Automatic is everything

The longer we play the more we should realise the impact of automatic on our golf game. Automatic is more important than tips and quick fixes. It’s more important than the past, the future, your talent, than birdies and bogeys, than failures, than successes, what your golf coach thinks, says or does. It is more…

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A golf lesson that needs to be experienced to be appreciated

“Drive for show and putt for dough” I‘m sure you’ve heard this one before. Let me tell you that I think this is perhaps the worst advice in golf. Firstly, driving the ball is important – try shooting a good score if your tee shots keep finishing in the trees. Secondly, putting is not that…

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7 Lessons for Better Chipping

It’s true. If you want to improve your golf game you really should improve your chipping. Easy words to say, but how do you do it? Here’s my seven best lessons for improving your chipping; Brush the ground to learn a perfect strike Grab a piece of chalk and draw a line (perpendicular to the…

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Seven steps to magical bunker play

Bunker shots can cause all sorts of anxiety and fear. I’ve seen grown men go week at the knees when their ball lands in a bunker. Sometimes having to hit over a bunker can be a problem, with the thought of duffing the shot so great that a relatively straight forward stroke becomes a difficult…

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Those little shots…

I’ve been receiving quite a bit of email about golfers struggling with their short game. I think it’s time to cover some of the basics. Before I do that, there is one key issue holding most golfers back… They don’t practice! If you are continually let down by poor chipping, bladed pitch shots and duffed…

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