A Golf Lesson on Plumb-bobbing
Putting isn’t just about feel. It’s also about information processing. In other words, the better you are at reading greens, the more likely you are to sink a putt. You don’t need a golf tip to tell you that. Plumb-bobbing is an old-school technique for generating information that’s useful in putting. Some players swear by [...]
Why We Love/Hate Certain Golf Courses?
If you’re anything like the golfers who attend my golf instruction sessions, you have some courses you like and some you don’t. Have you ever wondered why? We’ll probably never know for certain why some golfers like one course and others don’t. But there’s a theory that may explain the mystery and how it impacts [...]
Making Sense of Swingweight
A student at a recent golf instruction session asked about swingweight. He had read one of my golf tips in which I mentioned it and it sparked his interest. Never having heard the term he wanted to know what it was and how it affected his game. Those are good questions because swingweight is among [...]
Creativity on the Golf Course
Creativity is a godsend on the golf course. It can extricate you from serious trouble and save you a ton of strokes at the right time. But it’s not something you can develop by reading about it. Nor is it something you can learn at a golf lesson or a long golf instruction session. You [...]
Are Adjustable Clubs In Your Future?
Equipment innovations come and go. Some quickly gain popularity, and then fade when they don’t shave strokes off a player’s golf handicap. Others start out slowly, and then pick up speed when they prove they can help players cut their golf handicaps. Innovations that help golfers play better, like the sand wedge or the hybrid [...]
Practice Using Lasers?
You don’t usually associate technology and golf. The game just doesn’t seem to lend itself to the benefits of technology. Or, does it? A student attending a golf instruction session once showed me a range finder. You point it at the pin and it tells you how far away you are. Then there’s the launch [...]
Coming To Grips With Your Grip
I see it all the time when giving golf lessons. The players with the highest golf handicaps pay the least attention to their grips. Typically, they grab the club from the bag, check their grip quickly, take their stance, and hit the ball. If they feel comfortable, they’re happy.
But golf is a precise game. The [...]




