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Wade Pearse, a mental coach, posted an excellent article on Mike Pedersen’s golf blog. In this article he discusses a few ways to make the rules of golf work to your advantage. Here’s an excellent excerpt: No matter what occurs during a round of golf treat it with a curious, almost excited state of mind. [...]

According to an April study by the Darrell Survey, 31 percent of golfers have a hybrid club in their bag, compared with 7.5 percent in 2004. FanNation tells us that 148 hybrid clubs were in use at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this past February, compared to zero in 1997. While Hybrid’s haven’t become a [...]

Golf.com reports that Gary Player has decided to hold back on naming the drug cheats that he had previously mentioned to the media. “Gary Player insisted today that he would not expose two professional golfers who he claims told him they had used performance-enhancing drugs. The South African legend stirred controversy at the British Open [...]

Golfers aren’t the most honest people in the world. Many will kick their ball out of the rough if they know that they can get away with it, play dumb to penalties if it goes unnoticed, and forget miserable shots that would negatively impact their score card. While we aren’t the best of people on [...]

You might think that I’m going to answer the title question in great detail, but I’m not. Instead, I’m going to explain why this is such a ridiculous question. The main reason that professionals can drive the golf ball longer and more accurately than the average golfer is because they are professionals. They have trained [...]

I have golfed for over ten years. However, it wasn’t until this season that I decided to buy myself a pair of golf shoes. It wasn’t that I couldn’t afford to get some before, it was that I didn’t see a need. I’ve never found myself slipping on the grass or sliding out of my [...]

One way to improve your overall golf score is to play within your capabilities. How many times have you tried cutting a corner only to end up in the rough? How many times have you tried to clear the water instead of laying it up short? We all do it, it’s human nature. When golfing, [...]

Slow play on the golf course is one of the most fixable bad habits in golf. Those who do it most often are the ones that are least aware of the importance of keeping up to speed. Everybody complains about slow play ahead of them, but we tend to ignore those behind us when we’re [...]

For a guy that didn’t necessarily deserve a spot at the Presidents Cup, Mike Weir sure played well. There was a lot of controversy about Mike Weir being on the international team, but Gary Player had enough confidence in Weir to put him up against Tiger Woods on the final day of the event. And [...]