The Modern Swing is the Least Modern
Just about every week on a national broadcast of the PGA Tour, one of the standby golf gurus expounds on the modern swing, using slow-motion video, technobabble, and analysis of why the shot we just witnessed finished stiff or in someone’s back yard. But, here is a question – what is the modern golf swing and when exactly did it originate? Is it the swing described in Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf by Ben Hogan in 1957?...
African-Americans and Discrimination in Golf
Tiger Woods is, of course, the most famous minority golfer in history. Both black and Asian, Woods serves as a source of inspiration for many people of all colors throughout the world. Although he faced a few challenges because of his race while growing up, for the most part Woods had smooth sailing in that regard, as well as in his quest to become the greatest golfer of all time. He could always find a place that would allow him to...
Honored Master
An amazing thing happened on the way to becoming a Master Golf Teaching Professional. The first thing I found out is that we are more than just golf instructors; we influence in so many ways. I received a letter from a retiree, and every sentence started with, “If it wasn’t for you, I would not have played golf,” “If it wasn’t for you, I would not have had the courage to tee it up with the ladies group,” “If it wasn’t for you, I would...
The Worst Shot in Golf
Skull, slice, yip, yank, top, pop, tug, chunk, whiff, shank, clank, hook, smother, flub, duff. Indeed, as teachers, our student’s mess-ups come in all shapes and sizes. If only we could smite them from the earth (and, along with them, the gimmicky pop schlock recordings of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Jessica Simpson). Chances are, when Flanders is breathing down your neck in your tension-filled grudge match, one of these...
4 C’s That Can Turn Your Student’s Game Around
“Ive been playing golf for 50 years, and what never ceases to amaze me is how, from time to time, I’ll meet a player who, though not great by any sense of the imagination in any shotmaking category – from driving to putting – manages to bring home the trophy in both the club’s match play and medal play yearly championships. These days, when I watch this type of golfer in action, I’m reminded most of Padraig Harrington. Not one...
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