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Everybody wants to hit it longer and straighter, too. But the two don’t always go together, as I tell students taking my golf lessons. Those of us who hit them longer don’t always hit them straighter. And those of us who hit them straighter don’t always hit them longer. Wouldn’t it be great if you […]

You need a strategy that boosts your confidence when playing blind shots from the tee. Confidence replaces tension and urgency with flow and rhythm, resulting in a fluid yet powerful swing. When your swing is fluid and powerful, your ballstriking is crisp. Crisp ballstriking produces more accurate shots off the tee, saving you strokes. Avoid

Few things are more unsettling than hitting into a greenside bunker. If you have problems hitting out of greenside bunkers, you could probably cut a stroke or two from your golf handicap just by improving your bunker play. Unfortunately, weekend golfers almost never practice bunker shots. Most golf ranges don’t have practice bunkers. As a

By Jack Moorehouse The hybrid is THE club of the last decade. It’s become so popular that most golfers have one in their bags. In fact, almost every student I give golf lessons to has one. Some even have two. If they don’t, I advise them to get one. The hybrid is among the most

By Jack Moorehouse Tournament officials at the State Farm Classic disqualified Michelle Wie recently for failing to sign her scorecard. This wasn’t Wie’s first disqualification from an LPGA tournament. Tournament officials also disqualified her for taking a bad drop at the Samsung World Championship in 2005�her first event as a professional. Her drop landed the