Delivery Man!

March 23, 2010

When Chipping – deliver your motion to your intended finish position!

So often my students tell me they are deathly afraid of chunking or skulling their short chips, especially from tight lies. Most would far rather be in the first cut of rough than in the fairway! Let’s understand why and what we can [...]

Letter to Camilo Villegas

March 8, 2010

Camilo,

It is really great to see hard work rewarded with a well-earned victory. Here’s to many more wins in the near future.  As I have watched you mature as a player, the biggest difference I see in your swing is a much better rhythm – apparently born of the far more relaxed approach [...]

Transitions Championship, Innisbrook

March 22, 2010

Congratulations to Jim Furyk on his first win in 58 starts.  Persistence pays off.

As we watch Jim fiddle his way through his detailed pre-shot routines, these are not routines any other player should copy!  An effective pre-shot routine prepares the player to feel the motion he intends to deliver – to a target.  [...]

Letter to Ernie Els

March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Ernie,

It is really great to see you back in the winners circle. Not only because it is really nice to see good things happen to good people, but because it will so significantly help your cause of fighting so hard for autistic children.

I am writing to you not only as a [...]

How Can I Be More Consistent?

March 15,  2010

My students often ask me how they can be more consistent.  So my obvious question is: what is it you want to do more consistently – hit good shots or perfect your slices, hooks, skulls or chunks?

In order to make your good shots more consistent, you must learn to deliver – in the [...]

Spring Tune-Up

March 15, 2010

In the Northeast, as the snow finally disappears, we golfers get itchy.  This year, while the ground is still too wet to play, do yourself a favor.  Warm-up your golfing (body) machine BEFORE you pick up a club.

Sam Snead used to preach to me daily – Ozzie, the power comes out of the [...]

The CP World Championship at the Blue Monster

March 15, 2010

Congratulations to Ernie Els.  His putting finally finally measured up to his ball striking – though, as we observed on both Saturday and to a lesser degree on Sunday (after hours on the putting green following his Saturday misses) - it is still shaky.  When Ernie learns to putt from below the waist, so [...]