By Wayne | Articles: The Golf Swing, Short Game and Putting
I am often asked whether I enjoy teaching, and to the surprise of those who cannot fathom spending 8 hours a day instructing the needy, I always reply with a positive. While I love to play, I don’t depend on my playing to pay my bills. I tried that, and found it an incredibly difficult […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: In Golf as in Life
O.K., admit it. You’re in the midst of your morning shower, another day of work ahead of you, and there you are, eyes closed, conjuring up the sensation of that one sweet swing that flights the golf ball in the absolute optimum trajectory, arcing in toward the flag with an almost arrogant assurance, digging into […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching
As you probably know I have been deeply involved in music over the last 7 or 8 years, trying to learn to play the blues harmonica. I have found the learning process to be remarkably similar to that of learning to play golf, and since I teach golf for a living, being involved again in […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: The Mental Game
“One needs the mood of a warrior for every single act”… “There is no power in a life that lacks this mood. Look at yourself. Everything offends and upsets you. You are a leaf at the mercy of the wind. A warrior, on the other hand, is a hunter. He calculates everything. That’s control. But […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching
I have a great idea for a golf tournament. Let’s invite all the so-called teaching gurus to a 72 hole stroke play event and call it “The Guru Invitational”. Like the Masters, we’ll have to make it fairly difficult to qualify for the field. After all, we only want those recognized as true golfing geniuses, […]
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“Things just go from bad to worse, Starts like a kiss, and ends like a curse.” Jim Carroll There is no way around it: no matter how good, bad or indifferent you are as a golfer it is inevitable that you will play bad. And what do I mean by bad? Well, if we […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching
I wanted to share a conversation that I had the other day with one of my students, a 50 year old fellow named John who I’ve been teaching for a couple of years, although not consistently as he stays in Florida half the year and takes lessons sporadically when he is in Maryland. He has […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: Lessons with Stan
It’s been quite a while since my on and off student Stan has made his way over to Woodmont for a lesson, so I was pleasantly surprised when I noticed his name in my book for a couple hours last week. If you have read any of my articles recounting my various forays with Stan […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: General Golf
I started playing tournament golf when I was 12 years old. That would be in 1969, some 44 years ago. I got my first teaching job in 1984 (it was a summer camp for juniors), and my first job at a country club in 1986. That’s 27 years ago. There have been a lot of […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: The Mental Game
I would love to make hundreds of dollars an hour just talking to people about golf. I think my problem would be, and my wife could back me up on this, that I couldn’t fill up an hour with talk about how one is supposed to deal with the difficulties of the game, or, if […]
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