Category Archives: Practice

Teaching articles about practicing golf

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  Check the Alignment of your Feet

  Posted on February 3, 2014 by Grant in Drills, Golf Fundamentals, Golf Set-up, Practice.

    Proper alignment is a critical part of the golf set-up. A perfect swing will be wasted if you aim in the wrong direction. Here’s how to quickly check the alignment of your feet: After you address the ball, grab the club at both ends and hold the shaft level with the ground. From this […]

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  Chipping Drill for Solid Contact

  Posted on January 31, 2014 by Grant in Drills, Golf Fundamentals, Practice, Short Game.

    To perform this chipping drill, you just need a shag tube, a business card and a club to chip with. To set up the drill, I place a ball about 20 yards from the pin making sure that I have just 4 or 5 feet between me and the edge of the green. This […]

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  Foundational Golf Principles for Long-Term Improvement

  Posted on December 23, 2013 by Grant in Golf Fundamentals, Practice.

    Do you know why some people keep getting better and better at golf while others don’t? I believe that all golfers who keep improving have one thing in common: A solid foundation of mental principles. Here are my foundational golf principles for long-term improvement: 1. Understand that every thought counts: You are either instilling […]

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  My Favorite Practice Drill

  Posted on December 16, 2013 by Grant in Drills, Golf Fundamentals, Practice, Short Game.

    All you need is a wedge, a shag tube, 23 golf balls and a practice area to perform my favorite practice drill. To start the drill, I drop golf balls in a line stretching from about 10 to 50 yards from my target. (If I have more space, I will extend the line back […]

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  Feel or Fundamentals: What’s weighing your golf game down?

  Posted on December 4, 2013 by Grant in Golf Fundamentals, Practice.

    Do you know playing golf day after day without practice will hold you back from reaching your potential? You may have flashes of brilliance, but when you look back at your past 5, 10 or 20 years of playing golf, you will realize you hit a plateau because you ingrained the same swing flaws […]

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  Short Game: Pick a landing spot

  Posted on November 13, 2013 by Grant in Drills, Golf Fundamentals, Practice, Short Game.

    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 […]

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  Putting Drills

  Posted on July 13, 2012 by Grant in Drills, Golf Fundamentals, Practice, Putting.

  If you’ve been a golfer for very long, I’m sure you have learned that “how” you practice is just as important as “what” you practice. Learning the right fundamentals is important, but you also need to have structure when you go to practice. Here are a couple drills that work for me and help to […]

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  Practice with a Purpose

  Posted on February 28, 2012 by Grant in Golf Fundamentals, Practice.

  How much time do you spend planning before you practice? When you go to the range, do you have a plan of exactly what you are going to work on, or do you just “wing it”? One of the main reasons I have been able to get better at golf,  is because of consistent, planned […]

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