Golf Tips for Amateurs If you sit through business meetings contemplating your golf grip (or tweaking your posture at address), you will find the authors of these books to be long-lost soul mates. For golfers who require a fuller understanding of the various intricacies … Read More
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Chapter Titles from ‘On Learning Golf’
If you are a student of golf, then you have probably wondered about things such as rhythm and timing, the mental makeup of the golfer, wrist action, the in to out swing path, keeping your head steady etc. Classic Book … Read More
To hit it straight, do NOT line up –simply make a good swing ( taking your range swing to the course )
Aiming or doing anything involving directing the ball is a swing wrecker. Have you wondered why you hit it flush on the driving range but not so much on the course. The answer is as simple as it is counterintuitive. … Read More
Golf is a game of feel–work on reproducing the feel, not on reproducing specific positions
Most of us do not put much work into reproducing a ‘feel’. We work on reproducing certain ‘positions’ – both during the backswing and during our ‘through’ swing. This effort does not translate into a repeatable swing. The correct swing … Read More
Swing out to the right
If you swing out to your right, i.e. your entire torso is POINTING RIGHT in the impact zone, then your ball will go straight. The golf arc is such that , if you start rightwards (right field), the clubface will … Read More
The very first swing of your golf round
Do not think of HITTING the ball Do not try to kill it (as in – do not think of out driving your partners). Do not go for distance. Think of your chipping stroke – set up as if about … Read More
It is the wrist hinge that generates power – experimenting with the golf wrist hinge
Recently, I undertook the challenge of teaching the golf swing to my wife. She was quick to grasp the setup position – and even the backswing. Within a week, she was making decent contact with the ball. However, she felt … Read More
Chipping for Beginners
You already know that the short game is the most neglected piece of your practice routine. And you already know that it is the one thing that can save you lots of strokes. (Also read, Putting for Beginners) Chipping, for … Read More
Rory’s golf swing and my (somewhat correct) analysis thereof
Months ago, I made a quick analysis of Rory’s golf swing. The first thing that struck me about his swing was his SETUP position. How much CLEARANCE (body clearance) he had. Since then, Rory made headlines by revealing his top … Read More
