Distance control is a vital part to playing sound golf.  If on a warm 70 degree day with no wind and a flat lie you know you hit your 7-iron 167 yards then you have a great opportunity to control your distances into the greens.  Some players of lesser experience may have a range they [...]

If you are thinking about re-tooling your golf equipment then this is a great time to make the adjustment.  Since you are probably not playing as much, mostly due to the cooler conditions, this would be a wonderful time to “tinker” with your bag.  You might want to try out different golf shafts in your [...]

For the casual to average golfer, most players do not see a need to have a USGA handicap.  They feel that they do not play often enough to bother with it.  Golf is a game that is played as an individual and the only way to truly compete against yourself is set goals to improve.  [...]

Pace of Play has been a huge issue over the last 5-10 years with the addition of longer golf courses with more challenging design elements. Trust me, nobody wants to play a 5 1/2 hour round.  It is not fun and takes up most of your day to complete. There are a few key points [...]

Golf can be a year-round game in some parts of the world, but is important to know what your “main” season is so that you can prepare, implement, or maintain your game. In the Northeast US, for instance, it is a given that you won’t play much golf between November 1st – April 1st.  This [...]

Golf is one of those games that you really don’t know how good someone actually is until they have some pressure put on them.  Most good players can hit quality range shots and even light it up playing 9-holes with their buddies.  A true test of pressure is competition.  This past weekend at the Ryder [...]

Yoga is not your gym class of the 70′s. Yoga has exploded into different sports over the last several years with golf being one of the main sports influenced by this craze.  Yoga isn’t a fad, however, and it isn’t new.  Yoga has been dated back to around 3000 B.C. and some historians believe possibly [...]

Often times the rules can be tedious or irrelevant for most players just enjoying a casual round of golf. Most of the time it is often recommended that if you are not keeping your handicap to discard some of the rules to keep up with the pace of play. An example of this would be [...]

Strategy on the golf course can often times be just as important as a well struck shot.  As most players know, golf is a game of misses.  If you can be strategic with your approach then you have a better chance of staying in play and keeping the high numbers from popping up on the [...]

Most amateurs can get it around ok from tee to green, but when it comes time to hit a 30 yard shot over a bunker or a 50 yard shot to a pin on a back tier of a green, many seem to struggle. PGA Tour professionals work hard at these shots for long hours [...]