Using the “Y” Drill teaches the proper relationship between your power center, your hands, and your club. It’s also a good drill to teach people to hit what some call a “mini-flop shot”—a short shot near the green that requires you to go over an obstacle and bite on the green. The same basic principles […]
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Once a year we get together with other instructors and talk about teaching golf to our students. Invariably, we discuss the most common swing faults we see in golf instruction sessions among new students. Our discussion on common faults generates valuable insights into teaching the game to new players. Many of the faults we discuss
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If you said Jack Grout in our golf lessons, few students would know the name. A little known professional golfer, Grout played on the PGA Tour from 1931 to 1953. He started as a caddie at the old Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club in 1918, was named professional at the Edgemere Country Club in
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Hitting from an upslope is tricky even if you have a good lie. If you fail to make the right adjustments, you could slap the ball well past your target. Or, you could launch it too high, in which case you’d come up short and land back on the slope. If the slope is steep
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We continue the countdown to #17 of the 20 Toughest Shots In Golf. There is a corresponding drill afterwards. Toughest Shot #17 – Ball Above Your Feet This shot seems easy at first. But it’s harder than it looks. The reason: gravity. It plays a key role in hitting this shot—as it does when hitting
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