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By Jack Moorehouse Occasionally, you hear of a PGA player hiring a new swing coach to help the player change his swing, like Tiger Woods did a few years ago. Or, you hear of a little known player suddenly winning tournaments thanks to a major swing change orchestrated by his swing coach. Making major swing […]
Over the years we’ve talked a lot about swing plane and its impact on golf handicaps. Swinging a club on plane greatly influences—if not controls— depth of divot, centeredness of contact, starting direction, and curvature of ball flight. In other words, It greatly influences you’re ballstriking. The better you’re ballstriking, the longer and straighter your […]
Poor greenside bunker shots add more strokes to golf handicaps than probably any other shot. That’s because they intimidate many golfers—even those who’ve taken golf lessons on how to hit them. In fact, most golfers would rather hit from deep rough or a side hill lie than a greenside bunker. As soon as their ball […]
Today’s professional golfers are better than ever. They’re also fitter than ever. Look at players like Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson They’re in great shape. Annika Sorenstam also was in great shape when she played. Good players know that as their fitness level increases, their play improves—all things being equal. They also know that improvements […]
By Jack Moorehouse If you’re serious about getting more yards from your drives—and shaving strokes from your golf handicap—work on launching the ball. It’s a golf tip not always covered in golf lessons. The higher you hit the ball, with the right amount of spin, the father it goes. Take Hank Kuehne. He’s among the […]