2009

Most golf teachers can quickly tell if you have a solid golf swing. All they have to do is watch you swing. The ability to tell if you have a great swing isn’t instinctive. It comes from years of studying the swing’s mechanics and from giving hundreds of golf lessons and explaining golf tips. It […]

When soldiers are injured, the cost for lost time, rehabilitation, and compensation gets expensive. To help cut costs, the U. S. Army invested $4.8 million in injury-prevention programs specific to motions of combat. As part of this effort, the Army lab overseeing the effort also developed sports-related injury-prevention training programs, one of which focused on […]

Synchronizing your golf swing is critical to becoming a great ballstriker. Generally speaking, poor shots result from being out of sync. Great shots result from your swing being in sync. Get all of the moving parts working in the proper sequence and you’ll create a chain reaction that delivers the clubhead powerfully and squarely to […]

Recently, a player in a Champions Tour event used seven different putting grips in three days. He ended the tournament putting with a 3-iron. This player also practices putting with a 3-iron, regardless of the grip he uses to putt with. His rationale: You have to concentrate on striking the ball with the clubhead’s leading […]

The perimeter around the green is the single most important area in golf. Players who have solid games from there always score better than those who don’t. Unfortunately, many golfers with high golf handicaps don’t practice their perimeter skills. Chipping a few balls before playing isn’t practicing. Neither is taking golf lessons or reading golf […]