by Tom Patri | Jul 17, 2015 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
. . Swing your club to the top of your backswing. If your right arm (right-handed player) forms a perfect right angle, chances are your left arm is in a relatively extended condition. This is an example of a good back- swing radius. Radius, in fact, is a speed source. Try again, only this time…
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by Tom Patri | Jul 14, 2015 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
.. . If you can build a good structured backswing, you can store a tremendous amount of energy to be unleashed in the forward motion. There are three 90 degree angles that if built properly, will make your backswing condition extremely powerful. 1) The right arm bend at the elbow should form a perfect 90…
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by Tom Patri | Jul 13, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Hey Folks – Please watch this wonderful analysis by Peter Kostis noted teacher and CBS commentator. I love the points he makes about the issues of tempo and tension. We all experience the difficulties of those two fundamental issues in our own games. We must first develop a cue to relax our upper extremities before each…
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by Tom Patri | Jul 8, 2015 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
. . . . Through impact the player should feel as if the clubhead is getting a long way away from his/her center. This is called extension. The player should also feel as if his/her body is pivoting to the left opposite the direction of which the clubhead is moving. Hence, the club swings right…
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by Tom Patri | Jul 7, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Well here we are after the completion of the 115th playing of this year’s US Open Golf Championship. Interesting, dramatic, controversial, scenic, historical? All of the above. How will history remember this Open 30 years from now? Will it be Jordan’s second major on the way to the Grand Slam? TBD. Will it be the…
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by Tom Patri | Jul 1, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
(PART I) Let’s assume that you work with a great deal of physical effort on both your full swing as well as your short game. You take lessons on a regular basis, pay attention and retain information. You would assume that you should be able to go out and perform your golf skills without a…
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