I thought today I would depart from the typical short game focus and turn my attention to putting. Many of you might not know that I...
As you all know, I have been a wedge designer for over 30 years now, but unlike most of the other wedge designers you know of,...
Last week, I wrote about keys to hitting better short iron and wedge shots and referenced Ben Hogan and Ken Venturi’s comments about his “low hands” making...
The past two weeks, I have written about “power leaks” with a focus on the long game. So, this week, I’m getting back to helping you...
Thank you all for the positive “scoring” of last week’s article on Power Leaks. I hope you are getting a chance to get out and try...
One of the things I like the best is when a friend or stranger asks me to take a look at their swing to see if...
One of my most appreciated aspects of this nearly 40 years in the golf equipment industry is the practically endless stream of “ah ha” moments that...
We often hear these two terms used to describe a given golfer’s particular skills, and sometimes they are used interchangeably. Today, I would like to discuss...
One of the more difficult aspects of golf, in my opinion, is learning the “touch” shots; those less-than-full swings that you need to score. It seems...
I’m going to wrap up this three-week series on using your mind to improve your golf. I am a firm believer that for the vast majority...
Last week, I shared some thoughts about playing with “realistic expectations.” I firmly believe that is the first step of strengthening your mental game to get...
(Today’s post is one I actually wrote nearly eight years ago, but I’m using it to start a series about “thinking your way to better golf.”...
One of my favorite ‘contributions’ to this game I love is helping golfers t an “ah-ha” moment, wherein they gain an understanding of the idiosyncrasies of...
First of all, thanks to all of you who chimed in on this discussion I began in last week’s post. In general, the comments seemed to...
Shortly after I started writing my blog as “The Wedge Guy” back in 2004, I created my “alter ego” so that I could occasionally pontificate on...
I’ve always been a “range rat” – I just love hitting balls and learning more and more about my swing. As a result, I’ve always been...
We are fortunate in South Texas that we really haven’t had much winter yet. As I write this, they are forecasting 80 degrees for this afternoon....
Last week’s post started this dialog about carefully examining your set make-up to see if you are really carrying the right mix of clubs to give...
Golf is a funny game, especially when it comes to the way most golfers buy equipment and put their sets together. It’s fun to review and...
One of the terms we use often in the club design world is “gear effect”. This is certainly not a term that pops up often in...
I’ve long been fascinated about the way the golf swing works, from full driver swings to the shortest chip shots. I’m sure that curiosity was embedded...
…that’s probably a topic you haven’t heard much about, if anything at all, right? The golf equipment industry has been fixated on distance for a long...
I am an ardent observer of self-destructive things I see golfers do and hear golfers say, and one that really gets me is when I hear...
The equipment industry has changed the way we play the game, for sure, but I don’t think any single innovation has done more to make this...
I’ve long expressed my opinion that the numbers on irons don’t mean much, because there are no standards for what loft and length a 9-iron should...
Having lived my entire life in South Texas, one of the things I had to learn very quickly when I went into the golf business nearly...
When I started SCOR Golf in 2011 and completely re-engineered the short end of the set, I took on “the establishment” and referred to our line...
I believe one of the big differences between better recreational golfers and those not so good—and also between the tour professionals and those that can’t quite...
One of the facts revealed from our recent GolfWRX/Wedge Guy survey is that your wedge shot misses tend to end up short five times more than...
One of the things all of us are “guilty” of is hitting poor shots because we are trying to hit the ball higher or lower. That...
As you all know, wedges are my passion and wedge play has been a source of both frustration and enlightenment for nearly all my 60-plus years...
As I promised last week when I presented the first layer overview of the GolfWRX/Wedge Guy survey, today I’m going to dive into the section of...
Again, I want to thank all of you who took the time to participate in the first Wedge Guy/GolfWRX Survey. It was good for me to...
We all know this fascinating game we play can throw a wide variety of challenges at you, from trees to rough, to sand, to fast greens,...
Before I get to today’s topic on the value of being creative when you are assessing a chip shot, I would like to apologize for the...