Steady Wins the Race

                Recently I have had the pleasure of helping quite a few people pick up a golf club for the first time.  It’s a daunting task for many of them because they are getting into something that they have never...

An Exciting 2013

        Amazingly the calendar has flipped to 2013, and while it is 32 degrees outside here in Maryland, it will soon be March and the hint of warm weather will be upon us.  It gets me thinking about the exciting things I have coming down the line...

Getting the Most Out of a Lesson

                      When I meet a student for the first time, I usually will ask a lot of questions to find out as much as I can about them and their golf game.  It’s also a way to have a quick...

Hurricane Golf, Anyone?

              As I sit here typing this post, I am holed up in my house as Hurricane Sandy comes through with lots of rain and big gusts of wind.  Watching the branches of the trees go back and forth reminds me of being in Ireland...

Use Your Fastball

                  After some great vacation time in September, I thought back on one of my experiences and how it relates to golf.  As a part of my vacation, I spent a few days in the home of the National Baseball Hall of...

Practicing for Playing

                      The joke among PGA Professionals is that you usually hear “You’re a golf pro? Must be great to play golf all the time!”  That’s usually met by a wry smile and a shake...

Open Meltdown: Why Golf is Hard

                            Watching the Open Championship meltdown of Adam Scott this weekend was difficult.  I don’t think any other sport puts a person’s failings more front and...

Lessons from The Greenbrier

                        This past weekend, we saw some interesting happenings in West Virginia at The Greenbrier Classic.  First, the sponsors worst nightmare happened:  Tiger and Phil both missed the cut in...

Junior Hawks Take Off

                      Over the last two months, I have started a small junior lesson program three times a month at Night Hawk on Saturdays.  While it has been a feeling out process for me on what is needed in...

The U.S. Open: My Take on Olympic

                      This week the US Open goes back to California, to the Lakes Course at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.  It’s a really difficult and interesting test, with the last US Open held there...