Do you practice without a purpose? Do you go to the range and hit balls rapid fire? Or to the practice green and hit putts mindlessly? Many golfers do. Unfocused practice like this does nothing for your game. If you’re serious about breaking 80, you must focus your practice sessions. Doing drills like the Circle […]
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We all have favorite courses. Generally, these courses set up well for how you play, so you probably play well on them. But you should also play tough courses when you can—courses that are real challenges. Doing so is instructive. The key to playing tough courses is having a good game plan—one that plays to
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This is the first of two articles on the X-Factor—a concept and name invented by Jim McLean, one of golf’s best teaching pros. The follow-up article covers McLean’s Triple X-Factor concept. Transform Your Game With The X-Factor (Part 1) If you’re looking to boost your power game, golf teacher Jim McLean’s X-Factor concept maybe just
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Slicing is one of golf’s most aggravating swing flaws. If you slice—and many of us do—you know the downsides of this swing. It packs strokes on your scores and disrupts your confidence. The basic cause of slicing is an open clubface at impact. To hit it straight, you need to square your clubface at impact.
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The plugged bunker lie—where the ball is buried deeply in the sand can make you pull your hair out. Normally, you’d use the standard bunker setup and swing and float the ball out on a layer of sand. But you can’t do that with this shot. There’s just too much sand. You’ll have to make
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