Putting Game: Short Putt Touch
This is a great game for improving your putting touch in the all-important 6- to 10-foot (2-3m) range. Using this game, you’ll quickly get better at matching the speed of…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Golf Ball Spin: Playing from the Rough and Flyer Lies
When playing from the rough, it’s impossible to be sure of the effect that the long grass will have on the shot – even for the best players in the…
Golf Swing Drill 502a. Downswing: Check Your Impact Position – Face On
It’s certainly possible to strike the ball well with an imperfect impact position – every golfer knows that silky, buttery feeling when the ball compresses nicely against the sweet spot…
Golf Swing Drill 502b. Downswing: Check Your Impact Position – Down The Line
Impact is the golf swing’s moment of truth – everything we do, from taking our grip and setting up to the ball, through to transition and downswing is all about…
How Many Greens Do I Need to Hit?
One of the biggest misconceptions held by amateur golfers, in terms of scoring, is that they need to hit a lot of greens in regulation (GIR) in order to be…
Playing Golf in the Wind
Determining how the wind will effect a golf shot, and how to compensate for it, is certainly not an exact science; it’s more of a black art, in which experience…
Breathe!
You probably don’t realise it, but your own breath is one of the most powerful tools that you have on the golf course, and learning how to use it will…
How Many Putts Do I Need to Make?
How many putts should you be playing per round in order to play golf at your target level? As a rule of thumb, at all levels of the game, the…
Golf is Hard
Golf is hard. Watching The Open at Hoylake last weekend was a treat. It was fabulous to see Rory McIlroy win, and Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia battle it out…
Golf Swing Drill 306. Backswing: Arm Set and Turn
This is one of our students’ favourite drills, and with good reason. Not only does it teach you what the top of the golf backswing position should feel like, but…