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 be. You can imagine some of the answers I…
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By Tom Patri, Director of Instruction, The Hawthorns 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 aspect the shot required. There are several ways to skin this…
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By Tom Patri, Director of Instruction, The Hawthorns If you want to get confused go chase the latest and greatest, if you want to improve find an old school fundamentalist. The fundamentals that built this game 100 years ago are still relevant today! The Set Up as many of you call it ( I prefer…
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How many people do you think I have seen in my career swing the club violently from outside to in across the intended target line or commonly referred to as over the top? Wouldn’t you like to eliminate those awful deep gouges and those awful pulls slice? What if we had a fool proof way…
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By Tom Patri, TPGOLF Schools ~ NAPLES, Fl. Gary Woodland has been a champion on many fronts even before he claimed the US Open crown this past Sunday at iconic Pebble Beach. Gary of course has been a PGA Tour Champion 3 times before Pebble this past week and although never a winner of a…
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By Tom Patri, TPGOLF Schools ~ NAPLES, Fl. One of the reasons I think my style of game improvement is a bit different than other teachers is that during every lesson I try very hard to wear two entirely different hats. I spend part of every lesson teaching (the X’s and O’s ~ the mechanics)…
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Naples News Article (Week of 7/15/19) I have watched closely these last few weeks and for that matter the entire year. Watch what you ask, well watch the newest crop of young guns. It seems like every few years there is a swath of youngsters that descends on the PGA Tour at one time. Each…
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Thanks a lot Tom, I was a competitive winning 20.7 in February before TPGOLF! Then TPGOLF lessons, TPs Club Champion, TRX (stretch) and of course practice-practice-practice. “Don’t waste your money on my lessons Mike if you are not willing to practice 2-3 times a week.” Let’s not forget I hear “rehearsal” in my head before…
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By Tom Patri (Golf Tips Magazine’s Top 25 Instructors in America) In a golf lesson nothing is more important to achieving success on the lesson tee than clear concise communication between a student and his/her coach. In life we use various mediums to communicate in a learning environment. We can verbalize, we can demonstrate, we…
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Tom, Thanks for your nice note. I will be looking for you on TV at the US Open this summer. Maybe you will get on TV if they show the pros practicing! Thanks also for all the time you spent with me and the lessons I took away. I feel I had my best year…
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April 2018, Thanx! Played from the senior tees this morning 78 Fun! Bon weekend Don
Shot my lowest score ever today! 81. 10 pars. That was fun. Thanks for the help this week! Sandy Schill
Good afternoon Tom, With improvement in my swing, I tried some new drivers. I bought the new Ping. Using that driver and my improved swing, I shot 74 last week and 76 yesterday from the white tees on the South course. This is the first time I have broken 80 in more than a year….
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Hello Tom, Thanks for your note and the Naples Daily News story from December. It’s hard to believe that 18 years have passed since our initial meeting on the morning of September 11, 2001. Thanks for including me in the trip down memory lane for the story you wrote. I am glad we got the…
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Tom You played an important role in the upbringing of Alex and we will always be grateful for your support and guidance in his development as a young man. We all should be proud of his golf accomplishments, which include the 2014 Arizona Amateur Champion, Pac-12 Men’s Golf Student Athlete of the Year and the…
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Hi coach, I wanted to send you this picture of Jack the Wack and thank you again for having Jack. Since Jack returned from his visit with you he has been doing well. He is trying to be more organized, he seems to be even more eager to play golf as well as enthusiastic to…
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I’ve found another fan of yours. Old Marsh teaching professional Leta Lindley. She focuses on teaching the women at Old Marsh was on the LPGA for 15+ years. She said she follows you on one of the social media sites. She likes to see how smart teachers are teaching which is why she is familiar…
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Tom, Just to let you know that yesterday I shot my all-time low round– 78 which is 6 shots under my age! All those lessons with you are really paying off! Thanks so so much for the hours spent with me. Steve Kutler 84 Years Young!
