If you’re having trouble escaping bunkers, it may be because you’re swinging the club around your body on the way back. That’s bad with bunker shots. Swinging the club around your body creates a shallow entry into the sand, which is bad for this type of shot. Some golfers compound this mistake by trying to […]
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Golf lessons can help your game. They can help you hit a particular shot, strengthen a key area of your game, or sharpen course management skills. But golf lessons aren’t usually free. How much depends on who is giving them, where you live, and what the market will bear. Golf lessons can really cost
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Q. Hi Jack You suggested a good drill for good foot work in a recent email newsletter. Below is a part of that: Address a ball with your 7-iron. Drag another ball against your front heel…. What I don’t understand is what does “drag a ball against the front heel…” mean exactly? Does the
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Golf is best learned in gradual progression—a golf tip from golf guru David Ledbetter we often see played out in our golf instruction sessions. A legendary teaching professional and founder of the David Ledbetter Golf Academy, Ledbetter’s worked with numerous professional golfers over the years including Nick Faldo, Charles Howell III, Michele Wie, Greg Norman,
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Would you take golf lessons from Arnold Palmer? Who wouldn’t? Palmer is one of the game’s greatest players. Nicknamed “the King,” he helped grow the game to its present popularity in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Part of golf’s big three, which includes Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, Palmer ranks as the sixth greatest player of
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