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Short Game: 5 steps to perfect your chipping set-up

Golf Fundamentals, Golf Set-up, Short GameDecember 2, 20132Comments By

My chipping set-up position ensures that I will make solid contact every time. Here's 5 steps to perfect your chipping set-up: 1. I start with my feet close together. Because my feet are close together, I will be able to have some knee action/rotation through impact. This rotation will keep my the club accelerating to the…

Short Game: How to hit high and low wedge shots

Golf Fundamentals, Short Game, SwingNovember 29, 20130Comments By

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When it comes to the short game, your ability to control the trajectory of the golf ball will take shots off your score. Sometimes, the right trajectory at the right time will be the difference between saving par and settling for double bogey. Here's how to hit high and low wedge shots. The Low Shot: To…

My Journey: My first win

My JourneyNovember 27, 20130Comments By

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The fourth hole at Ocotillo Golf Club, Chandler, AZ The first time I played in the final group of a tournament was in September of 2009. It was a two-day Pepsi Tour event at Ocotillo Golf Club in Chandler, AZ. Going into the final day, I was one shot behind after shooting a 71 the first…

Sand Play: Fairway bunker shot checklist

Golf Fundamentals, Sand playNovember 25, 20130Comments By

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Here's my checklist for fairway bunker shots from over 100 yards: 1. Look at the lie of the ball in the sand. If the ball is sitting down in the sand, I won't be able to get the club-face cleanly on the ball. I must just hit an explosion shot back into the fairway. This explosion…

Golf Set-up: How high to tee the golf ball

Golf Fundamentals, Golf Set-upNovember 22, 20130Comments By

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Teeing the golf ball at the correct height makes a big difference in the outcome of your tee shot. Here's how I do it: When teeing off with the driver, I like to have about 1/2 to 1/3 of the golf ball sticking up above the top of the club-head at address. I use the same…

My Journey: Making a 13

My JourneyNovember 20, 20131Comment By

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It was a beautiful day. Birds were chirping, the sun was shining and I felt like I had just gotten hit by a bus. I was walking off the 4th hole of my first ever, big professional tournament and I had just made a 13. That 13 was six years ago; long before I knew the…

Short Game: Pick a landing spot

Drills, Golf Fundamentals, Practice, Short GameNovember 13, 20132Comments By

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I don't know of a better feeling on the course than chipping in from off the green. It's so nice to go pick my ball out of the hole and then sit back and relax while my playing partners putt out. I'm sure that most people think it's mainly luck when someone holes out from off…

My Journey: A shot to remember

My JourneyNovember 11, 20132Comments By

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July 29th, 2013 was an amazing day for me on the golf course. The last shot of that round is alive and well in my memory. That day I was playing well and hitting the ball farther than ever in the Pro-Scratch Golf league event at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix, AZ. I had made 4…

Sand Play: Correct knee flex makes all the difference

Golf Fundamentals, Golf Set-up, Sand playNovember 6, 20130Comments By

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The possibility of a bladed shot out of a green-side bunker strikes fear into the hearts of many golfers. If this describes you there is hope! Correct knee flex is the key to making that dreaded shot go away forever. Many of my students have told me that one bunker lesson with me has cured their…

Putting: How to correctly read and aim your putts

Golf Fundamentals, PuttingNovember 4, 20132Comments By

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Little known (or thought about) fact: Reading how your putt will break and aiming your putter face correctly is just as important as making a good stroke. 1.) Find the lowest point of the green: This is the key to correctly reading a putt. Usually there are 3 or 4 quadrants on an individual green. Each…

Golf and Life: 3 Lessons I’ve Learned

My JourneyNovember 1, 20132Comments By

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Yesterday, a flood of memories came rushing into my mind. At this time last year, I was delivering pizzas at night after my lessons, practice and tournaments. I was running myself ragged under the assumption that I could “make” things happen. Our daughter Ellie was less than a month from being born and I was going…

Golf Set-up: Balance is Key

Golf Fundamentals, Golf Set-up, SwingOctober 30, 20136Comments By

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A few months ago I played in a tournament with a pro who was struggling. He spent most of his time in the desert looking for his ball, and limped his way to an 83. This was a talented pro whom I had seen shoot in the low 60’s before. What happened?? The day he…