Sooner or later, you’ll face a shot where you must go over an obstacle and land on the green to hole out with a par or better. It may be for bragging rights in your Tuesday morning foursome, the title to the club championship, or a friendly wager with the club pro. Or, it might […]
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Golf is as much mental as physical. You have to execute both phases to achieve a low golf handicap. Just ask any player who’s ever stood over a short clutch putt. She may have made this put a thousand times before. But on the day she’s asked to hole that putt for the club championship,
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Ernest Jones knew he was in trouble. When he was hired in 1905 as the 18-year-old assistant pro at Chislehurst Golf Club, Kent, England, he didn’t realize he had to teach golf as part of his responsibilities. He thought he was being hired just for his playing and clubmaking skills only. But then he was
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When I teach putting during my golf instruction lessons, I demonstrate that you can use all sorts of ball positions, grips, and stances and still be a good putter. It’s a lot like hitting a baseball. If you’ve ever seen a professional baseball game, you probably noticed that every hitter has his own approach to
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Many of us are visual people. We learn by seeing how someone does something and then imitating that person. That’s why I sometimes recommend to students talking my golf lessons to watch how the pros do something. Some players excel at hitting a particular type of shot. Others illustrate perfectly the correct execution of a
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