When your left arm reaches parallel to the ground in your backswing, make sure the clubhead is as far away from your body as possible. A wide, extended backswing creates width, and the wider your swing arc, the faster the clubhead must travel to keep up...
Golf teaching has become a lot more technical since I started out, which I personally believe is okay for older players trying to get more consistency in their games but not for juniors. I like to use the strategy of just letting them swing as hard...
These past few weeks I've been trying to swing like Ben Hogan. I can hear a few of you saying that it might be a little late -- and I agree. If I had been able to understand his 'Five Fundamentals' (as I do now) when...
Ben Hogan is widely acknowledged to have been one of the finest ball strikers that ever played the game. Hogan's ball striking has also been described as being of near miraculous calibre by other very knowledgeable observers such as Jack Nicklaus, who only saw him play some...
I swear I overheard my old maths teacher say that Brasiers’ IQ must be around 72 — he was being slightly sarcastic as he knew my love of golf. His comment wounded me for life, though, and I have never been partial to matters of maths,...
If the club head is square to an out-to-in swing path at impact, you'll probably pull the shot. It actually feels pretty solid but, nine times out of 10, the ball will finish up left of the target. Since the 'pull' usually results from an out-to-in swing...
Thanks for the feedback on my appeal last week to try to use Thailand as a springboard for Amari Avery, an extremely talented young 13-year-old who could be the next LPGA Tour sensation. Over the years as a golf coach, I've seen the occasional raw talent, but...
Breaking news! Mark my words Amari Avery will be the next LPGA sensation and become the youngest black golfer in history to play in a professional golf major. I don't have enough room to include all her achievements so far in her young golfing career but take...
Confidence is perhaps the word I've used most over the years in my tips. The definition of this essential ingredient in regard to any golfer's hope of a good round is as follows: "the feeling or belief that one can rely on a feeling of self-assurance...
My mind always drifts back to when a was just a lad who luckily landed a caddying job at the British Open. Oh, what a blissful week that was. I was in dreamland for every day I went around Royal Birkdale. It was an experience that...