Let’s begin with a question: What is the definition of a pivot? In this article I’m using this word to describe the action of the hips...
In his book “Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf,” published in 1957, Ben Hogan recommended that golfers position their right foot at a...
Are you attempting to model your swing after a tour player? In my experience, that is not a good idea. There are at least three reasons...
I have a student named Trisha, who is a junior in high school. She is an excellent ball-striker, but her bunker play is below par… that...
You’re playing a course for the first time, so you arrive an hour early to warm-up. You make your way toward the practice green and you...
What I find again and again with my students is that they believe the keys to better scoring lie in hitting their drives farther or adding...
I’ve had the opportunity over the years to watch hundreds of teaching professionals give lessons — generally from a distance so as not to disturb them...
In 1729, Jonathan Swift wrote a satirical essay entitled “A modest proposal,” in which he suggested that the Irish eat their own children. As might be...
The USGA and R&A ruling bodies recently released their 2017 Distance Report, which gathered data from seven major tours. The driving distance of each player was measured...
I’d like you pretend for a moment that you were asked to name the five ugliest golf swings by players who had won a major championship....
I was just finishing a lesson with one of my most talented junior players, a 12-year-old girl who has won most every tournament she’s entered. She...
I was looking forward to hearing Brandel Chamblee speak at the Golf Magazine Annual Summit for “Top 100” Teachers and their guests, which was held in...
The other day while doing research on an article about “the yips,” I happened to watch the replay of the 1970 Open Championship at St. Andrews...
“Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf,” written by Ben Hogan and Herbert Warren Wind, continues to be the largest selling golf instructional book in history....
A few weeks ago I flew into Eugene, Oregon on a mission. I’d come to work with one my students who is a member of the...
You would assume that height would be an advantage in golf. After all, taller golfers have the potential to hit the ball farther based simply on their limb...
Your swing is broken. You know it. Your playing partners know it. The 15-year-old kid picking up balls on the range knows it. There is something...
The story you are about to read is largely fictitious. I say “largely” because it is based on an actual phone call that I received one...
There is a general belief that swinging a golf club is like riding a bike; once you’ve got it, you’ve got it. The truth is that...
