Fundamentals
PGA teaching professional Eric Hogge shows you how to generate a good full shoulder turn in your swing and what that turn should feel and look like when done properly.
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Most golfers know how far they hit each club on a flat topography. But a challenge course architects use to protect par is elevation change.
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Our attitude and how we think has a tremendous effect on how we play and score. When playing a true championship golf course one can benefit by setting realistic expectations and adhering to the following:
1) Play the set of tees that best suits your ability.
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When you don't trust what you're doing, you tend to tense up and try to steer the ball. Think of it this way: When you strangle the club, the club doesn't choke, you do.Start monitoring your grip pressure.
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From a short chip to a full swing, if the entire ball lies below the top of the grass, you will need to make changes in your set-up and swing. You need to produce more of a steeper swing to get the ball up out of the grass. Two keys that help first place more weight on your lead le
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One of the toughest shots in golf is when the ball lies below your feet. The natural tendency is for the ball to drift to the right. Many players top this shot or really slice it because they don't make the necessary adjustments.
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Making a grip change is no easy proposition. The solution is to place your hands in the new position at home while watching TV and practice. You can do this sitting down and swinging the club up and down in line with your trail shoulder.
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If you are in a hurry to make your tee time and you only have 5 minutes to get ready, our Colleton River Golf Academy Professionals suggest stretching instead of hitting balls. Asking your body to do something that it may not be ready for on the first tee can be a disaster!
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Creating a connection between the turn of your shoulders and swing of your arms promotes a more efficient golf swing with less moving parts. Most amateurs' swings have too many moving parts and as a result develop a great deal of inconsistency. To improve the connection in your
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When you are faced with having to lay-up make sure you do the math in order to lay-up to a good distance. Too often you will tend to always hit a 3 wood. The problem is that you generally end up too close to the green to hit a full shot. An example would be if you are 230 yar
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The foundation of your swing is all about balance. Try these points to improve your foundation you're your set-up try to get the angle between your club shaft and spine near 90 degrees, your arms should hang down vertically so your hands are under your shoulders, and you should be ab
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It’s always fun to watch the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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Watching Phil Mickelson’s spectacular performance this week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and seeing the way he waltzed around the TPC of Scottsdale as if he were strolling through a park, I immediately thought of Jack Nicklaus.
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Those of you who were surprised by Tiger Woods' runaway win at Torrey Pines in his first start after missing the cut in Abu Dhabi haven’t been paying attention. The man is the master of the bounce-back.
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There were two big stories this past week. The first was Rory McIlroy putting a bag full of new equipment into play. And the second was the fact that he missed the cut in Abu Dhabi - by quite a margin.
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If you watched the Hyundai Tournament of Champions on Maui, you witnessed the best golfers in the world challenged by the forces of Mother Nature. If it wasn’t the pouring rain wreaking havoc on their psyches, it was the hurricane like winds blowing their golf balls off the greens.
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The Fed Ex Cup's completion at East Lake this year definitely had the feel of a "Super Bowl". This week's lesson learned was evident in the final round and was easy to see; Nerves and controlling them.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: Rory McIlroy convincingly beats an elite field to win on the PGA Tour. Actually, you've probably heard it three of the last four weeks. Hey, this kid is really good.
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Without question, the headline story of the day or week goes to 15 year old Lydia Ko, an amateur who won the CN Canadian Women's Open. Yes, you read that right. She's 15 years old.
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Take the best players in the world, wind and rain (and a couple of delays) and the pressure of a major championship and you are going to have one incredible golf tournament. And that's exactly what we had at the 94th PGA Championship here at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island.
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