golf tips

Last weekend while watching the Waste Management Phoenix Open  I was wondering how on earth the players faced teeing it up on 16 without throwing up. Imagine hitting a shot in front of 20,000 booze-infused fans who’d love nothing better than to humiliate you in front of millions of TV viewers.  Talk about feeling naked on the tee! While I was …

Today I was reading Rex Hoggard’s article, Now and Then on Golf Channel’s website.  In it he talks about Tiger Woods and his US Open win at Torrey Pines almost 1,000 days ago, and how things have “never felt so strangely different“. Are they really that different? Sir Nick, Kelly and the rest of the analysts/commentators are still falling all …

It’s January 23, 2011 and yesterday I hit my first golf ball in almost 2 months!   It was heaven being out on the range – the sun was shining; it was 48 degrees, I had new grips on my clubs and I was feeling great!  I was so happy, I even enjoyed the bad shots – just hitting the …

Everyone has a chronic problem (or two or three) in their golf game.   For some, it’s the dreaded yips, while others struggle big time with slicing off the tee. For me, it’s alignment. I am forever offline when I go to hit my ball. My pre-shot routine is pretty standard. I go into my “think box” behind the ball, …

A while ago I received a couple of books from a publisher asking if I’d like to review them.  Never one to turn down the opportunity to read about more golf tips, I said, “Sure, I’d love to read them.”  Well, to say they were a bit of a surprise is an understatement, but they couldn’t have come at better …

On January 5th, 2010, I started my 10 step journey towards “better golf”. I wanted to prove to myself that at “my age” I could put together a program that would help me reduce my handicap by 3 points in 12 months. I learned a lot of lessons along the way and thought I’d share some of them with you. …

Well, the 2009 Fedex Cup is almost over and the golf season is winding down. Where did the time go? I feel like it was just yesterday we were watching The Masters and talking about the legendary Bobby Jones, as we do every year when the azaleas are in bloom. Well, this year, we get to remember him twice because …

What is it you try sooo hard not to think about that you can’t think of anything else? We’ve heard it time and time again – golf is a mental game – a game of inches – ie. the 6 inches between your ears. We all know it. But…do we all believe it and I mean believe it so much …