SLICES & PULLS: SWING PATH DRILL

If you are regularly hitting slices, pulls or both, you’ll need to address the problem. Trying to play through it will limit your scoring ability and make the problem harder to resolve in the long run. Please come into the pro shop to book a lesson and I’m sure I’ll be able to help you […]

The true value of the modern golf ball: Feel

Tips for Parents of Young Athletes

Tips for Parents of Young Athletes.

SIMPLE GRIP TIPS

SIMPLE GRIP TIPS The grip is one of those fundamentals that you always need to keep a careful eye on, before bad habits creep in and disrupt your game. It is amazing how easily a good grip can change and cause a host of destructive shots, especially when under pressure, when tension can cause you […]

LEARN HOW TO REACT LIKE PHIL

As a teacher, one of my goals has always been to help my students learn how to focus on targets more as they play, other than become too wrapped-up with thinking internally on ‘ how to’ instead of ‘where to’. When I saw this quote from Phil in Golf Week, his philosophy of playing is […]

Current European Solheim Cup Captain

At the @ricohWomensBritishOpen with current Solheim Cup Captain, Lotta Neumann, Alison Nicholas past Captain, and Vice Captains Helen Alfredson & Corine Koch

Ricoh Women’s British Open

Windy conditions for today, 20-25mph forecast. Keeping the ball low and predicting the distance will be a must for ‘moving day’.

Chipping Tips on WBIR TV

BECOME A WIZARD OF THE GREENS: A SHORTER PUTT MASTER

Find a flat area on the putting green. Arm yourself with 10 golf balls. Then set yourself up, 10 feet from the hole and, putting from the same spot each time, see how many of the 10 you can sink. When you miss, try and ignore the fact that you missed and note which side […]

THERE’S NO GETTING AWAY FROM THE SWEET SPOT. OR IS THERE

If you want to go farther off the tee, then consider your ‘smash factor’. That’s a relatively new term. If you swing the club at 90 mph and generate a golf ball speed of 135 mph, you will have a smash factor of 1.5 (ball speed divided by club head speed). By the way, a […]