Golf articles
“Freezing, challenging and just totally sensational. I just didn’t want it to end” Mark, from the Old Course, St. Andrews Scotland G’day golfer, This is my 100th blog post and I want to tell you about a success story. Mark came to me in December frustrated with game. He had been playing for about five…
Dear golfer, I’ve been getting some comments since I’ve released The Shuggy about driving the golf ball better. I’ve spoken about this before but I think my key concepts are worth mentioning again. Forget about hitting fairways. The ‘fairways hit’ stat is misleading. The best players don’t hit all of the fairways – some days…
Dear golfer, I had to apologise to a client during the week. It was my fault not his. After a lesson my client went away excited about playing golf more instinctively and automatically. Unfortunately he hadn’t quite grasped the concepts fully and didn’t make any progress. That’s my fault not his. We rectified the situation…
Dear golfer, Dean came in for a lesson on Thursday. He had told me over the phone that he hadn’t been playing long (about 6 months) and was looking for some guidance. I was assuming that Dean would be a beginner and when he told me that he usually scored between 70 and 80, I…
With the launch of The Shuggy Training Aid only about 24 hours away I thought I would answer a few questions that have been popping up on the blog and in my inbox. Question #1 Is the training aid too high? The Shuggy has been designed with modern drivers in mind. To hit these well…
Dear golfer, I’ve been asked quite a bit lately about Tiger Woods, and specifically why he is so good. Not an easy question to answer. I would place him in the ‘freak’ or ‘one in a billion’ category. He is so good that he makes everyone else look like they’re second rate. Not many sports…
Dear golfer, A mate Andrew called a few weeks ago and asked if I’d join him for a hit in our club fourball event. A fourball is a popular game, with the best score per team counting, it allows you to have a bad hole or two if your partner can chime in at the…
Dear golfer, The following comments are from a keen golfer from Sydney. You may find my answers helpful if you’re struggling grasping the concepts of natural learning and playing golf automatically. Comment #1: As I’ve explained to you before I’m a very technical golfer who finds it hard to let go of thinking about the…