Rediscovering My Own Game

It’s often a running joke in the golf industry that despite being around golf all of the time, as golf professionals we often don’t play very much. People just assume that if you are in golf and have “professional” after your name that you either play all the time or...

Fundamental Patience for Improvement

                        Golf is like life in so many ways. We struggle, we get back up, and we continue to go forward. Maybe that is why the game has such an attraction for people, because it is constantly...

Diving Into the Game of Golf

        Some of my favorite lessons these days are with people who decide that it’s time to take up the game of golf or get into it more seriously. I’m always intrigued by the reasons people give for getting into golf or why they come back to it...

Masters Round Up: Bubba Time

                  The unofficial opening of the golf season known as The Masters has come and gone too quickly, but the memories of a great week at Augusta National won’t fade as fast.  Bubba Watson prevailed in an exciting...

Essential Skills for Scoring

                      Golf is difficult on many levels.  Depending on your handicap range or experience, certain skills are very difficult to learn to reach the next level of improvement.  In my mind, this...

Ladies’ Golf Month: Myths & Musts

    Despite the frigid climate in our area, we are in the middle of March, which for me means we are almost in to my unofficial “Ladies’ Golf Month”. The beginning of April signifies the start of my Ladies’ Clinics on Fridays, so it’s a perfect time to cover...

Home & Office Practice

  Many of my students are hard-working folks who spend their days in the office trying to make a living for their families and pay for their golf habit.  At times it can be a frustrating existence, as they will look out the window and see great, sunny weather and...

Coaching & Why You Need It

  When the word “coach” comes up, it isn’t immediately assumed that you are speaking about something golf related.  You instead think of the greats of team sports like Vince Lombardi, Herb Brooks, Joe Gibbs, or Scotty Bowman.  But in golf, the real truth is that...

Practice for Success & Stick to the Plan

            Practice is a great way to get better at golf, but only if it is done in a manner that will make you better and have a lasting impact.  Check out my Capital Gazette article on stages of practice, as well as a sample practice...

Don’t Short Your Short Game

                  Understand what really matters when you want to take shots off of your scorecard, and how to do it.  An article I penned in the Capital Gazette about the short game and why it’s so important in your...