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Some courses have beautiful bunkers all over the course, but once you get in them you won’t be thinking about how lovely they look from a distance. They are deep and difficult to get out of, much less hit nice, high, spinning shots like you see the pros hit on television. Here are a few tips to help you improve your technique:
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Justin is back after a year and half hiatus from lessons. You may recall that Justin, through tons of hard work, changed his swing about as much as anyone I’ve ever worked with. Being a great athlete, however, has its downside, as Justin is extremely hard on himself, and when he hit a plateau that involved too many poor rounds along with his better play he just couldn’t take it anymore and stopped trying to mess with his swing.
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Steve is an excellent senior amateur from Kentucky who is also a member at the wonderful Colusa Pines Golf Club in Fort Myers, Florida. I’ve been working with Steve since the summer of 2014 (though not that often) and his main complaint is always with his ability to make solid contact with his irons.
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I’ve been working with Austin for about a year and a half now and he has brought his stroke average playing for Marquette University down by almost 6 shots. He is a strong kid (121 mph clubhead speed and 180 ball speed) and is learning to control the ball better by improving his swing technique. His main struggle has been with the clubhead getting trapped behind his hands as he approaches impact, and in this lesson, you can see this issue clearly in his first batch of swings.
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John is the father of one of website member Mark Smith’s good friends, and Mark was nice enough to purchase an online lesson for him. John plays to an 11 handicap now at age 70, but was a 7 a few years back before undergoing serious back surgery. Some of what we see here is certainly the result of the balky back, but there are things we can do to improve the movement and give John a chance to get back some of the strokes he has lost.
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If you’ve watched Jason’s previous lessons, both online and in person, you know that he has an excellent swing but has serious problems with his takeaway. In this lesson, we see Jason rehearsing his takeaway nicely, but when it’s time to hit the ball he squeezes his arms together and pushes his left shoulder down as he hyper-extends his left arm.
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Most golfers have a hard time remembering what adjustments to make when they are out on the course and the ball is sitting on a hill. There are uphill lies, downhill lies, side hill lies with the ball below your feet, and side hill lies with the ball above your feet. One way to make sure you think about the things that will help you hit these shots is to consider what gravity is doing to your ability to make a normal pivot (body motion).
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This is the latest in my ongoing sessions with Peter, a club professional from New York who visits me in Florida every winter to try to improve his game so he can be competitive in the club pro tournaments that are available to play in. Peter has real back issues, and when he found out that I had similar problems and had somewhat overcome them he was interested in hearing what I had to say. We hit it off nicely, and Pete’s swing has improved tremendously over time.
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I almost called this the 3rd great American Triumvirate, but that wouldn’t be correct as of course Gary Player is South African and was probably the first foreign player to be as well- known as his American counterparts. This is the era (1958-1986) of my own youth, and I remember clearly rooting for Palmer while admiring the greatness of Nicklaus.
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Peter is a fellow PGA professional who played the South American tour (Tour De Las Americas) for 5 years and Golden Bear Tour (Mini Tour) 5 years 1997-2001. We’ve been following Peter as his swing progresses over a number of lessons and we continue with a composite of four short lessons. Peter is a talented player with a good swing and we’ve been working on the details to make it even better.
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