Golf Tips for Amateurs Golf is hard. Competitive golf is harder still. Competitive golf is an endurance test – a test of both, physical and mental endurance. Train for it as such. Make sure you are physically capable of taking 4-6 hours of standing, … Read More
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The Turn–The most important golf swing thought
If your backswing follows an incorrect path, your club will not end up in the correct SLOT on the top of your swing. Which means, it will not follow the correct path on your downswing. So – how exactly – … Read More
Overcoming fear in golf–especially on the first tee
Fear , in golf, arises from the uncertainty of making solid contact (on the golf course). It takes many forms (some people fear the tee shot, others fear chipping onto a small green, yet others fear the 4 foot putt … Read More
Golf Setup–the importance of equal weight distribution
The importance of weight distribution is often overlooked (Some coaches do talk about 60-40 weight distribution (60 on the right , 40 on the left) for an ideal driver setup). However, this is a fundamental without which it is impossible … Read More
Golf’s Missing Setup Tip–Set Up so that your upper body can rotate along hip joint
If you setup incorrectly, none of the golf fundamentals will make any sense. For example, the one piece takeaway – or ‘maintaining the Y’ as you start your backswing – is key to attaining the right swing plane. However, this … Read More
Golf Wrist Hinge – Lateral Wrist Break with a rounded shoulder turn
Golf has more than enough counter-intuitive things to worry about – but here I want to discuss one of the most basic items on that list. Ben Hogan once remarked that when you first pick up a golf club, almost … Read More
The FIVE minute range warm up
What can you accomplish in 5 minutes? TWO of the most important aspects of the golf swing are: the TEMPO of the SWING and the role of the hands at IMPACT (hand-body-clubhead co-ordination) In 5 minutes, if you can work … Read More
Success with the 3 wood
One of the biggest problems stems from thinking of the 3 wood as a ‘stepped-down’ driver. When we think of it as such, we try to set up just as we do with a driver. In fact, we increase our … Read More
The Gate to Golf – Swinging from inside out (and feeling the ‘punch’)
J. Douglas Edgar (who might be considered the inventor of the modern inside-out swing) spoke about mastering “the movement”. What is “the movement”? Edgar not only explains what he means by his “movement” – he details it in a 1920 … Read More
