HISTORICALLY SPEAKING My 19th CenturyAdventure in 21st Century Golf
It was a spectacular morning as contestants lined the practice tee in preparation for the United States and World Golf Teachers Cups in Boulder City, Nevada. To steal a line from P.G. Wodehouse, “a day when all of nature cried fore.” As I settled in to work out the aches from a long day’s journey, there were metallic cannons to the left of me. “Tink, tink, tink.” Little white orbs launched into the stratosphere. Harder than steel...
Slice Solutions
According to a conversation I had with the late great USGTF teacher Babe Bellagamba, there are two foolproof ways to cure an over-the-top swing fault and a resulting pull slice shot. In this article, the first in a two part series, I talk about how swinging like legendary golfers Tommy Armour and Seve Ballesteros did during their heydays can put your student’s faulty swing back on track. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to...
More Questions From Regular Clients
The golfing public often may ask us questions that, on the surface, seem relatively easy to answer, but we might find ourselves looking for the right words to provide an accurate picture. Below are some questions regular clients will likely ask, along with the suggested responses. How do I avoid the dreaded skulled sand shot? Well, we could say “hit the sand first,” but that might be a slight bit condescending! Seriously, this usually...
A Whimsical Look at Why an 8,000-Yard Course Will Soon be a Standard
Many years back, in a little town by the sea, a game called gowf was played by a few of the local nobility. It was a simple enough game, requiring a sturdy four-and-a-half foot tree branch, with six inches bent at about a 45 degree angle on one end. The branch, when swung in a downward motion from shoulder height, would propel a round stone along the ground to a target in the distance. The person reaching the target in the fewest...
More Questions From Regular Clients
How do I avoid the dreaded skulled sand shot? Well, we could say “hit the sand first,” but that might be a slight bit condescending! Seriously, this usually occurs when the angle of approach is too shallow. The twin brother of skulled sand shots is the extremely fat sand shot, because when the angle of approach is too shallow, the margin of error is greatly decreased from a geometric point of view. Make sure the weight starts and...
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