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by Tom Patri | May 11, 2016 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
[ezcol_1half] [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . 1) Hitting – right arm thrust 2) Swinging – Centrifugal force Biggest Errors: 1) Bent left wrist 2) Loss of rhythm Rhythm: is the clubshaft and left arm going through impact at the same (RPM) rate! . . YOU CAN GET A FREE VIDEO GOLF LESSON FROM TOM PATRI…
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by Tom Patri | Nov 2, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Well it wasn’t pretty a 6×12 U-Haul trailer behind me, I had a kayak strapped to the roof of the car. The car was somewhat packed, and two of our 4 dogs BO BO The Wonder Dog, and Seve Dogostaros in the back riding shotgun! Denise had left a few days earlier with Salty Dog and…
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by Tom Patri | Sep 30, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Wow! What a golf season we just witnessed. All of you who are old enough (yes I’m about to date myself) surely remember The Big Three. Palmer, Player, and some guy called Nicklaus! That was an exciting time for golf. Arnie burst upon the seen and TV was there to capture his swash buckling antics!…
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by Tom Patri | Sep 17, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Well our winter season is creeping up on us in Southwest Florida. Soon most of the country will be waist high at times in the white stuff and most often we will be in short sleeved golf shirts chasing the dimpled monster around our favorite course in Paradise! We often forget just how lucky we…
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by Tom Patri | Sep 14, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Examine your iron divots. If they are steep and deep, you’re probably not happy with your ball flight. A few things you might want to examine. 1) Ball position could be too far back. 2) In your backswing, you may be lifting your arms and not turning your upper torso enough or any?! 3) May…
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by Tom Patri | Sep 2, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Well it’s really heating up! The FedEx Playoffs are under way and what just one week ago seemed like The Jordan Spieth Show may have just turned into The Jason Day Show! Listen, no doubt there is still a ton of great golf to be played but these two young Superstars, yes I called each…
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by Tom Patri | Aug 20, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Wow!! The 97th PGA from the shores of a lake that looks like an ocean provided both drama and enough story lines to write a fair sized book. Rory showed up and played well despite the fact he wasn’t and could not be as well prepared as he might have liked to have been. Rory…
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by Tom Patri | Aug 6, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
It’s hard to believe we are already into August. The summer is flying by and we are just a few weeks away from this seasons 4th and final major, The PGA Championship August 13th-16th at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. There are so many story lines developing for this event it would be hard to…
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by Tom Patri | Jul 25, 2015 | Tom's Blog, TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
I don’t know about you folks out there in the golf world but The Open Championship sent me home from teaching each day glued to the evening replay of the day’s action! Here at Friar’s Head where I teach during the summer months we have a wonderful teaching/training center and in between lessons during the…
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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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