I am very fortunate to belong to Preston Trail, a golf club in Dallas noted for having professional and amateur players. Among them is Lee Trevino,...
Let’s start our discussion by making one thing clear. There’s a lot to fitting the flex and bend profile of shafts — enough to write a...
Everyone thinks the three worst words in golf are “You’re still away.” I think that’s wrong. I think the three worst words are “Out of bounds.”...
In a previous article, I discussed the fitting of the shaft weight and mentioned that a discussion about the weight of a golf club should not...
The great Gary Player — nine-time major champion, global jet setter with 165 career wins, one of the Big Three with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer...
Russ Ortiz has always held a deeply personal and sincere passion for helping others. When Ortiz retired from Major League Baseball back in 2010, the former...
This is the second installment of a four-part series from Modern Golf on putter fitting and the Quintic System. Find a busy practice putting green, and...
When discussing the manner of fitting the shaft weight and total weight of a golf club, the conversation should also include fitting the swing weight, or...
I was asked by the editorial staff of GolfWRX to write about some of the “names” I’ve played with during my 40 years in the golf industry. Initially,...
Scott Manwaring, Callaway’s director of R&D for irons, hybrids and wedges, has been with the company for nearly two decades, and he’s worked in club design...
This part of the series is about how we teach club fitters to fit golfers for the proper grip size and style. Many of you might be saying “OMG...
NFL Kicker Josh Scobee of the Jacksonville Jaguars challenged Tiger Woods to a money match — worth $100,000 per hole — on Wednesday after Woods’ recent...
Recently, I read a fascinating piece on Deadspin about Patrick Reed. I read it twice actually. I may even buy the upcoming book about him when...
The professional club fitter knows that the set makeup part of the fitting recommendation can be one of the most effective ways to offer measurable improvement...
Before we take the eyes out of putting, let’s take a quick eye test. Look at this picture below and answer this question: Which looks longer, A or...
I’ve gone through the comments on my previous stories, looking for topics that my readers seem to want covered. So far, I’ve focused on the nuts and bolts...
As a golf statistician, I’m often asked what statistics golfers can keep to track their skills on the golf course. For the tour players I work...
Below is just a sampling of the idiocy I saw in my Twitter feed immediately after Tiger Woods’ withdrawal today. I can’t say it’s representative of...
Golf is becoming more and more technological. Well, strictly speaking, the game is the same but the clubs you use and the innovations available to help...
Great golf and playing up to your full potential all starts from within your mind. Henry Ford put it simply and eloquently, “Whether you believe you...
Most golfers have to like the way their clubs look at address, so the psychological side of club head selection is very important. If golfers don’t like...
Well, here we go again. This story is about Tiger Woods, so if you’re tired of reading articles about him, you can stop now. At the Waste...
The Hartford Business Journal has reported that the Back9Network is actively and aggressively seeking to raise a “significant” amount of capital through new investors or a...
This is the first installment of a four-part series from Modern Golf on putter fitting and Quintic System. When it comes to putting, everyone thinks they’re an...
First, a disclaimer. After my previous story a comment appeared under the name Barney Adams that essentially said cut the crap with the Mickey Mouse criticism....
The higher the loft on the clubhead, the more critical it is to be dynamically fit for the correct lie angle. It is also important, however,...
The Hartford Business Journal is reporting that the Back9Network is eliminating 35 full-time positions. The network says it will still have in excess of 50 full-time...
In the past I have written about what I call the “Critical Holes” in a golf tournament. My analysis shows that these are the holes in a...
The Back9Network has filed a lawsuit in Connecticut Superior Court against Jamie Bosworth, the company’s former CEO and co-founder who resigned last July. The suit, filed...
For golfers who have a chronic fade/slice or draw/hook misdirection tendency, the specification of the face angle of the driver, woods and hybrids is the most...
Every golfer has at some point throttled the daylights out of that inanimate steel or graphite-shafted object in their hands, blaming it for the errant shot...
Did you ever wonder exactly what the greatest ball striker of all-time was doing in the endless hours of practice he put in? One golf coach...
Matt Ginella hears that he has the greatest job in the world on a daily basis. And each and every time he hears it, the Golf Channel...
It’s your boy Matty aka @MD_18undapar, an 11-year old golf-rapper fresh out of Vermont (he’s better than the other golf-rapper from Bagdad, Fla.), spitting fire, sinking...
The golfing world seems to be constantly plagued with an inability to nail down its feelings toward Patrick Reed, who won the Hyundai Tournament of Champions...