Customized Putting
There’s a new putting trend coming in golf, and since it truly is revolutionary, it promises to help the largest percentage of the 30 million golfers who play golf in America and whose handicaps remain high owing to poor putting skills. This new system for teaching putting will also come to the rescue of Golf Magazine’s 3.5 million subscribers, who I’m told putt just as poorly as they did when I was senior instruction editor, and...
Billy Casper: A Man of Faith, Family, and Golf
The year is 1970 and the “Big Three” of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player are at their peak, with a newcomer named Lee Trevino threatening to crash the party. Which one of them won more PGA Tour events the prior seven seasons than anyone? The answer would be “none of the above.” No, that accomplishment belonged to a man Golf Channel named as the most underrated player in history. He would be William Earl “Billy” Casper,...
Clubfitting Basics for the Driver
No club in the bag gets as much technology put into it as does the driver. For some golfers, bashing the long ball is the most fun they have on the course. A lot of emphasis is put on driving the ball long these days, and it seems to have overtaken the short game in importance in the minds of many golfers. Actually, driving distance is somewhat important. If the average course length that the average golfer plays is around 6,200...
The Golf Club Manager and the Club Superintendent
INTRODUCTION A lot of knowledge, time, and effort are necessary to keep the golfscape functional and aesthetically pleasing. As a golf club manager, you must ensure that your superintendent has a wellorganized yet flexible maintenance schedule and reports to you weekly in this regard. THE VALUE OF SCHEDULING As with most tasks at hand, it’s best not to rely completely on your own memory for the details of what, when, and where. Notes...
Golf Strategy as it Pertains to Business… and Vice Versa
INTRODUCTION It has been my observation that many golfers who stumble their way around the golf course in a haphazard manner could improve simply by applying principles of business strategy to their game. In like manner, business leaders who stumble through daily business happenings could likewise improve their “business game” by observing and applying proper strategic golf practices. To this end, I will discuss four basic concepts...
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