Learning From Your Mistakes
The hardest part of giving golf lessons is diagnosing a student’s problem. I give hundreds of golf lessons every year and the most difficult part of working with a new student is diagnosing his or her problem. Once I’ve done that, I can plan a golf instruction session around it or suggest a golf tip [...]
Five Steps To Choosing The Right Driver
Golf tips in sports magazine often say that your first shot is the most important on every hole. So do some PGA pros. While this idea is debatable, one thing is certain. Finding the fairway more often cuts your golf handicap down to size. In other words you’re better off being 10 yards short in [...]
Treat Golfer’s Elbow Now
An injury can do more than just balloon your golf handicap. It can permanently derail your game. Golfers elbow (medial epicondylitis) is among the most common—and annoying—injuries in the game. It not only causes pain in your elbow, but also produces a shooting sensation down your forearm when gripping objects. Rest and ice is usually [...]
Gap Wedge Adds Precision To Your Short Game
Q. Good day, Jack. When I look at golf distance calculators on the Web, they are all fairly in line except for the lob wedge (LW). My distances are: PW 110, SW 95, LW 60. I need to fill the gap between a sand wedge (SW) and lob wedge (LW). Any suggestions on how to [...]
Making A Wedge Backup
Play golf long enough and you’ll eventually see someone hit a back-up wedge shot. That’s where the ball hits beyond the hole and then spins backward toward the pin. While the need to hit this shot is rare, it happens more than we think. Since hitting the shot correctly saves strokes, it helps to know [...]
Going Low Another Way
If you watch golf on television a lot, you’ve probably seen Tiger Woods hit a “stinger” —a low, penetrating shot. You may have tried to hit one yourself without success. That’s not surprising. Hitting a stinger Tiger’s way isn’t for everyone. But knowing how to keep the ball low in the right situation, like on [...]
Conquering Island Greens
Q. Hi Jack, I have been reading your newsletter for quite a while. I am an avid golfer (a 10 handicap), who only gets to play once a week (if I’m lucky). My local course has a short par three, plays from 150 yards to 110 yards, and is fairly straightforward to play. But it’s [...]




