by Forget your hips – it’s your knees that really matter. I’ve been searching for years for the proper sequencing of my hips during the downswing to get a good weight shift and extra distance. I’ve tried moving my hips faster, slower, and even holding them back. Sometimes I block to the right, others times
Zach Johnson earned $1.8 million for winning The 2015 British Open. Now that’s a pretty good pay day. But what does it take to become a PGA professional and earn the right to compete for these huge purses? Well, for most golfers it starts by playing in local amateur events, and then graduating to mini
by Kevin Leo We’ve all heard of the stimpmeter, as in “the greens are rolling an 11 on the stimpmeter.” But have you ever even seen a stimpmeter, or know how the stimpmeter ratings are calculated? And, that’s just one of the tools your greens keeper uses to keep the greens in tip-top shape. In
by Mike Dero Want to score better? Learn to be a really good chipper. We amateurs hit so few greens in regulation, that one of the most important skills for us to master is definitely chipping. There are, of course, a lot of different techniques you can use for chipping. Some guys use the same
This is a story of self-control and marksmanship against a fierce predator, by a brave cool-headed woman with a small pistol. It all happened just outside The Villages community in Florida. While walking along the edge of a pond, with my soon to be ex-husband, discussing property settlement and other divorce issues, we were surprised
by Pam Swensen Growing up in Manhattan we played a lot of city sports, stick ball, curb ball and some baseball. But golf – forget about it. It wasn’t until I became a management consultant that golf became something important in my life. Whenever our firm sponsored a charitable event, invariably the fund raiser was