Way to go Gary Woodland!
Why did Gary really win the 2019 U.S. Open? Driving? Fairway woods? Iron Shots? Chipping? Bunker Play? or Putting? Perhaps the correct answer is ... (Yes but... Maybe Not!) When…
Prioritize Your Health
Smiling senior man enjoying a coffee and reading a newspaper while relaxing at a course restaurant after playing a round of golf
Recent movements have been aimed at encouraging men to take their health seriously. For example, the goal of National Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health…
Not Yet Jordan
Not Yet Jordan, Not Until You Fix Your Swing Fault Just watched U.S. Open press conference, with Jordan Spieth as guest speaker. Jordan says he feels fine physically, confidence getting…
Memories of Pebble Beach
Beautiful pebbles on the beach close up.
Only One Birdie at Pebble Beach One might ask what does the photo have to do with Pebble Beach Club? Absolutely nothing, but if you want beautiful shots of the…
Pitch or Chip?
Golfer performs a golf shot from the fairway. Sunny summer day.
By its strictest definition, the pitch is a lofted shot that spends more time in the air than on the ground, as opposed to a chip shot hit, typically, off…
Do I Need A Golf Lesson?
Whatever your golfing goal, you must face one fact: To give yourself the best possible chance of expediting the process of learning to play good golf, or very good golf,…
Chipping With The Right Club
Making The Right Choice Is Important!
All good chip shot players, whether pros or amateurs, also realize that the lie of the ball, distance to the hole, what’s between the ball and the hole, and speed…
Thank You, PGA
CONGRATULATIONS, to the Professional Golfers’ Association of America for changing the dates of their annual major championship, from four days in hot August heat to four days of flowers in…
There’s No Place Like Home – St Andrews
Photo credit: Keith Allison on VisualHunt / CC BY-SA
The Home of Golf: The “Old Course” at the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Fife, ScotlandENJOY the Golf ExperienceIn all the years I’ve played golf, nearly…
Wise Words!
Golfer on a Rainy Day Leaving the Golf Course (the game is annulled because of the storm)
In order to play golf with the right mindset, is to accept the words of wisdom from sport psychologist, Bob Rotella, who, in bringing a real perspective to the game…
Phil “The Thrill”
Friends enjoying VR
I believe it was the clever wordsmith, Gary McCord, who ushered in the moniker above, reflecting the fact that one never knows what Phil is going to do on the…
I Got Me An Authentic Swift’s Premium “HOT DOG” Putter
hot dog on white background
I GOT ME AN AUTHENTIC SWIFT’S PREMIUM HOT DOG PUTTER – not one of the knockoff models I’ve just received, as a gift, a real Hot Dog putter that…
Golf Purists Like Me..UPSET!
A Glof flag on a green with fairway
USGA FLAGSTICK-IN RULE – Rule 13.2 a (2) –UPSETS GOLF PURISTS LIKE ME I’ve been around golf almost my entire life; as a caddy, caddy champion, junior champion, low handicap…
Where’s The Beef?
Beef. Raw meat with spices. Raw beef steak on wooden cutting board
The one PGA Tour player with as much “game” as Spartacus, a killer instinct that rivals Tiger’s, an introverted rather than extroverted confidence, tee-to-green shot-making talents, as well as, already,…
2019 PGA Tournament Predictions
Former winner, Tiger, at 8-1, good pick, if makes good choices off the tee – Stinger included! No clear patches among pine needles at Bethpage Black, as was case at…
New Gag Gift
Wow... Thanks for the photo! I like it a lot. Wish flag was not Leaning Tower of Pisa, I do not mean to be critical because I like the image…
Best Golf Lesson Ever
Part of my longtime job at Golf Magazine was working on how-to articles with the game’s top golf instructors and leading tour players was assessing and evaluating golf swing methods…
101 Ways To Golf
THE GOLF DOCTOR When I met literary agent and book packager, John Boswell, for the first time, at the New York City office of John Boswell & Associates, Inc., he…
Golf Growth & Evolution
GOLF Magazine’s Complete Book of Golf Instruction I was asked to write about the evolution of the golf swing in this heavily illustrated and comprehensive coffee-table book. Like me, other…
Michelle Wie
The chief reason I decided to write a book, presenting an analysis of Michelle Wie’s swing, and explaining how and why average golfers – men included – should copy this…
Meet “The Walrus”
During my 16 years working for GOLF Magazine, as instruction editor, senior instruction editor, and consulting editor, I collaborated on articles with big name players from the PGA Tour, LPGA…
Learning From “Chi Chi”
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”…
Got To Play By The Rules!
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…
Tiger Woods
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.,…
Jack Nicklaus
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…
Best Teacher Ever?
Showing The Direction
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…
Total Shotmaking with Fred Couples
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…
Lure of the Masters
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,…
