06th July 2009
Professional courses like Torrey Pines or are no picnic, even for the pros. For weekend players, forget it. PGA courses have narrow fairways (less than 30 yards wide), punishing rough, and lightening fast greens. They also have length. One mistake and yo...
06th July 2009
The mechanics of your swing are important. That's why we encourage weekend players to take golf lessons and read golf tips. But what you carry in your bag is also important. You can cut strokes from your score even before you get to the course by tailorin...
06th July 2009
The difference between good and great isn't always physical. Sometimes, it's mental. Take Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. Both are gifted players physically. Both have great short games. And both have creativity and imagination. But Tiger, it seems, has a...
06th July 2009
A recent survey conducted by Golf Digest generated some surprising results. The magazine tested 20 average golfers with golf handicaps ranging from 3 to 20. The golfers used clubs equipped with modern technological advancements. All else being equal, the ...
06th July 2009
You don't need golf instruction sessions to learn to drive the ball long and straight. But you do need to make a good shoulder turn. It creates the torque needed to strike the ball solidly. Good ballstriking helps lower your scores and trim your golf hand...
06th July 2009
Tiger Woods is the odds on favorite to win this year's U.S. Open. Not just because he's one of the best golfers in the world, if not the best; but also because the course is built for his swing. He's won several times at Torrey Pines Municipal, which is h...
06th July 2009
When you're watching the U.S Open this weekend, look at how Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, and the rest swing the club. I've been watching them for years. They swing so effortlessly it's amazing. Yet they still bomb the ball 275 yards off the ...
06th July 2009
PGA pros depend on "Go To" shots to survive in tournaments. Go to shots are shots golfers hit well under pressure. They use them they're when they're in trouble, when they need a clutch shot, or when their games go awry. They're useful whether you're play...
06th July 2009
Few golfers get the chance to play a PGA Course for free. But now the USGA is giving players with any level golf handicap this rare opportunity using their computers. You can play Bethpage Black, the site of the 2009 U.S. Open Championship, for free until...
06th July 2009
This is the second of two articles on exit faults. Previously, we discussed the basics of exit strategy, including the master keys. Below, we elaborate on exit strategy and swing faults.
Exit strategy is among the Tour's hottest topics. Unlike golf les...
06th July 2009
Zach Johnson did something extraordinary in 2007—something not even Tiger Woods has done. Johnson won the Masters Tournament by 2 strokes, and he did it without going for the par 5s in two. No one can remember another player doing that in the Masters. I...
06th July 2009
If you carefully scrutinize a good player's swing—a player whose golf handicap is in the single digits—you'll notice something odd. There's a flat spot at the bottom of the swing arc, just as the club strikes the ball. This flatness isn't an optical i...
06th July 2009
There's no perfect rhythm for golf. You can play at a fast pace or you can play it at a slower pace—and still play it well. How quickly or slowly you play doesn't necessarily matter as far as your golf handicap is concerned. Unless, of course, you're pl...
06th July 2009
Most golf lessons focus on the backswing or the downswing. So do most golf tips. But there's growing interest in post-impact actions. The pros call it exit strategy. And it's a great learning tool. It tells you not only went wrong during the swing but als...
06th July 2009
Among the biggest mistakes weekend golfers make is thinking they must swing harder to drive the ball farther. That's not so. You can swing easy and still hit the ball a long way, if you know what you're doing—a point I've often stressed in my golf tips ...
