For many golfers, a constructive way of thinking about your limitations comes from a baseball movie. The scene is from “Major League,” the 1989 comedy about an eclectic collection of baseball players who tended to have at least one deficiency that impeded their careers. One is Pedro Cerrano, a bald, enigmatic power hitter who walks Read more…
Todd Anderson, Zhang’s coach and top-10 ranked Golf Digest teaching professional, says that to practise making longer putts, you should try the 100-foot drill.
The ugly truth about the biomechanics involved in making a proper golf swing is that it’s not good for your spine, particularly the vertebrae of the low back. The two big issues: First, your lumbar spine does have some ability to twist, but not much. If those bones are hyperrotating every time you swing, you’re Read more…
Golf Games Explained is exactly what it sounds like. You want to mix it up and try something new for once? Well, someone has to do the thankless work of playing different golf formats and telling you if it’s worth it. You can thank me later. As a general rule, you should always have cash Read more…
Here’s a video of Fuzzy Zoeller hitting a drive at the 1984 U.S. Open, which he went on to win. Look closely. Did you see it? It happens before Fuzzy makes his backswing. He sets the clubhead behind the golf ball, then slides the clubhead severely away from him, so much that the heel is Read more…
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Some golf swings are just more fun to watch. Exactly why—the tempo, the simplicity, the raw power—can be hard to put your finger on. But when you see it, you know. Such is the case with Rose Zhang, 21, a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour since turning pro in June 2023 and now a Read more…
The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass has 88 bunkers, including this massive oval-shaped one that runs the length of the lay-up zone on the par-5 11th hole. Find this bunker and you’ll be thrilled to make par. The approach is all carry with hazards ready to gobble any mis-hit. A forced-carry, fairway-bunker situation like this Read more…
“Heads-Tails”, like 5-3-1, is designed for groups that just can’t seem to find a fourth but still like to play for a little something on the course anyway.
There’s an old saying in fitness that you can’t fire a cannon from a canoe, meaning you can’t perform any athletic activity proficiently if your lower body is unstable.
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