If you want to become a good golfer, you've got to develop a variety of skills. These include putting, short game and full swing skills. Each of these broad skills can be broken down further into more specific skills such as lag putting short putts chip shots from short grass chip shots from the rough [...]
A new year has arrived, so it's time to set your goals for taking your golf game to the next level. Here is how to play your best golf in 2024, and how to continue to build on your improvement. Get some golf knowledge Most golfers are absolutely clueless about such topics as the [...]
Years ago, I learned an excellent analogy for swinging the golf club, and then I added my two cents to it. I was working with Jim Estes, an instructor here in Maryland, and he compared swinging a golf club to an underhand throwing motion. At one time or another, many of us will stand along [...]
Like the vast majority of golfers, whenever I've headed out to my practice facility, I always start my session by hitting a big bucket of balls. That usually takes me about an hour, and then I head over to the short game area and hit a few bunker shots and wedge shots from about 60 [...]
Jon Rahm won in the desert this week, his second victory on the PGA Tour this year, shooting -27 to win by a shot. Steve Stricker shot -23, including a round of 60, to win by six shots on the PGA Tour Champions. He is only the second player to shot a round of 60 [...]
The driver can be the most difficult club in the bag for most amateurs to hit. This is usually due to one of a couple major swing flaws. In this post I will give you my best tips for how to hit the driver. Tip Number One - The Setup The first major flaw I [...]
Golfers of all abilities are always looking for ways to improve their games. Over the last twenty years, many have turned to improved fitness as one way to help lower their scores. Thus, the golf fitness industry was born. Similar to the golf training aid industry, the world of golf fitness is filled with gadgets [...]
Golf is hard, and there is a ton of information out there, which makes it difficult for most golfers, especially beginners, to understand what they need to do to get better. With this in mind, I thought I'd put together my absolute best tips to help you become a better golfer. Golf Tip #1 [...]
In this post I want to show you how to swing a golf club step by step. Golf is a difficult game, and the golf swing is a difficult athletic movement to master. This is particularly true for adults who are just learning how to play golf. One of the major issues for new golfers is [...]
Another one of the most frequently asked questions in golf is... how to hit a draw with driver? For most amateur golfers, this may be one of the more difficult skills to acquire. Most amateur golfers have a golf swing that causes them to slice the ball. As I mentioned in a previous post dealing [...]