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  • How To Become A Great Shotmaker (Part II)
    This is the second of two articles on shotmaking—the key to dramatically cutting strokes from your golf handicap. The first article explained how to hit four key shots—a high draw, 100-yard knockdown, semi-buried bunker blast, and a chip with a hybrid. This article explains four more key shots—the thick rough pitch, 3-wood punch, mid-iron fade, and bump-and-run. These shots help trim strokes from your golf handicap.
    Published 08Nov2009, viewed 3 times
  • Maximizing Distance Off The Tee
    Maximizing distance off the tee starts with your setup. The right setup produces a smooth fluid swing that allows golfers to take advantage of a driver's loft. A poor setup opens up power leaks. Unfortunately, weekend golfers don't always setup correctly for hitting the long ball.
    Published 08Nov2009, viewed 5 times
  • Five Match Play Strategies That Work
    Match play is a somewhat unique golf format. It requires a mental approach that's completely different from stroke play. It requires toughness, patience, experience, and competitiveness. And it requires paying close attention to what your opponent is doing. What's more, match play doesn't always favor the players with the best golf handicaps.
    Published 08Nov2009, viewed 8 times
  • Fixing Your Game When Things Go Bust (Part II)
    This is the second of two articles on fixing your game when things go bust. The first article covers driving, iron play, and the short game. This article covers putting and sand play. Like the first article, this article has golf tips to improve the problem areas.
    Published 22Oct2009, viewed 10 times
  • Five Golf Tips From An Old Caddy
    A short time ago I came across an article penned by a local man who had been caddying since he was a kid. Few courses still have caddies. But back then many courses had them. During his career he had caddied for players with both high and low golf handicaps.
    Published 22Oct2009, viewed 10 times
  • Become A Lights Out Putter With A Practice Routine
    If you've played golf for a while, you know that the fastest way to chop strokes off your golf handicap is to improve your putting. Doing that is hard. You can't just take golf lessons or read golf tips. You must also hit the practice green.
    Published 01Oct2009, viewed 51 times
  • Four Keys To A Perfect Swing
    What's the secret to achieving a perfect swing? According to one theory, it's matching four critical keys in your swing—clubface position, ball position, foot flare, and hip action. They must match to achieve a perfect swing—the one you strive for in golf lessons and read about in golf tips.
    Published 01Oct2009, viewed 29 times
  • This Year's PGA Championship Won't Disappoint
    The PGA of America and Hazeltine National Golf Club will once again unite to bring one of the strongest fields in championship golf back to Minnesota. In August 2009, all eyes will be on the Twin Cities, as the greatest names in golf descend upon Hazeltine National to compete for the coveted Wanamaker trophy.
    Published 18Aug2009, viewed 70 times
  • Short Cuts To A Lower Golf Handicap
    Every one likes hitting bombs off the tee. There's nothing more satisfying in golf than that, especially if there's a crowd watching. But you don't have to be a long hitter to have a low golf handicap.
    Published 18Aug2009, viewed 233 times
  • Gain More Yardage With Oversized Drivers
    Where's the sweet spot on my new driver? That's a frequently asked question in many golf instruction sessions. Usually, the golfers asking the question have just bought new oversized drivers and want to maximize distance. With more and more golfers buying oversized drivers, you can bet the question will be asked a lot more.
    Published 18Aug2009, viewed 55 times
  • Wedge Secrets
    Short-game problems aren't always due to a bad swing. Recently, a student came to me about his short game. He was unable to cut strokes from his golf handicap because of his chipping and pitching. His inability to get the ball close from 100 yards in was costing him strokes.
    Published 12Aug2009, viewed 89 times
  • Finding And Fixing Swing Faults
    When Tiger Woods tees it up at the British Open this weekend, he'll be playing in one of the world's top golf tournaments. Like all players, he'll be looking to win. That's because the British Open, like the U.S Open, the Masters, and the PGA Championship, is among professional golf's most prestigious-and richest-golf tournaments.
    Published 04Aug2009, viewed 41 times
  • Accuracy Is Critical At Turnberry
    This year's British Open features a course that's among the most challenging and the most spectacular in memory. The re-designed Turnberry promises to hold your attention throughout the tournament and to provide the dramatic finish that all golf fans crave from a Major.
    Published 28Jul2009, viewed 75 times
  • Which Shot Hits The Spot?
    Gary Player says that winning golf is played from a hundred yards in. He's right. More strokes are lost here than probably in any other phase of the game. So if you're looking to trim your golf handicap, work hard on mastering those short chips and pitches that you often face around the green. Misfiring on these shots pitches can cost you one or two strokes a hole, if you're not careful. These extra strokes add up quickly on a scorecard.
    Published 15Jul2009, viewed 49 times
  • Swing Keys Help Trim Golf Handicap
    Adam Scott ranks is among the best young players on the PGA Tour. He gets numerous compliments on his swing from other golfers and golfing fans. He should. He has a great swing. And like most PGA pros, he works hard on it. He spends hours and hours ironing out swing flaws and plugging power leaks. And while his swing isn't perfect, it's close. But he still wants to improve it.
    Published 08Jul2009, viewed 328 times
  • Re-Thinking Strategy Off Tee
    A recent survey conducted by Golf Digest generated some surprising results. The magazine tested 20 average golfers with golf handicaps ranging from 3 to 20. The golfers used clubs equipped with modern technological advancements. All else being equal, the test showed that there was little difference in accuracy between using a driver and 3-wood off the tee.
    Published 21Jun2009, viewed 74 times
  • How To Use Your Legs: Part II
    In Part I we talked about the legs’ purpose, function, and movement during the swing. In Part II we review how the legs work when swinging and provide two drills to help improve legwork.
    Published 24Feb2007, viewed 314 times
  • Three Situations Where Your Instincts Are Not Correct
    You can play well today and then play poorly tomorrow. And there’s no apparent explanation for the change. All this confusion begs the question: Is there a mental key to golf that lowers your golf handicap?
    Published 11Feb2007, viewed 242 times
  • Five Things To Remember In Team Play
    Playing on a team, as I tell players who take my golf lessons, can be a lot of fun. But it can also be upsetting. Even though you’re playing with a close friend or several close friends and it doesn’t affect your golf handicap, the opportunity to upset one another is great.
    Published 10Feb2007, viewed 305 times
  • Triggering Your Swing
    You might start the swing, for example, by pushing off with your left foot, left shoulder, or left hand and arm, which is what most pros teach in their golf lessons. It’s an approach I’ve even written about it in my golf tips.
    Published 09Feb2007, viewed 249 times
  • Practical Golf Lessons: Second-Serve Golf
    Regardless of who comes up with the technique, second-serve golf improves your game and helps reduce your scores over the long term.
    Published 10Jan2007, viewed 444 times
  • Four Approaches to Club Fitting
    Thinking of buying custom-fitted golf clubs? Modern technology is revolutionizing club-fitting techniques. Computers have insinuated themselves into this activity, as with almost everything else. But not everyone likes going to someone who uses modern technology to fit clubs. Some players who took golf lessons from me, for example, preferred a non-technological approach.
    Published 01Dec2006, viewed 354 times
  • The Four Basics of Any Golf Swing
    Plane, centering, radius, and face—these aren’t the usual basics you talk about when discussing the golf swing, but they are critical.
    Published 30Nov2006, viewed 345 times
  • Four Steps To Building a Better Backswing
    A poor backswing requires complex adjustments during the swing, which can throw it off. The end result is a slice, a hook, or an otherwise ugly shot.
    Published 12Nov2006, viewed 292 times
  • Five Fundamentals of a Good Set-up
    While many of the tips in this article are reminders of advice you’ve probably heard previously, they will help you achieve consistency and accuracy in your swing, which is what we all want. Establishing a good set-up can help your golf handicap greatly.
    Published 11Nov2006, viewed 373 times
  • Six Lessons We Can Learn From Sam Snead
    Like many of golf’s great players, Sam Snead relied on swing keys to help him achieve consistency. As his membership in golf’s hall of fame attests, these swing keys served him well during his career. What’s interesting is that many of them are still used by today’s pros to do the same thing.
    Published 05Nov2006, viewed 377 times
  • Playing Target Golf
    Golf is a target game. That’s why golfers pick targets before hitting the ball. Maybe it’s a distant tree, a telephone pole, or a church steeple, whatever it is, we all have some idea of where we want to hit the ball. These targets are directional goals and we need them to minimize scores.
    Published 04Nov2006, viewed 362 times

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