Newsletter #11: (Part 2) Improving Through Effective Practice Driver Accuracy Drills In the first driver accuracy video I used shorter, slower swings at a 100-yard target to get a feel for my impact position and my swing path, and to establish a baseline control swing. In this second practice video I’ll show you the ...…
Newsletter: How To Improve Your Golf Game Part 3: Driver Accuracy In this video I’ll address a different game issue: determining distances for irons. As you see from the video, my philosophy is to find the average carry yardage for each iron using a full, normal, comfortable swing. The reason I choose the words “normal” ...…
How To Set Your Priorities For a Better Golf Game One of the keys to playing your best golf more consistently is to reduce the number of things you focus on in practice. This may seem counter intuitive, and you may feel as if every part of your game needs work and should be addressed ...…
Ahh, the Masters. Greatest theater in golf. This year was no exception as Bubba Watson beat Louis Oosthuizen with an incredible hooking gap wedge out of the woods from 155 yards out on the second playoff hole. Earlier in the day Oosthuizen provided his own theater by making a double-eagle 2 on the par 5 ...…
Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) March 01, 2012 World long drive champion and PGA professional Eric Jones will speak on the main stage at the Bay Area Golf Show on March 2-4, 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. He’ll be showing golfers the 5 Keys to getting more distance. With the knowledge that one does ...…
In this second Golf Chalk Talk video we break down the results from my recent tournament competition. We’ll see how to analyze the stats and then use the analysis to determine game priorities. Then we’ll translate those priorities into a practice plan. This approach of breaking the game down and then selecting specific statistics to ...…
One of the most critical steps you can take to improve the consistency of your golf swing is to get yourself into athletic balance. Balance is so fundamental you more than likely take it for granted. But just because you aren’t falling over doesn’t mean you are in proper athletic balance. Yet athletic balance will ...…
Everybody would like to play more consistent golf. And no wonder. The essence of consistency is reliability and predictability. When we have a swing we can rely on to produce predictable results, we play with more confidence, have more fun, and shoot lower scores. But here’s a little secret: You can’t work on consistency directly. ...…
World Long Drive Champion Eric Jones Will Be A Keynote Speaker At The Bay Area Golf Show March 11-13, 2011 Santa Clara, CA – World long drive champion and PGA professional Eric Jones will speak on the main stage at the Bay Area Golf Show on March 11-13, 2011 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. ...…
Quote of the day: “I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.” Bobby Jones Confidence (part 2) – Comfort’s Influence on Confidence In the last newsletter we talked about confidence – your belief in your own skills and abilities. You ...…
A quality practice should combine elements of both mechanics to improve efficiency, and target focus to improve effectiveness. Plus a little fun. Try these range challenge games if you really want to improve your practice time and your scores on the golf course. …
Over time my student had fallen into the habit of "ball focus" rather than target focus. He was so focused on getting the club to the ball square that his body was orienting to the ball at impact, rather than orienting to the target. That was creating the crunch. It was turning into a habit, and making his slice worse. …
I’m going to try something a little different here. I hope you like it. Each year the World Long Drive Championships are held in Mesquite, NV at the end of October. I won the event in 2003, and have been back every year since, posting three top-3 finishes and six of seven finishes in the ...…
I thought it would be worth going over the definition for bunkers in a situation like the one Dustin Johnson faced in the PGA Championship.…
This week's armchair golf pro post is about mental toughness and how difficult it can be to let everything else go and just stay in the moment. …
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