In 2013 Rory McIlroy ranked 26th on the PGA Tour. In 2014 he ranked 3rd. In 2013 McIlroy was among the top 30 finishes in the Fed Ex Cup rankings. This year he finished 3rd with 3, 050 points. That’s quite a turn around—even for a golfer as good as McIlroy. How did he do […]
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This is the first in a series of three articles on the yips. This article discusses what causes the yips, explodes some of the myths about the yips, and examines the two kinds of yips. The following two articles will discuss remedies for the two kinds of yips. Whipping The Yips What do Tommy Armour,
Practicing is boring. So for the next several newsletters we’ll be providing games you can play at the practice range or on the green instead of drills. Games “spice up” your practice sessions. They’re fun to play and they’ll shrink your golf handicap fast. Play Three In this game you’ll hit three shots in a
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You must make two critical decisions when chipping: What club do I chip with and where is my landing spot on the green? Ideally, you want the ball to roll more than it carries. When chipping, roll equals control. That’s because it takes near perfect distance control to fly the ball all the way to
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With irons, need to make clean, crisp contact at impact. But that’s easier said than done—especially for weekend golfers. As a member of this group, you don’t play as often as a professional golfer. Nor do you practice as much. So it’s easy for you to form bad habits that prevent you from making solid
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