The title of this article is a bit absurd. I’m sure most of you are thinking, “of course I’m never going to swing it like Rory McIlroy!” When it’s phrased that way, it’s easy to come to that conclusion. However, if you saw an article entitled, Rory McIlroy’s 5 Keys To Rip Yo…

Before I started Practical Golf in 2015, I didn’t know much about golf clubs and how they worked. If anything, I was naive about the topic in general and fell victim to many of the same myths that most golfers believe in. While I don’t consider myself a gearhead, I’ve been f…

Traditional golf statistics do not give a complete picture of your performance on the course. They’re a good starting point, but stats like putts per round can be misleading. In this article, I want to focus on why fairways hit is an incomplete statistic. Tee shot performanc…

A couple of months ago, I was talking with a friend who is a teaching pro. One of his students, who he has been giving lessons to for months, came in the pro shop. The golfer pulled out his phone and showed my buddy a few Instagram accounts he was following. He asked if he s…

For most golfers, it’s very exciting to get to the course before your round. You’ve spent all week working, and now it’s time to do what you’ve been thinking about since Monday. However long you have before you tee off, there are several things you can do to give yourself a…

Are you the kind of golfer who gets a bit lazy and doesn’t clean your clubs at all, on or off the course? I was always curious how much effect a wet or dirty clubface would have on your spin rate (especially on wedges), so I decided to put it to the test. The results might c…

Statistics can have a way of putting things quickly into perspective for golfers. For the most part, the golf world is used to seeing what players are doing at a professional level. Many times I like to use PGA Tour stats as a way of managing expectations for recreational go…

I’m always interested to see what minor adjustments in the setup can be made to alter ball flight. Many times, these small changes can be made without altering technique in order to solve problems on the course like dealing with wind. One experiment I’ve been interested in c…

There’s a lot of talk in the golf world about what can be done to make the game more attractive to prospective youth players. I’ve partaken in many debates, and to be honest, I’m tired of talking. I want to do something. For a while now I have been trying to think of a way I…

Golfers are constantly fighting a battle with themselves – it’s mainly about perception versus reality. A lot of frustration and anger occurs because many players have a hard time understanding what are reasonable results for their skill level. One of my goals is to constant…

When the instructional world talks about fundamentals in the golf swing, similar themes come up. Topics like posture, grip, alignment (commonly referred to as PGA) get a lot of attention. The truth is that all of these are variable. There is no one right way to grip a golf c…

At 48 years old, Phil Mickelson should be entering the twilight of his PGA Tour career. Younger players are starting to dominate the game with their explosive power and athleticism. Lefty refuses to give in though; he’s already won once in 2019 and came very close to securin…