Harry Cooper’s legacy in golf has lasted long after his playing days . Tom Patri remembers when he and Head Professional Tom Kennedy were first hired at Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y. Patri, director of instruction, was just settling into his new office in February 1991 when out of the dead of winter, an…
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A Fresh Mental Approach is All You Need to Get Your Sand Game On Track (Part 3) Continued from blog entry – “A LINE IN THE SAND (Part 2)” . DON’T “HANDCUFF” YOURSELF : . . . When someone asks me for help with bunker shots, I’ll ask the player what he or she is…
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A Fresh Mental Approach is All You Need to Get Your Sand Game On Track (Part 2) Continued from blog entry – “A LINE IN THE SAND (Part 1)” . PERFECT YOUR SAND DIVOTS: . I recommend that you practice taking “sand divots” without a ball. For an average-length bunker shot (40 to 50 feet),…
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A Fresh Mental Approach is All You Need to Get Your Sand Game On Track (Part 1) . Golfers talk about the “yips” on the greens, a nervous affiiction that disrupts the basic execution of the stroke. Well, I’ve seen many golfers flinch on greenside bunker shots just as on a three-foot putt. Result: they…
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Typically, golfers are taught to keep their left arm straight. It’s like a mantra—Don’t bend your left elbow. The advice is sound in principle, but not necessarily a must for a good golf swing. This is not to say the left arm can be allowed to totally flex (1). This will lead to a wide…
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Rethinking one of golf’s oldest swing instruction ideas — the “stiff’ left arm (Part 2, Conclusion) Continued from blog entry – “Why a Soft Left Arm is Better (Part 1)” . Keep the left arm supple to reduce tension and you’ll become a more powerful hitter. First let’s consider the three basic types of takeaway that are…
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Rethinking one of golf’s oldest swing instruction ideas — the “stiff’ left arm (Part 1) Keep your left arm straight! That is one of the oldest and most misinterpreted commands in all of golf swing instruction. Most golfers, ever anxious to not lose control of the club, accept the dictum without question. Anything less than a straight…
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Try these changes employed by one of my best students to get your clubface under control and get rid of that slice (Part 2, Conclusion) . Drill: Point the Grip at the Ball Purchase a light plastic pole or wooden dowel, and grip it as above with the pole directly under the spine of the…
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Well here we are again right on the doorstep of another winter golf season in Paradise! The day I left Friar’s Head on Long Island last week is was freezing! About 50 and blowing sideways. It felt like it was in the high 30’s. Mostly because it had been so mild up till that very…
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Try these changes employed by one of my best students to get your clubface under control and get rid of that slice (Part 1) Slicers come in all shapes and sizes: tall and lanky, medium and stocky, petite, etc. But they all share one common fault: an open clubface at impact, causing shot after shot…
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