Do you Chunk or Skull your Pitches? Making bad contact on pitches cost you strokes. It hampers distance and direction control. With pitches, you have a slim margin for error, so missing by just a few feet can land you in trouble, like coming to rest in the deep grass just of the green. It’s […]
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Admit it. There’s nothing better than launching one from the tee box. In fact, it’s one of the highlights of playing golf—especially if the shot lands in the middle of the fairway. So it’s understandable when a golfer amps up his or her golf swing trying to hit one long and straight off the tee.
But swinging harder doesn’t get the job done. It just throws your golf swing completely out of whack. That causes you to block your shot right, pull it dead left, or otherwise mis-hit the ball. That gets you in trouble right off the tee, which can cost you strokes.
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What do Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Rory McIlroy all have in common? A smooth golf swing. Each player swings the club at a different rhythm and tempo, yet each swing is smooth and fluid. Their smooth swings belie the power contained within. A smooth golf swing is what you should be striving for when
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“I want to be remembered as the man who hit the straightest—not the longest.” That’s a quote from Ben Hogan—perhaps the game’s greatest player. His quote provides a rare insight into how he thought. It’s the way you should be thinking, too. The more you can repeat your iron swing, the more often you can
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Know what Total Driving is? Not many golfers do. And those that do don’t usually think about it much. But viewed correctly, Total Driving is a valuable concept—one that can really help boost your competitiveness. Total Driving describes how long and accurate a player is off the tee. Used by the PGA, it’s computed by
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