The Modern Swing: Tiger’s Modern Backswing and Downsizing
Previously, I brought to your attention something that had previously gone unnoticed by golf experts, yet it is something so groundbreaking for the world of golf instruction and how the game is likely to be taught in the future. It was the discovery that Tiger Woods changed his swing once again, likely this time forever, since the new Modern Swing he employed helped him hit the ball so powerfully, so accurately and, moreover, on such...
The Modern Swing: Tiger’s Modern Swing Setup
I consider myself a golf historian, though admittedly my interest leans mostly toward the realm of golf instruction. In fact, in my library I’ve got over one hundred how-to books, my at home office walls are covered with swing sequence photographs of golf greats, and my desk drawers contain golf videotapes and electronic media of all types, plus binders containing instruction articles cut out of major golf magazines. On top of that,...
Boosting Your Teaching Business
You’ve done it. You’ve passed the USGTF certification course, you get hired at a driving range or golf course as the head teaching professional, and you can’t wait to get started. You hang out your shingle and wait for the students to come… except that they don’t come in the numbers you envisioned. What’s going on here? There are certain locations where all you have to do is hang out the proverbial shingle and students will come. If...
Unique Rulings in Golf
Recently, in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Steward Cink was disqualified for testing a bunker prior to hitting a shot from a bunker, and failing to add the two-stroke penalty to his scorecard. What made this ruling unique is that Cink not only didn’t know initially he violated a Rule, but that the bunker he “tested” was a completely different bunker than the one from which he hit his next shot! His ball was just outside a fairway...
More Questions From Regular Clients
How do I approach playing out of a fairway bunker as opposed to a greenside bunker? From a fairway bunker, you want to hit the ball first. In a greenside bunker, you want to hit the sand first. For a fairway bunker shot, take one more club than you would for a fairway shot of the same distance, play the ball one ballwidth farther back in your stance, and keep the lower body quiet during the backswing. If you dig into the sand a little...
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