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  Golf Set-up: How wide is your stance?

  Posted on October 23, 2013 by Grant in Golf Fundamentals, Golf Set-up, Swing.

  Here’s a little known fact: Correct width of stance is vital to your success in golf. The pictures below show me at the top of the back-swing and the finish position. I’m using a sand wedge to hit 4 different shots.   On my short shots my stance is narrow. Because I am not making […]

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  Judging the Lie: Part Two

  Posted on October 16, 2013 by Grant in Course Management, Golf Fundamentals, Short Game.

  (Read Part 1 here) When hitting a wedge shot, if I play the ball forward in my stance it adds loft to the club and exposes the bounce (the rounded sole of the club-head) to the ground. This is great for when the ball is sitting up in the grass in a “fluffy lie.” When […]

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  Judging the Lie: Part One

  Posted on October 14, 2013 by Grant in Course Management, Golf Fundamentals, Short Game.

  What’s one of the most important aspects of the short game? It’s judging correctly how the ball is going to come out of its lie. What’s the most overlooked aspect of the short game? You guessed it – I believe it’s judging the lie. I have seen many golfers make perfectly good swings only to […]

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  Find Your Foundation

  Posted on October 7, 2013 by Grant in Golf Fundamentals, Swing.

  Are you feeling lost with your golf swing? The quickest way to get out of a slump is to get back to the basics. Every golfer should have a set of fundamentals that are the key to their individual golf game. Usually when a golfer loses his/her swing it is because of too much focus […]

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  Solid Contact

  Posted on January 5, 2012 by Grant in Golf Fundamentals, Swing.

  Clank! Shank! Thud! Are you missing the amazing  sound of solid contact? In golf, nothing gives you confidence quite like a well struck shot. Does it sometimes seem like you will never hit the ball solid again, no matter how hard you try? Or, do you feel you have been hitting it so poorly that […]

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