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How to Shoot Lower Scores Every Round – 11 Easy Golf Tips

Shooting lower scores doesn’t require you to overhaul your golf swing.  The truth is we’re always working on our swing – whether it’s grip, takeaway, transition, or downswing. But the good news is that you can still lower your handicap by improving your short game and course management skills. Keep reading to learn more easy […]

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Tips to Shoot Lower Scores in Golf

Don’t be this Guy: 10 Habits of Bad Golfers

Are your habits holding you back from playing your best golf? The wrong habits in practice and during the round, might be the reason you aren’t shooting the scores you want.   As self-help author Jack Canfield said, “Your habits will determine your future.” When you have better habits, you will play better golf.  Today, we’ll

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Habits of Bad Golfers

Simplify Putting: How to Hit Solid Putts Every Time

If you want to make more short putts and avoid costly three putts, you must improve your contact. If you’re missing the sweet spot and hitting on the toe or heel, you’ll never get your handicap as low as you want. Never forget, putting is 30% or more of all shots during the round.  Even

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How to Hit Solid Putts

Fix your Rhythm: How to Use a Metronome for Golf

Tempo is one of the most misunderstood parts of golf, but one that can directly affect your game from tee to green. However, figuring out your tempo and improving it is somewhat difficult – unless you’re Fred Couples – who has it figured out more than any other golfer.  But for us mere mortals, understanding

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How to Use a Metronome for Golf

10 Most Common Golf Equipment Mistakes & Easy Fixes

Are you making golf even more difficult by playing the wrong clubs? Today, I’ll walk you through 10 golf equipment mistakes that most players make. When you learn how to avoid them and apply the fixes below, you will have a lot more consistency in your game. Because chances are you’re leaving distance, accuracy, and

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Common Equipment Mistakes in Golf

Inconsistent Strike: How to Stop Standing Up in the Golf Swing

Are you standing up in your golf swing? Standing up – known in the golf world as early extension – is a very common problem among amateur golfers.  There are a variety of causes including poor posture, lack of flexibility, and more. While you can learn to play with it, as I’ll outline below, it’s

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How to Stop Standing Up in the Golf Swing

Dose of Reality: How to Manage Expectations in Golf

The biggest mistake I’ve made in 25 years of playing golf isn’t a swing or grip change. It wasn’t using the wrong clubs, either. No, the biggest mistake was having the wrong expectations about how I “should” perform from tee to green.  I’m not alone either, after talking with countless golfers most of us think

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How to Manage Expectations in Golf

Take it on the Road: How to Make your Golf Game Travel

Golf is all about consistency – it seems to be the number one goal among all types of players. If you normally shoot in the 80s, you want to avoid the 90s. If you’re a scratch golfer, you get accustomed to shooting in the 70s (remember, handicap is potential… not your average score). But does

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How to Make your Golf Game Travel

Short Game Myths: Do you really Need a Lob Wedge?

To buy or not to buy a lob wedge… that is a question so many golfers face. If you want to play more consistently and lower your handicap, you need a solid short game. Studies have shown that even scratch golfers only hit about 50% of greens in regulation. While the average male golfer who

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Should you Carry a Lob Wedge

Playing Lessons in Golf: Worth Every Penny

Isn’t it weird that golf is practiced on the driving range but played on the golf course?  It’s unlike any other sport like basketball, football, and soccer practice where they play. This is not the case with golf.  While you can practice on the golf course, it’s not easy most days as tee sheets are

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Playing Lessons in Golf
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