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Don’t Let Fake Turns Derail You

If you’re landing short, hooking, or slicing off the tee, you could be making a “fake turn” during your backswing. Instead of taking a full turn, you make only a partial, half-hearted turn. Golfers who make fake turns either lack the flexibility to turn their backs to the target or they just don’t make the […]

Drill: How to Stop Fat Contact

If your swing is too steep, you’ll hit it fat or slice it right. To hit it long and straight, you must swing the club around your body. To do this, you need to keep your elbows level at the top of your swing. The following drill will train you to keep your swing on […]

Fairway Wood Tips – How To Hit A Fairway Wood

Are fairway woods golf’s forgotten clubs? It seems like it—at least in golf lessons. Students tend to choose hybrids over fairway woods in key situations from the fairway and the rough. In general, hybrids have all but replaced the fairway woods in many bags. Hybrids are easier to hit and control than fairway woods and […]

3-Wood Tips & Techniques: Mastering The 3-Wood

By: Jack Moorehouse The shorter your approach shot to the green, the better your chances of hitting it in regulation (GIR) and making par. The number of greens hit in regulation is a telling statistic – as I’ve explained in my golf tips newsletter. Why – because players who hit a lot of greens in […]