Golf Academy

As the golf season approaches, if your goal is to shoot better scores this year, now is the time to take an honest look at your game and create a game plan for the season.

In the late 1970’s, my older brother went to college and majored in computer science, and I remember watching him do his “programming” homework.

Just because the golf season is winding down, you don’t have to put away your clubs and wait until spring to improve your golf game.  Winter is really the best time of the year to make changes to your golf swing or technique.

Have you ever watched a nature channel showing wildebeests in masses teetering on the riverbank deciding whether to jump in.  Why the hesitation?

Great putting requires the player to be able to start the ball on the intended line, stroke the ball at the correct speed, and the ability to see the slope of the green.

How do you define “failure” or “success?” A valuable question to ask yourself with all the money and time you have devoted to the development of your golf game.

If you have an opportunity to attend the 3M Championship at TPC Twin Cities, it is a great time to learn and observe how the best golfers in the world approach their practice and study their technique.

You’re excited, you just watched some swing video or just had a golf lesson and had one or more “aha moments.”  You’re itching to get to the range or course to “try it out…” 

By definition, a putt rolls on the ground, a chip is partially in the air but primarily on the ground rolling, and a pitch is primarily in the air without much roll. 

Our younger years included going to school, passing ONE GRADE AT A TIME and ultimately graduating.  Have you considered your golf development the same way?

This season my Tee Times column is going to focus on shotting better scores by improving your game from 150 yards and in. 

Welcome to a new golf season!  The theme of my 2024 articles will be “BUILDING NOT FIXING.” 

When the tour player goes to the range before a round it is generally not practice.  It is to get loose and ready for the round. 

The chip shot may be golf’s most important shot for most amateurs to understand and develop. 

Lou Stagner (@LouStagner on Twitter) who is a great follow about golf analytics and playing the game recently made a post that scratch players average 1.8 more birdies per round than 18 handicap.

Most for-profit businesses incorporate some version of the “bottom-line” approach; the boss, shareholders, clients, etc. require some degree of immediate return on their investment… yes?