Most players who take golf lessons from me don’t have an official golf handicap. That comes as no surprise to me since most recreational golfers don’t have a golf handicap anyways. Of the more than 26 million golfers in the United States (adults who played at least one round of golf during a season), less […]

There are only three ways of getting a ball close to the hole from a short distance, a chip, a pitch, and a lob. The pitch and the lob are lofted shots. They’re great when you have an obstacle, like a bunker or deep rough, in the way. The chip is a flatter shot with

Two students taking my golf lessons have similar games. Both hit the ball fairly straight. Both are good at avoiding trouble when they can. And both have good short games. Their golf handicaps are also similar, one has a 15 the other a 14. You could almost call them two peas in a pod. But

The hardest part of giving golf lessons is diagnosing a student’s problem. I give hundreds of golf lessons every year and the most difficult part of working with a new student is diagnosing his or her problem. Once I’ve done that, I can plan a golf instruction session around it or suggest a golf tip