As you look at the impact positions of the best players in the world, you will find many different “looks” with respect to their body and...
One of the most overlooked aspects of your golf equipment is the shoes you wear, how they react, and what they will do to your swing...
As you watch players on the putting green, you will always see people working on putts from close range but seldom do you see anyone really...
Dr. James Spencer, Lance Gill, and Jason Baile (with Tom Stickney) Can you imagine placing almost total disregard on a particular function of the body that...
There is one thing for certain when it comes to golf, none of us are getting any younger nor are we becoming more flexible naturally. In...
One of the biggest mistakes the average golfer makes is not fully loading up into the rear foot before moving into the downswing. It is this...
If I had a dollar for every time someone walked into my Academy (myself included!) and asked how to hit it farther I’d own a bank...
Over time technology has improved so that we (as teachers) can see and understand motion and forces in action during the swing. With that being said...
One of the biggest debates in the instructional world is the “way” in which people should use technology within their lessons. Some of the older pros...
One of the coolest things about instructional technology is the way it continues to evolve and how simple basic graphics can help the teacher and the...
One of the greatest things about golf today is that with the internet you have an opportunity to research, read, and get to know what different...
In golf, there is nothing harder than judging a flop shot over a bunker to a tight pin out of long grass. Why? Because there are...
In the previous article of Short Game University, we discussed how to hit a basic wedge shot covering three very important fundamentals The pivot: How you twist and...
GolfWRX.com welcomes back instructional writer Tom Stickney, whose articles here have garnered over 15 million views. Tom has written from GolfWRX for almost five years with...
As we know golf, is a very tough sport and one that involves many moving pieces. Whenever something overreacts or moves too much on the way...
In this week’s Fault and Fixes Series, we are going to examine the issues that come with losing your height during the swing and its effect...
In this week’s Faults and Fixes, we’ll look at the issue of the older player getting the arms too far behind the body at the top....
I would like to introduce the “Faults and Fixes” series I will be doing for GolfWRX showing you some of the most common problems I see...
OK. Here we go. Number 17 at Punta Mita. Water all down the left side. OK. Aim right and hit a slight draw—been hitting the ball...
One of the best things about golf instruction is the advent of technology to help teacher to better understand what is really happening during the swing....
Par, par, par, birdie, quad, par, bogey, triple, par. Nice round of 44—with four pars and a birdie! Sound familiar? Do you ever wish you could...
As a teacher, I obviously have my own particular biases as it pertains to the different stroke patterns I teach to the random levels of golfers...
One of the biggest advances in golf instruction, in my opinion, was the adoption (by the masses) of the “new ball-flight laws.” While this information was...
In this week’s tip, top 100 teacher Tom Stickney shows you what happens when your arm swing becomes too long and how to avoid this common...
Top 100 teacher Tom Stickney explains when you’ll want to draw your wedge approach shots in to stick it close (and how to do it).
Top 100 teacher Tom Stickney explains how, rather than blindly firing at pins, thinking about where to leave the ball and where you want to putt...
One of the most perplexing aspects of golf for the average player is how the club should transition. In fact, the “over the top” motion is...
Have you ever stood over a four-footer and known you were going to miss it? If so, then you are not alone, in fact, this is...
In this week’s tip, Tom Stickney shows you how to make sure you’re getting everything you can out of your wedge approach shots.
In this week’s tip, top 100 teacher Tom Stickney shows you how to coordinate line and speed, manage wrist breakdown, and more keys to navigating big...
In today’s age of hitting the ball as hard and as far as you can on tour, I am amazed at the number of amateur golfers...
In this week’s tip, Tom Stickney gives a suggestion that would make Brandel Chamblee proud: lift the left heel on the backswing for a bigger turn.
Too many amateurs use too lofted a club and flip at the ball when chipping. Tom Stickney recommends a lower lofted club and a motion more...
If you’re at the edge of the distance you can hit your wedge on an approach shot, it might be better to take a longer club...
Tom Stickney shows you how it’s easier to control the ball by pitching it higher and softer around the green.