Many of you reading this article might have come to golf from different sports. I believe that playing great golf takes many of the same elements of success from other sports; practicing hard, mental toughness, etc. I also think there are many things that are unique to golf…

Ben Hogan thought that your grip technique was one of the most important things to get right in your golf game because your hands are the only part of your body that are actually connected to the club. I’m not going to talk about technique in this article (that one is coming…

When we are left with 40, 50, 60, and 70 yard wedge shots things can get a little bit awkward. Our wedge game can turn into the pimply teenager who is stumbling over his words trying to ask out the girl he likes for the first time. If I had to point to the type of shot that…

I usually shy away from talk about how to hit the golf ball farther because I do not believe that this is the ultimate key to lowering scores for most average players. I do want to give the readers what they want though. Here is the Practical Golf way to hit the ball farther…

I usually don’t want to bore anyone with the details of my own golf game. But what I would like to discuss is the day I had my biggest breakthrough on a golf course. It was a special round that was not short on drama, and I hope recounting it for you will accomplish two thin…

I’m not big on regret, and typically don’t like to look back on decisions I’ve made. However, in my golfing life I have quite a few things I wish I had done differently. The one thing I wish I could go back and do is stop myself from throwing away so many rounds because I wa…

Swing tips are everywhere you look in the golf world, but you have to be careful. You simply can’t listen to them all at once! I believe this is one of the greatest golf quotes ever, from one of the greatest golf books ever written. When I tell you to take an aspirin, please…

I owe my mother a lot. She patiently carried me in her body for 9 months. She devoted her whole life to making sure I would grow up to be a productive member of society. Above all, she taught me to respect women. I wish male golfers would respect women golfers a bit more. Go…

One of the readers of this site brought up an interesting topic that I would like to discuss. He said that he sometimes experiences a bit of “stage fright” when playing with golfers that he doesn’t know. My response immediately was you’re not alone!!! This is an area of the…

Harvey Penick was a huge proponent of feel in a golfer’s short game. If given the choice between having better feel or technique, he always sided with a golfer who had better feel. I couldn’t agree more, not that one of the greatest teachers of all time needed my endorsement…

For decades putter grips remained largely the same. Golfers didn’t have many choices other than the traditional models that companies like Ping had been making. Then SuperStroke came along and flipped the industry upside down. Now golfers have quite a selection of grip style…

I talk a lot about course management. I think it’s the most overlooked aspect of shooting lower scores. So many teachers are focused on the full swing as the key to playing better golf. What is often not discussed is how you need to think your away around the golf course, an…