PGA Jr. League Golf….Ground Breaking Experience for Your Child

Team: (Left to Right Back row first) Sam Mayes (Asst. Coach) John Thomas Estep, Byson Morrell, Ethan Rimmer, Sawyer Spoone (lower row) Eli Hinton, Eli Mayes, Aaron Frazer, Luke Watson, David Brown, Cooper Hayes, Coach Suzanne Strudwick The most impressionable images from my junior playing days are from being back home in England playing team […]

WHY SLICES AND PULLS ARE LINKED

There a few things more demoralising in golf than hitting your iron shots left and your woods shots with a slice that finish in trouble on the right. The question is; how can you hit two completely different shots from seemingly the same swing? The link The good news is that the pull and slice […]

The true value of the modern golf ball: Feel

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 […]

Correct bounce for control and consistency

The implications of bounce Bounce determines the ease with which your club head is going to bite into the ground. A low bounce angle makes it easier for the leading edge to dig into the ground. This is a benefit when playing in dry conditions or compacted sand. A higher bounce angle lifts the leading […]

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 […]

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’.

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 […]

CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO GO FURTHER

CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO GO FURTHER For most golfers, those who swing a Driver between 80 and 100 mph, probably the biggest impact on distance is the launch angle. Yes, the loft on your club head impacts launch, but so does your angle of attack on the golf ball. The setup on the left is the […]