The range is their office. And with some potentialy lucrative pay cheques on offer as part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, they’ve been busy at the FedEx St Jude Championship this week. Here’s a few things I learned observing them at work.
Where you land the ball informs your club selection, and the type of shot you want to hit. Most golfers overlook this aspect of chipping, but it could be the key to having a more successful short game.
Harman has devised an entire strategy around what he can do best: win around the corners. It has led to 12-year career on the PGA Tour and wins at every level he’s played. And now, an Open championship victory.
It wasn’t the flat patch of land or Hoylake’s calm conditions that defined the opening 18 holes of the year’s final men’s major, but, rather, the devilish bunkers (81 overall) that litter the place.
In 2015, Jason Day was on top of the golf world. The Australian star had won five times on the PGA Tour, including a maiden major at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He also made his debut as World No.1 later that year.
At Oak Hill that week, Jason Dufner was at his sharp-shooting best. He hit 75 percent of his greens in regulation firing at seemingly every pin- all thanks to this one brilliantly simple swing thought.
Among the many things we tell ourselves are signs of good golf, taking healthy divots ranks right near the very top. Catch ball first and a pancake-sized chunk of grass after? The stuff dreams are made of.
Earlier this week on the Golf IQ podcast we broke down a few ugly stats about regular golfers’ games. Not as a way of draining confidence from average golfers. But instead, to learn why these mistakes happen, and crucially, how to prevent them.
Chasing more distance is something all of us should be doing, basically all the time. But while the benefits are clear, there are also a few ways it can backfire if you approach the task incorrectly.
Australian Golf Digest
