So many amateurs come to me completely spooked by the Darth Vader of golf, how to play out of bunkers without fear. It’s funny, from day one, I embraced bunker play. Perhaps it was the creative component the shot requires. There are several ways to skin this cat. Allow me to simply share a few…
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Welcome to Golf Talk Live! As I continue moving into my 8th Season here on Golf Talk Live, I’m excited to feature one of my favorite guests: Tom Patri – Founder/Owner of TP Golf Services. More on Tom: One of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America & Golf Tips Magazine – Top 25 Instructor…
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By Tom Patri | TP GOLF SCHOOLS, Naples, FL www.tompatri.com . Practice with purpose. Build a sound putting game! In 1981 when my Florida Southern team arrived at Hop Meadow in Simsbury, CT. just outside Hartford, we encountered a long, tight course with deep rough and fast undulated putting surfaces. At our team dinner after…
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By Tom Patri I call my three vital stations the three cross roads to success. . 1: The Launching Pad (some call it the set up) All systems must be a go here or you will develop a cancer within your motion. I believe most swing cancers begin within the set up. Become a set…
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Get On the FACE CASE (Golf Tips Magazine, 2018): Fix This Simple Flaw And You’re On The Road To Improvement By Tom Patri, Golf Tips Top 25 Instructor | Photos by Vic Williams I’ll often ask folks who come to my practice tee if they could master anything about the golf swing, what would it…
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The more I teach golf, the more ways my clients are able to answer their own questions. So many of the people I work with, including more accomplished players, often become very bound to the results of the golf ball. Tom Patri instructs the 1955 U.S. Open Champion, Mr. jack Fleck. A long-time friend, Mr….
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By Tom Patri, Golf Tips, Top 25 Instructor in America and Bob Walton. I have known Bob Walton for over 25 years. We were introduced by our mutual friend Bob Ford Head PGA Professional at Seminole and past Head Professional at Oakmont. Bob Walton is as passionate a golfer as any living and breathing human…
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I’m sitting in the Indianapolis Airport at 5:30am waiting to fly back to paradise after a visit to my summer digs, The Hawthorns Golf and Country Club in Fishers, IN. As I scrolled through various social media platforms as I do each a.m. to see what’s happening especially in the Golf World, it’s amazing almost…
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(Posted on: May 24 2019 | V1 Video: Interactive Frontiers Blog) Tom Patri, Director of Instruction at both Hawthorns Golf and Country Club in Fishers, Ind. and Esplanade Golf and Country Club in Naples, Fla., became one of the most celebrated and accomplished golf instructors in the industry by becoming one of the most dedicated…
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By Tom Patri I remember the first time I walked off the Par 3 third hole at Bethpage Black and made my way down the then very rough rocky path and turned the slight bend to capture my first view of the incredibly dramatic Par 5 fourth hole. I was either 14 or 15 years…
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