Overcoming poor golf – Club Championship article #3

Nov 17, 2009 | Golf Instruction

The thing with golf is that you’re never going to be able to play each shot well. If you play long enough, there will be times when you hit the worst shot at the worst possible time. You’ve only got to watch Tiger Woods for a duration of a tournament to...

Tiger Woods is not a perfect golfer

Nov 16, 2009 | Articles

Tiger Woods has came and conquered the Australian Masters at Kingston Heath. He now has a win on Melbourne’s famous sandbelt and can tick off another achievement in his long list of accomplishments. But Tiger is not the perfect golfer. He does not hit the ball...

Expectations – Club Championship article #2

Nov 15, 2009 | Articles

Expectations can ruin your score. They take you out of the moment and encourage you to make up stories. Expectations are your conscious mind’s way of hijacking your game and fighting for control. It’s a hard lesson to learn and something every golfer will...

Club Championships – article #1

Nov 9, 2009 | Articles

Would you like to play better golf when the pressure is on? This series will look at how I approached my recent Club Championship and overcome pressure and injury to perform well. There’s some good lessons to be had. Round 1 As usual the first round causes...

An Artful Champion

Nov 3, 2009 | Articles

Here’s a great golf story. It’s from the Artful Golfer and one of the few golf blogs I read. I like this post because he goes into great detail – what he was feeling, what he was trying to do and his thought process. A useful learning experience for...

The 3 round challenge

Nov 1, 2009 | Uncategorized

Each new student receives my three-round challenge. This requires them to implement automatic golf for the duration of 3 rounds. They can’t think about their swing. They’re not allowed to worry about their score. They must play in a free flowing and...

Course strategy with Matt

Oct 26, 2009 | Golf Instruction

Matt and I spent 90 minutes on the practice fairway hitting shots, chipping balls, playing bunker shots and putting. We finished the session by playing 9 holes. This is where it all comes together and is the only true way to measure your game. If you can’t take...

A five minute bunker lesson with Matt

Oct 22, 2009 | Golf Instruction

Bunker play requires a sound understanding of the technique involved. From here the standard green-side bunker shot becomes straight forward. The key concepts are: 1. Ball forward in stance – because you are not striking the ball but rather the sand first. (the...

A simple putting philosophy

Oct 21, 2009 | Golf Instruction

Matt is a simple mind. He will never get too technical or concerns himself with golf theory. This is a good thing and a personality trait that should fast track his performance. Mindful of keeping things simple here’s the putting strategy that I gave him…...

Chipping with Matt

Oct 21, 2009 | Golf Instruction

Matt hasn’t been playing golf that long. He was an AFL champ until he got hooked on golf. Although he is strong, supple and coordinated he lacks the finesse and touch around the greens. It is a real weak link to his game. Probably costing his more shots than his...