SPLASH IT OUT (by Tom Patri)
Part 4, Concusion
TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
SETUP HELP (by Tom Patri)
SETUP HELP might do the most good the fastest. Amateurs in general come to their instructor with so many aspects of their setup fundamentadly unsound, they are in fact finished before they start. Poor posture, alignment, ball position, grip, and tension levels all lend to major malfunctions during the motion. I’ve never had a student…
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SPLASH IT OUT (by Tom Patri)
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SPLASH IT OUT (by Tom Patri)
Part 2
The Slice (by Tom Patri)
Most amateurs come to their professionals with golfs common cold: The Slice. The first thing you need to do to change any condition is understand it. The two principal causes of the common slice is improper path and face conditions. The path is often out to in with an open clubface. So let’s try this…
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SPLASH IT OUT (by Tom Patri)
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Allow your back to control your backswing (by Tom Patri)
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . . . Often, I’ll ask an amateur, “What starts your backswing?” and hear various replies: hands, arms, left shoulder, etc. I’ll explain I would prefer to get the biggest and strongest muscle group in your body involved: your back muscles!! I feel the pivoting motion of your back muscles is what is,…
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Practice sand contact (by Tom Patri)
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . Players tend to over-think sand play. At your first opportunity get yourself into a practice bunker and simply try to splash out some sand leaving long, level displacements of sand. You don’t want to leave deep gouges of sand as you also don’t want to NOT contact any sand. I feel sand…
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Alignment (by Tom Patri)
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . If you’re going to go to the range and beat balls, let’s have a purpose. Even before you get to your swing motion, your alignment is critical to your improvement. If you were going to fire a gun, you’d aim at a target. So having a target when you practice is a must!!…
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Three Foot Putts (by Tom Patri)
Many amateurs are scared to death during short putts of around 3 feet or less. A big part of this is expectation. You expect to make a 3-foot putt!! But ask these same amateurs when the last time they practiced 3-foot putts was and they reply that it is boring or 3-footers are “no problem”!!…
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