Hanging Back!

Have you heard you are Hanging Back in your golf swing?  This is a problem seen in many golfers who are trying to lift the ball and not use the club face to their advantage. It is also seen with golfers who have balance issues or rotation problems…It is often a consequence of early extension [...]

Swing Efficiency

If you have talked with me over the last several months or seen me speak to groups of golfers you will have heard the words Swing Efficiency!  This is a word that the Titleist Performance Institute utilizes to describe the optimal swing. Not the optimal swing period, but the optimal swing for an individual.  The [...]

Too Early!

Over the past several weeks I have been videoing people that are looking to improve this off season.  It seems that the number one error that I am seeing is called early extension.  This is taking away from the power of the swing.  Early extension is when your body is attempting to generate power, but [...]

CHICKEN WING and listen to your body

I have just embarked on a new adventure.  I am going to be taking lessons regularly with a golf amateur that used to be a teaching pro on the other side of the country, who retired his card to compete again.   The exchange is fitness and wellness for a better golf game.  Sounds like a [...]

Striking it Rich!

How does it feel when you know that you know you hit a perfect shot?  It feels like you just won the golf lottery.  You have prepared, practiced, seen the shot thousands of times in your head, on TV, in magazines…but when you do it yourself it is the feeling of striking it rich! Top [...]

What is all this talk about keeping your head down?

  Often times you will hear golf teaching professionals, amateurs, friends and family tell you “keep your head down.”  I especially like it when I hit a ball thin and friends who are at my playing ability or worse can give constructive criticism.  I guess that is human nature.   So besides the obvious what does [...]

Over-the-Top

Besides being an attitude about getting onto the golf course, watching the golf channel and tweeting about golf, over-the-top is one of the more common swing errors that is seen with amateur golfers.  The club head will be flung outside of the borders of the initial swing plane with the head of the club reaching [...]