I got a bit lucky today that at least 2 (and almost 4) of my tee shots didn’t go out of bounds left, and with a decent short game and putting round I managed to shoot 1 over 72. After the round I went right over to the range and filmed a couple of driver […]
Continue readingPlaying golf is a pain (literally) in the ass. Every time I enter myself into another event (they are all major at this point) I inevitably start wondering why the hell I keep putting myself through this. This week I’m out at the CPC in Oregon where I won in 2001 and am trying to […]
Continue readingThe PGA of America decided to change the name of our national championship to the PGA PNC (PGA Professional National Championship), but when I won the thing it was called the CPC (Club Professional Championship). I don’t know about you, but I think that CPC is much more memorable than PGA PNC, so I’m […]
Continue readingTwo questions bring back my memories of this week in June 32 years ago: the first is “have you ever played in the U.S. Open, and the second is “have you ever played Merion?” The answer to both is “yes”, and I am always happy to inform the asker that I played in the U.S. […]
Continue readingSome great news for my young professional student Ben Silverman: he survived a playoff to qualify for this week’s Web.Com Tour event in Athens, Georgia after shooting 68 in the qualifier. This is a welcome success after narrowly missing (1 shot) the Canadian Tour qualifying event held in California last month. We are all excited […]
Continue readingI was thinking about why the Masters is such a must-see event, and I came up with this huge list of compelling reasons, which made me realize that hey, that is precisely the reason we can’t miss it. It literally has everything that makes golf the great game that it is, plus the familiarity that […]
Continue readingI like to read articles about players who have just played well, especially if their good play has followed a period of not so good play. The fascinating thing to me is the variety of perceived reasons for the turnaround. Most players, if asked, would rather not talk about a slump, other than to say […]
Continue readingI am often asked why I chose to start the website, and I can honestly say that it just occurred to me one day that it would be a cool thing to do. I had been using the V1 to send video summaries of lessons to students, and it seemed like it would nice to […]
Continue readingI had two goals heading to Cabo to play 6 straight days (2 practice rounds, 4 tournament rounds): first, I wanted to be able to play without ending up gimping around and being miserable because my back didn’t hold up, and second, I wanted to play well and earn some extra cash. I ended up […]
Continue readingNot much to say about this one except that this is a seriously nice place with two excellent courses and perfect weather. I played much better today (Tuesday) on the Desert Course than I did yesterday on the Ocean, and I show you a swing from each day. And after the round Valerie is there […]
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