NO QUICK FIX: The Whole package
I teach skiing. I take golf lessons. I am older than dirt and have been in the industry for 50 years. A word to the younger set: As we of the older set get older, we don’t get grumpy. This may come as a shock to some who think, “Man, you-all are getting old and grumpy.” Yes, we are getting old, as you will, but grumpy is not where we are at. We know we are running out of time, so we want to get on with things and have no patience for...
HOW US GOLF THEORY HAS SPREAD TO JAPAN
In Japan, when it comes to golf, it normally means American golf. Why? The real pleasure of playing golf would be provided by the following four elements: • Long drives. • Accurate high iron shots dead to the pin. • Approach shots with exaggerated backspin • Putting techniques to hole putts on the incredible breaks of the greens. I think the Masters must be the most popular golf tournament that can provide all of these four elements....
DRILLS THAT WORK
WALK-THROUGH DRILL This drill is for golfers who tend to fall back on their back foot through impact and follow-through. Some teachers call it the “Gary Player drill.” As impact is made, the student steps forward towards the target with the back foot, “walking through” the shot. STEP DRILL This is helpful for golfers who need help with the timing of their transition. The golfer takes a normal set up, and before swinging back, places...
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The NUANCES of MATCH PLAY Competition
Stroke play is by far the most common form of competition in today’s golf world, but match play still sees its share of the action. All of the USGA’s individual amateur championships are played at match play, as well as the Accenture Match Play Championship and the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup in professional golf. Of course, the USGTF’s United States Match Play Championship’s name speaks for itself. Match play is different than stroke...
DEALING WITH THE PREMONITION OF A BAD SHOT
Have you ever stood over the ball and felt a bad shot coming on? If you’re like virtually everyone else, you have. What do you do in this situation? The obvious solution would be to back off and start our routine over. Yet, almost no one does this. Instead, we try to avoid the shot our mind is focused on. If we feel a hook coming, we may try to hold off our release. If we feel a fat shot coming, we may try to feel like we’re hitting...
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