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If you’re an amateur golfer with a middle to high handicap, take some advice from Robert Baker, Golf Magazine Master Teaching Professional:
Most amateurs don’t take enough club. They presume they’ll hit every shot perfectly and make their club selection based on the maximum distance, instead of the average distance, they hit each club. As a […]

Starting next year, Scotland will be the home of the world championship for blind golfers. It will host the World Blind Golf Invitation and the British Blind Open Golf Championships in Edinburgh.
There are over 100 golfers that are scheduled to attend these events from every corner of the planet such as Israel, Australia and […]

Next time you face a tough hole with a narrow fairway, take a page out of Tiger’s playbook and drop down a club or two. Tiger developed a low-flying shot with his 2-iron that hits the ground and runs. He had a history (still does to some extent) of being a bit wild off the […]

News from the LPGA this week announced the recent award given to LPGA President Heather Daly-Donofrio.
Daly-Donfrio was given the William and Mousie Powell Award for her contribution as LPGA Tout President. The William and Mousie Powell Award is given on behalf of the late Mousie Powell, a dedicated supported of the LPGA, who was married […]

Just like a lot of you, I’m intimately familiar with the dreaded slice. More times than I care to remember, I’ve had to aim about 30 degrees to the left of my target (I’m right-handed) if there was any hope of keeping the ball in play. There are probably as many “cures” for slicing as […]

Last week the PGA announced the names of the recent 13 graduates from their Certified Professional Program.
Currently there are another 80 people who have completed the program and obtained certification.
According to George Ancuta, who completed the program, “The PGA Certified Professional Program allows for easy access to a lot of functional information, and […]

According to an article appearing on pga.com, the European Tour will vote in the New Year on a proposal before them to stop women from playing in full European Tour events.
The issue was raised by Frenchman Jean Van de Velpe, who had a fellow board member present his concern to the European Tour Board […]

I was doing a little research to make sure I had my facts straight for today’s blog, and I came across a unique item. This one I just had to share!
We all know golf can be Obsessive, with a capital O, and even I have a room decorated with golf memorabilia. Things like autographed pictures […]

It looks like Morgan Pressel, 17 year-old golfer, is having a pleasant week. After being denied LPGA membership for being a minor, she was granted an exception and given full membership, adding another teen golfer to the Tour.
However, on Monday LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens called the 17-year-old to say an exception had been made.
Shortly afterwards, […]

Admit it, we are all creatures of habit. We probably all get up at about the same time each day, drink our coffee in the same chair, and go about our day following the same old routine. Most of the time this is good. It creates stability and continuity in our lives.
I started thinking yesterday, […]