Maintaining balance during your swing is a key to consistency. Outstanding ballstrikers rarely lose their balance. When combined with rhythm and tempo, balance is also a key to more power. If you rush your swing, you lose your balance, resulting in mis-hits and inconsistency. Imagine trying to swing a club while standing on ice. It […]
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There’s probably no tougher shot in golf than having a downslope lie in a greenside bunker. Most weekend golfers dread this shot. What makes it so hard is that it encourages the feeling of having to help the ball up. This feeling encourages weekend golfers to uncock their wrists during the swing to provide power
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There’s only one word to describe the site of this year’s British Open—daunting. The Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club is a premier links course and among the toughest in professional golf. It’s hosted 10 Open Championships, two Ryder Cups, and numerous other major tournaments including the Women’s and Seniors Open Championships. This course
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Like most avid golfers we watched as much of the U.S. Open last week as possible. The Olympic Club’s Lake course is a beautiful but tough course, as the leader board indicated throughout the tournament. The changes the Olympic Club initiated for the Open made this tough course even tougher. The first six holes were
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PGA pro Keegan Bradley hits memorable iron shots. That’s because he spends hours honing his swing with coach Jim McLean. Keegan’s most memorable iron shot came in his PGA Championship last August when he beat Jason Dufner on the second playoff hole of a three-hole playoff when he hit a 6-iron 197 yards over a
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