Sway is not necessarily a bad thing. It is a swing characteristic. What matters is that for whatever distance you move away from the target, you must move back before impact. A look at the illustration shows a golfer at the top of their backswing. The green represents the original swing arc from the address […]
Sway. What You Take Away, You Must Put Back. Advice Blog #22 Read More »
Chippers Chipping can be problematic for some golfers. I’m not here to judge. I get it. Chippers exist for a reason. You’re close to the green, you want to get the ball close to the hole, then you pull out your trusty 60° wedge, take three or four perfect practice swings, and then you chunk
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Decisions Decisions make the round what it is. Like the cell to the body, all of the decisions combined make up the golf score. One error in judgement can cause catastrophe. So, the illustration represents that today. Now, subliminally all of you golf addicts when you saw the layout, your eyes zoomed in laser focus
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BOUNCE Bounce is the design that your wedges have to provide you with the ability to steer through turf and sand and allow a smoother exit. The higher the bounce in degrees, the more the leading edge is off the ground at address. I’m sure you’ve heard about it, but what is all the bounce
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GRIP PLACEMENT Grip placement is something not thought of often in golf. Everyone assumes that you must grip the center of the club grip and unless you are near the green chipping or hitting a golf ball that’s higher than your feet, you always grip the center. Time for me to let the cat out
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Hit Down Hit down on the golf ball with an iron for it to get flight. This concept is about physics, yet time and time again, I see golfers thinking they know more about physics than Isaac Newton. There are literally two clubs that you should present positive attack angle with, maybe the driver if
Hit Down For Flight, Sweep to Kill Some Worms Advice Blog #17 Read More »
8-Iron 8-Iron, typically ranging in loft from varying degrees depending on the manufacturer, can be the all-around club for attacking the green, pin, and even fairway. Let’s talk about why. Cobra Dark Speed 31° Ping G430 32° Callaway AI Smoke 32° PXG Gen 6 34° TaylorMade P790 35° Titleist T150 36° The average 8-iron distance
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Chipping Chipping, face it: you’re scared. You think as strong as you are that a little bit of speed is going to send that ball 400 yards, so instead you chop down at the ball with your 4 mph swing and the ball barely goes two yards, and then you act surprised. You do not
Chipping Stop Making It Harder! Advice Blog #15 Read More »
Flexibility Flexibility was key for me when I began playing golf in 2010. It was so instrumental to having a successful fitness program, that I took the time to write about it in Par Your Golf BODY©. Here are 10 flexibility benefits for better golf and a better you! Longevity. Ever heard the phrase “use
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Flush The Strike. Flush the impact of the golf ball by having a center strike hit. Tiger Woods holds Lee Trevino and Moe Norman in high regard, having watched them hit golf balls on his rise into the golf world, and one thing that never changes in his mind, even with junior clinics and amateurs,
Flush It! Tiger Harps On Massive Center-Face Contact Advice Blog #12 Read More »