Advice: To Give or Not to Give
If you’re like me, you’ve probably played in a Pro-Am or two in your lifetime. One of the more delicate issues that comes up is whether to help our amateur partners with their golf games. Of course, this can be dangerous territory. Our amateur partner hacks a few shots, and the inevitable “What am I doing wrong?” is uttered. We try to help, but often our “help” makes things worse. The amateur finishes the 18 holes much more frustrated...
Knowing when to refrain
If you’re like me, you’ve probably played in a Pro-Am or two in your lifetime. One of the more delicate issues that comes up is whether to help our amateur partners with their golf games. Of course, this can be dangerous territory. Our amateur partner hacks a few shots, and the inevitable “What am I doing wrong?” is uttered. We try to help, but often our “help” makes things worse. The amateur finishes the 18 holes much more frustrated...
Defining Today’s Golf Teaching Professional
I know a famous golf writer (sorry, I can’t divulge his name) who has never, and I mean never, sat down in front of a computer. To this day, still writing for some of the top golf magazines, he hand-writes every single sentence. Then, he painstaking bangs out the final drafts of his work with his two index fingers on an old typewriter. I said to him the other day, “You’re a relic, you know that, don’t you? Nobody does it like this...
Teach Low-Handicap Players
You’ve been teaching mainly recreational players, gaining experience along the way, when it happens: the accomplished low-handicap player looking to shave a stroke or two off his game shows up. After the appropriate interview, we watch him hit some balls. Shot after shot goes straight at the target. To the naked eye, his set-up and swing look pretty good. We start to get worried. I can’t find anything wrong, we might think. Oh no,...
Tax Tips for Golf Teaching Professionals
Today’s tax laws are so complicated that unless your financial affairs are extremely simple, chances are you could benefit from at least occasional assistance from a certified public accountant. Don’t be caught in the trap of assuring that cutting taxes means hiring high priced experts to find “loopholes” in the tax law, a technique reserved only for rich people. The simple fact is that the tax law is the same for everyone and the...
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