According to Michael Breed, one of Golf Digest’s top-ranked teachers, golfers who strive for perfectly straight shots without any curve are falling into a costly trap.
The beauty of a tournament with gross and net divisions, like many club championships around the country, is that golfers of all handicaps have something to play for.
Last July, Steph and I played a round at Cypress Point. I gave him a few ideas for his game, but he didn’t need much. His swing is solid, and what a gentleman.
At The Open, the task is navigating whatever happens to be in front of you that week, that day, that hour. It’s rarely fair, and never easy. They each reflect the culture they exist within, and the types of champions they produce.
As sports psychologist Dr Bhrett McCabe explains, there are numerous landmines, or mental mistakes, that we commonly make on the course that cause our scores to suffer.
A study published in the science journal NeuroQuantology concluded that if you foam roll for less than 30 seconds on any particular muscle group, you’re pretty much wasting your time.