In the early 1970’s, I worked as an assistant golf professional at what was then called Colonie Hill; initially boasting an upscale all-men’s membership of only 50 individuals. The “Hill”…
John Bannon, Wall Street bond-broker, good golfer, avid fisherman, cigar lover, and friend of mine, played the biggest role in Mark Russell and I collaborating on the book, Golf Rules…
Think Like Tiger The super-sharp focus Tiger showed on the golf course en route to winning a record four consecutive major championships – 2000 U.S. Open, The Open Championship (a.k.a.,…
For the same reasons neurologists and psychiatrists were anxious to examine the brain of Albert Einstein, after his death – to see if they could locate and isolate the true…
One never knows what awaits a golfer at a yard sale!
Golf instructor, Claude “Butch” Harmon, Jr., son of Claude Harmon, Sr., (renowned golf instructor and the 1948 Masters champion) once shared with me extraordinary swing and short game tips and…
What I emphasize in Total Shotmaking, and one reason for writing this instruction book with Fred Couples, is Fred’s carefree mental attitude. Even in 1992, the year Fred won the…
For millions of golfers in America, the Masters Tournament, golf’s first major championship of the year, contested every April over the Augusta National Golf Club’s challenging championship course in Augusta,…
The 1991 PGA Championship was the 73rd PGA Championship, held August 8–11 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis. John Daly won the first of his two major titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up, Bruce Lietzke.…
Originally, Grip It and Rip It! – the instructional book I collaborated on with John Daly – was planned to teach golfers how to emulate Daly’s very different extra-long swing, controlled…
In 1991, George Peper, editor-in-chief of GOLF Magazine, when I was senior instruction editor of GOLF Magazine, assigned me to list the 50 Best Teachers in America, and provide a…
I wrote the book, Natural Golf, with the late, great, pro-golfer, Severiano Ballesteros, to teach golfers how to swing a golf club “Seve’s Way.” By controlling the start-to-finish action with…
Amateur golfers of all handicap levels are often obsessed with hitting long tee shots and thus are always looking for new ways to increase their power-driving quotient by at least…
Golfing great, Ben Hogan, missed a couple of critical putts in competition, late in a long career, prompting some golf writers to report that the man known for ice in…
The drawings in Ben Hogan’s book, FIVE LESSONS: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, show Hogan setting up in a closed-stance position, as do photos shot by Chuck Brenkus. Yet, Hogan’s…
Amateur golfer, Bobby Jones, has always been a favorite golfer of mine; an all-around class act from the old school who employed one of the most evenly-flowing golf swings ever;…
John Andrisani endorses the LinksWalker ProVictory OPT golf ball. “LinksWalker has developed a revolutionary new ProVictory OPT golf ball guaranteed to improve your game. The ball features a cleverly designed…
John Andrisani is a former senior editor of instruction at Golf Magazine. A respected golf instructor, Andrisani is also the author of over forty books, including the bestselling The Tiger Woods…