Instruction Feature
2011 PGA Teacher of the Year Mike Malaska demonstrates how to play from an uneven lie, a very common spot around Kiawah's Ocean Course layout.
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Mike Bender, Director of Instruction at the Mike Bender Golf Academy, discusses a good drill to help you learn better distance control on putts.
23 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Allen Wronowski, PGA Director of Golf at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix, Md., talks about greenside bunkers and gives some tips to improve your bunker game.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Brian Whitcomb, Director of Golf at Lost Tracks Golf Club in Bend, Ore., gives his best tips for chipping the golf ball. He explains the importance of chipping the ball one-third of the way in the air and then letting the ball roll the rest of the way to the hole.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Adam Smith, PGA Director of Instruction at Salisbury Country Club, demonstrates some easy stretching exercises to do before teeing off: torso rotations, leg kicks and jumping jacks.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Joe Plecker, PGA Director of Instruction at Baltimore Country Club instructs on how to hit a draw or a fade, depending on what the hole calls for.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Ron Philo, PGA Director of Instruction at Ron Philo's School of Golf, talks about how get the best result from a shot out of an uneven bunker lie. Philo demonstrates how he goes about finding a stable position to swing from, setting up the stance, choking up on the club and making the proper swing.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Jim Remy, PGA Professional at Okemo Valley Golf Club, gives advice about gripping the club. He says to make sure that when you grip the club, you grip it in your fingers, with your thumb pointed straight down the shaft. Remy goes on to demonstrate how you will get a much stronger grip on the club.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Joe Plecker, PGA Director of Instruction at Baltimore Country Club shows how to hit both a low and a high shot off the ground with your irons.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Steve Bosdosh, PGA Director of Instruction at The Members Club at Four Streams, talks about how good players deloft the club at impact and hit the ball farther. Bosdosh demonstrates a simple drill with tees to help you feel the clubhead at impact.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Steve Bosdosh, PGA Director of Instruction at The Members Club at Four Streams, discusses how you can improve your backswing rotation. Bosdosh shows the improper way to hit the shot and then reveals the correct impact position to drive the ball farther.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Steve Bosdosh, PGA Director of Instruction at The Members Club at Four Streams, gives advice on how to correct a slice. Bosdosh shows the 'hockey drill', where you split your grip to allow your right side rotate over your left side to make the ball curve right to left.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Martin Hall, PGA Director of Instruction at Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., defines release as the gradual turning of the club from hip height on your downswing through your swing to hip height on the far side of impact.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Martin Hall, PGA Director of Instruction at Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida talks about how to get more distance. Hall demonstrates a drill to help hit the ball farther.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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John Borrell, Lead Instructor at the PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., discusses the grip and the movement of the club from the start of the swing. He shows both the incorrect and correct positions to hold the club at the start of the swing.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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PGA Professional Gary Bates, an instructor at the PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., demonstrates the proper way to take a divot with your iron.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Ted Bishop, PGA Professional at The Legends Golf Club talks about lag putting. He gives two fundamentals to help with your putts. First, place your ball on the ground with the trademark straight up in the air and the number on the forward side of the ball.
20 Dec 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Kentucky PGA Section Teacher of the Year Brian Manzella explains the rule when your ball lands in a precarious spot near a bunker. Understanding the rules of golf can provide advantages in difficult situations on the course.
26 Nov 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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2003 PGA Teacher of the Year and Director of Instruction at Pebble Beach Golf Academy Laird Small discusses the importance of reviewing your scorecard after your round.
26 Nov 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
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Brandel Chamblee and PGA Professional Gene Powell use the swing analyzer at the PGA Learning Center to show how to analyze your swing. The MATT technology by TaylorMade uses cameras to pick up the motion of your swing to give you specific data about your swing.
26 Nov 2008 - 12:25am - 0 Comments
