MAKING THE MOST OF TAKING GOLF LESSONS
We hear very often how difficult golf is. There is no doubt that hitting a 1.68-inch ball with a flat surface on the end of a stick seems crazy. Add trees, water, weather, and worst …
A DIFFERENT WARM-UP ROUTINE
By Mark Harman Most golfers don’t even bother to warm-up prior to a round of golf, and that’s a mistake. So if you’ve been into the habit of paying your greens fee, putting your bag on …
GOLF RULES AREN’T THAT HARD TO KNOW
By Mark Harman, USGTF National Course Director If you look at the Rules and Decisions books put out by the USGA, it would seem that there are countless rules, regulations and penalties that someone needs to …
NEW GOLFERS AND STUDENTS – NO NEED TO BE INTIMIDATED
By Mark Harman, USGTF National Course Director One of the fears that new golfers have is that more experienced golfers will be judging them negatively, and as a result may be intimidated by the thought of …
OLYMPICS GOLF A HUGE SUCCESS
By Mark Harman, USGTF National Course Director It was met with skepticism, and some of the top male players stayed away, but after it was all said and done, golf in the Olympics made what can …
WHY GO IT ALONE?
By Mark Harman, USGTF National Course Director It’s a scene I see almost every time I go to the driving range: A golfer is practicing with a poor grip, poor alignment and ball position, hitting the …
THE ALLURE OF GOLF
By Tim Hofsetetter, USGTF Certified Golf Teaching Professional® You often hear non-golfers ask, how can you hit the ball and then chase the ball, to only hit again? Most of those never experienced golf as a …
DON’T PLAY BY THE “RULES”
By Mark Harman, USGTF National Course Director After reading the headline, you might be asking yourself, “What does he mean, ‘Don’t play by the rules’? Aren’t all games supposed to be played by the rules?” My answer …
DISTANCE IS OVERRATED
By Mark Harman, USGTF National Course Director It seems all anyone cares about anymore when it comes to playing the game of golf is distance, distance…and more distance. You would think that if you don’t hit …
WHAT IS YOUR PROPER GRIP SIZE?
By Bob Wyatt, USGTF National Coordinator Most golf grips in today’s modern golf clubs are configured in much the same way they were since the beginning of using steel shafts. Under the top hand, the typical …
