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Staying out of trouble with your Driver

Fact: Over 90% of golfers will never be able to compete with you if you can do 3 relatively simple things (disregard putting for now). 1. Stay out of trouble with your driver (notice, I didn’t say smash the ball 300 yards down the center of the fairway). 2. Hit 70% of the greens you [...]

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Power Driving

Some people contend that when it comes to driving for power, you either have it or you don’t. While it’s true that some people have more natural ability to hit a golf ball than others, that doesn’t mean you can’t add distance to your drives. You may never drive the ball as far as PGA [...]

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Hybrid Golf Clubs

………What’s up with these new hybrid clubs? Everyone is talking about ‘em these days. Are they really the game saver that all the hype seems to say? The fact is, clubs like hybrid type clubs have been around a long time. They used to go by names like baffler and rescue clubs or just plain [...]

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Let your Golf Game choose your Clubs

For over a hundred years golf has been played with basically the same set of clubs. The traditional set includes 3 woods (1, 3, 5), 11 irons (2-9, PW, SW) and a putter. Does this configuration work for everyone. No way! It’s time to take a brand new look at what a golf club set [...]

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New Golf Iron Categories

If you’ve been following the evolution of iron technology in the last few years you know that there has been some new classification of irons based on their forgiveness. Golf Digest, in it’s latest Hot List club evaluations, divided irons into three categories; Super Game Improvement, Game Improvement and Players clubs. Here’s how they categorized [...]

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How to Choose the right Golf Ball

Choosing the right ball is critical to cutting your golf handicap. A ball impacts your game almost as much as your clubs, so it’s important to choose a ball that’s right for you. Below is a six-step process for selecting the right golf ball. Standard Selection Approach With this approach you chose a golf ball [...]

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Keys to Consistency and Power

Achieving consistency and power off the tee may just be the Holy Grail of golf. But combining these two things isn’t always easy. What’s the secret to achieving consistency and power? Below are five suggestions. 1. Eliminate tension on the tee A common mistake on the tee is tightening up grip pressure when trying to [...]

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The Theory of the Natural Golf Swing

The natural golf swing offers an alternative way of hitting a golf ball than most teachers advocate. Introduced more than three decades ago, it was developed and popularized by George Knudson, a former PGA pro turned teacher. While the natural golf swing is different, it has its proponents, many of whom praise it for its [...]

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