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Here are a few tips to help you with that Strengthen your core: A strong core provides stability and power for your golf swing. Incorporate exercises like planks, Russian twists, and medicine ball rotations into your workout routine. Flexibility and mobility: Golf requires a wide range of motion. Regular stretching and mobility exercises can improve […]

Introduction: Effective course management is a critical aspect of golf that often gets overlooked. It involves making smart decisions, playing to your strengths, and minimizing risks to optimize your scores. In this blog post, we will explore essential strategies for mastering course management, helping you make better choices on the golf course and ultimately achieve […]

Most golfers are savvy enough to know that the ball goes what it goes due to a synergistic blend of clubface angle at impact and club head path. They’re also generally clever enough to understand that a steep, outside-in path is not what the golf doctor ordered. But more than a few are probably enamored […]

Back when I was playing high school and college golf, I was generally a fair bit longer off the tee that the guys I was playing with and against. Years later when the super senior division was created in the world of long drive, I was able to win two American Long Drivers Association grand […]

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to spend some time with 1992 US Open champion Tom Kite and to hear his thoughts on short game and putting. When I was playing college golf many years ago, I missed a 4-footer about twice a year. As my aging nerves became more and more frazzled that […]

Everyone has a story about how they got started in this crazy game. Here is mine: I grew up in Upstate New York in a family of very enthusiastic Yankee fans. By the time I was eight I had decided that I would be the next center fielder for the Bronx Bombers as soon as […]

My student and good friend, Phil Reed, invented the Pause-N-Throw several years ago. I consider it to be a great training device as it promotes the throwing style release used by big hitters and exceptional players. It attaches to your right forearm and loops over your thumb to set your hands in the correct position […]

OK, let’s see a show of hands: who wants to hit the golf ball further? Well, in surveying the pretend responses it looks like everyone. Much of the speed that we create in the swing is from rotation. From a physics standpoint it’s all about centrifugal force which Webster’s dictionary defines as the apparent force […]

The legendary Mike Austin, whose 515-yard drive was the longest in competitive golf history, had a unique but very effective way to describe a square clubface which he demonstrated to me in his front lawn many years ago. We went to the edge of his driveway which he used as the target line. Then he […]

Many golfers have been taught to keep their left arm straight. Some interpret this to mean a rigid arm that’s almost locked which can restrict your mobility. Do you want a 90-degree angle in the left arm (right-handed golfers)? Of course not, as we need width in the swing. But a soft left arm with […]