Your ability to handle pressure on the golf course can determine the outcome of your score and enjoyment of the game.  If you shake over a 2-foot putt or have anxiety when you see a water hazard, you may want to bump up your workout routine. According to studies, exercise may enhance mental toughness. How an individual handles stressful situations … Read More
Anti-Slice Drill
If your tendency is to slice, here’s a drill to help you improve the path of your swing. Â Slicer’s tend to go over the top on the downswing. Watch video tip for an explanation of this and a drill of how of to stop it.
Use Your Golf Bag to Create Lag
If you have been losing distance or hitting inconsistent shots, you may be releasing the club early, losing valuable lag in your golf swing. Â Lag is the angle that is created between your wrists and the club shaft that stores energy to release on the golf ball. This drill will help you learn how to create lag in your golf … Read More
Check Halfway Back
To be a consistent ball striker, you should strive to swing with a square clubface at all times, unless, of course, you are trying to intentionally curve the ball. Golf is a hard enough game hitting the ball straight, let alone fighting an open or closed clubface at impact. With a correct grip, your hand and wrist should rotate the clubhead … Read More
Don’t Hit Fat
Your ability to control your core is important to stay down and through your golf swing.  You may hear how it is important to maintain your angles throughout your swing. If you lift or come out of your angles, you’ll hit a fat shot. If your core, including your shoulders, chest and abdominals  are weak and unstable, then you’ll start … Read More
Clip the Tee Drill
Striking a ball can sometimes be frustrating for anyone just learning the game, especially if you top or miss the ball. Getting the ball elevated off the turf takes proper technique and ample strength and clubhead speed. Beginner golfers aren’t sure how to practice. So if this happens to you,  here is a simple drill to help you learn to make … Read More
Don’t Bend at the Top
Good ball strikers create a wide arc on the backswing because they accomplish a couple of things: as they swing back, they naturally hinge their wrists, which puts the club on the proper plane and they are flexible enough to make a full turn while maintaining the lead arm extended. High-handicappers tend to do the opposite: first, because of a … Read More
When and How to Hinge Your Wrists
If your struggle with when and how to hinge your wrists, here is a drill to help you learn how to start  your swing.
Don’t Go Early
An early release is when you flip your hands through impact. The results are different shots and this leads to inconsistency. Â This video tip shows you how an early release happens and a unique drill to help you correct it.
Push: Don’t Roll the Clubface
“The best psychologist in the world is a square clubface at impact,” – Ben Hogan To be a consistent ball striker, you should strive to swing with a square clubface at all times, unless, of course, you are trying to intentionally curve the ball. Golf is a hard enough game hitting the ball straight, let alone fighting an open or closed … Read More