated at the time) was quite upset with me. He had made a serious study of Moe Norman’s method over...
Tiger Woods Throughout the Years
I n t h e 1980s, Nick Faldo was known as “Nick Foldo,” because he often stumbled in the fourth round of tournaments, especially major championships. He went to instructor David Leadbetter and completely revamped his swing. Faldo’s motion went from a leg-driven, reverse-C action (reminiscent of the champions of the 1970s, most notably Johnny Miller) to a more rotational modern look. Faldo went on to win six major championships and was...
Does the Course Fit Your Eye?
Professional golfers often say a course either does or doesn’t “fit their eye.” What are they talking about? A course that fits your eye means different things to different players. A fader like Jack Nicklaus loved holes that doglegged to the right, and he also liked greens that angled diagonally from front left to back right. A low-ball hitter like Lee Trevino didn’t like obstacles in front of the green, or greens that were elevated....
Winter 2014 International News
The Canadian Golf Teachers Federation is pleased to announce the appointment of Marc Ray as its new president. Ray, a native of Belleville, Ontario, assumed his duties earlier this August. Ray succeeds longtime president Bob Bryant after his retirement. To his past students and members, Bryant commented, “I have had the pleasure of directing the Canadian Golf Teachers Federation since its inception in 1994. From our first course in...
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