The golf talent myth

Sep 20, 2012 | Articles

What’s the secret to playing better golf? The secret to improving your golf is turning up to play. And you’ve got to do this often. You can’t go reading about it or watching it on TV. You’ve gotta get outside and play the game. You’ve got...

More thoughts on coaching golf for beginners

Sep 13, 2012 | Articles

I received the below response from a school teacher who is responsible for some golf coaching programs; I’m a high school teacher and golf coach in America and could use some advice if you’re willing to give it. I run a recreational golf program in the fall and a...

More Power for Golf

Sep 11, 2012 | Articles

Lots of golfers tell me they want more power. I know this because golfers sign up here, Automatic Golf Subscribe Page and I ask them for their biggest problem. The other one is consistency, but we can talk about that another day. I’m fairly certain that many...

Golfgooroo Forum

Sep 2, 2012 | Articles

I’ve decided to put together an online Golfgooroo forum. This will be a place for like minded golfers to ask questions, partake in some banter and create an Automatic Golf community. It’s early days, the forum will take shape over time – I have got...

Permission

Aug 31, 2012 | Golf Instruction

I was thinking about this website and what my golf coaching style offers. It’s a tough thing to answer but if I had one word it would be permission. Permission to try something different Permission to play in a way that feels good to you Permission to follow...

Drive the ball better from the tee

Aug 27, 2012 | Golf Instruction

Richard is a good golfer (about a 1 handicap) and is having problems with his driver. Interestingly he is “nailing” all of his other shots. It sorta doesn’t make sense that you would be hitting all other shots well but struggle with one club. The...

A very talented artist and golfer

Aug 25, 2012 | Articles

Straight up, I’m no artist. I can’t draw to save myself and was definitely last in line when they handed out artistic ability. I remember when I was in primary school, the teacher (her name was Mrs Phillips) ripped apart my attempt in the class colouring...

Getting his game back on track

Aug 22, 2012 | Articles

Sam was close to quitting golf. When he contacted me he was frustrated because he had no consistency – shooting a good score one day and then feeling like a hacker the next. If you play golf then you know how this feels. He bought my book and applied the...

An Unlucky Golfer

Aug 21, 2012 | Articles

Golf can be a shit. It can be unfair. Michael Weaver had a putt to win the 2012 US Amateur Championship – it missed. I can’t recall ever seeing a bigger lip out on a winning putt. Check out the video.   Weaver was 2 up with two to go. He lost 17 to a...

Getting over the Automatic Golf hump

Aug 20, 2012 | Golf Instruction

I was just writing an email to an avid reader when I realised the content of the email was similar to many others. So with a flash of inspiration I’ve decided to put the contents into a blog post. That way the info can be seen by everyone and I can forward...