We would be remiss if we didn’t first acknowledge the passing of one of golfs great instructors this past week when Jim Flick passed after X years of teaching. Mr. Flick was a mentor to our good friend and occasional contributor teaching pro Dick Drager. In his early career, Dick worked with Mr. Flick at… Continue reading Tribute to a Legend: Jim Flick
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The Fitness For Golf Travel Exercise Routine
The Fitness For Golf Travel Exercise Routine First off I want to thank all of you who have gone over and checked out our new Fitness For Golf website this past week since we launched. Many of you have signed up for the seven free videos, and I hope you are getting value out of… Continue reading The Fitness For Golf Travel Exercise Routine
Get Your Golf Mind Primed For Peak Performance
If your goal is to play your best golf consistently, you must be able to cultivate a “peak performance mindset”. Sadly, many players believe that they’ll be more confident, calm etc. only after they have been playing well for a period of time. The exact opposite is actually true. You must be confident and calm… Continue reading Get Your Golf Mind Primed For Peak Performance
Buddy Golf Trips
Next week I am going on a trip with several golfing friends to Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kansas and then onto The Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. We will play approximately 72 holes in 48 hours and try and get back to watch football on Saturday afternoon. As I was thinking about this… Continue reading Buddy Golf Trips
The Body Swing Connection to Cure Your Slice
The majority of golfers have been discouraged for years because they keep slicing the golf ball. Initially looked at, the flaw looks mechanical; but if you look a little deeper, you’ll see it’s much, much more, and there is a way to correct the slice problem. Given us has a good grip, proper address posture… Continue reading The Body Swing Connection to Cure Your Slice
Dinner with David Feherty
Tuesday night I had the good fortune of having dinner with David Feherty. My brother and my son were also at the table. It was a great evening of stories, jokes and lots of golf anecdotes told by Mr. Feherty. Now that in and of itself would be an outstanding story if that was all… Continue reading Dinner with David Feherty
Distractions in Golf–How Do YOU Deal with Them
Distractions in golf are a part of the game. From the rattling of change in your playing partners pockets to the shadow cast across your line when you’re just about to take the putter back. It’s difficult to recall a round where there wasn’t at least something to get distracted by. Well, that is if… Continue reading Distractions in Golf–How Do YOU Deal with Them
Tight Hamstrings–Four Out of Five Golfers Agree on This
We spend countless hours on the driving range in an effort to improve our golf swing. Hundreds or even thousands of dollars are spent on golf lessons. It all adds up to a lot of time and money spent on improving the golf swing. Unfortunately, for many golfers their scores never improve, and they find… Continue reading Tight Hamstrings–Four Out of Five Golfers Agree on This
Winning
As the Fedex Cup ended we got to watch the greatest players in the world battle it out for supremacy and oh, that little side pot of a measly $10,000,000! But at that level the money becomes secondary. Certainly it’s more money than most of us will see in a lfietime or two but when… Continue reading Winning
Hit The Ball Further With Functional Fitness For Golf Strength
Instead of using traditional weight training machines, golf conditioning experts use the concept of functional fitness when training elite level golfers. We are no longer just concerned with simply increasing the strength of a muscle group, but more importantly integrating the demands of golf and the movement patterns which intentionally incorporate balance and proprioception (body… Continue reading Hit The Ball Further With Functional Fitness For Golf Strength