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Backswing Pivot Drill

Backswing Pivot Drill In this video, Brent Davis shows you how to make the proper backswing. Make a better turn with Brent today! Until next time,Brent Davis Training & Education CoordinatorPGA Centre For Learning PerformanceMelborne, Victoria, Australia...

Fairway Bunker Shots

Fairway Bunker Shots In this video, Mike discusses the finer points of hitting fairway bunker shots. Mike's Rules For Hitting Fairway Bunker Shots Use a club with enough loft to get the ball out of the bunker. Make sure you get it out! Take one extra golf...

Body Weaknesses & Swing Faults

Body Weakness & Swing Faults The topic of my latest blog is something that has caught my interest for a while now. As a coach, I see a lot of swing faults that are caused by the golfer’s body inability to move in a particular manner. I am not saying that this is...

The Big Miss Review

Perspective can be a funny thing. Many times we as fans believe those in the media spotlight fit a specific mold. This can be movie stars, politicians, and athletes. It's not until we get insight into their "world" when we are able to take a step back and assess who...

Ban On Anchoring-Have We Gone Too Far?

The USGA and the R&A, the governing bodies of golf, have proposed a rule change that would ban anchoring of a putter to the body while making a stroke. How clever. The USGA and R&A are not specifically banning anchored putting, instead, they have proposed a...

Ball Hanging Over The Hole

While working as a Rules Official at a junior golf tournament this summer a young player approached me about a situation he had experienced during his round. After the player had played a stroke from just off the putting green, his ball came to rest overhanging the...

Team Boyne Presents $20K To Manna Food Project

On November 16th, 2012 Team Boyne was proud to present a check to the Manna Food Project in Harbor Springs, Michigan for $20,000. This money was donated to the Harbor Cup Fund. The amount of money raised is roughly the equivalent to 525,000 meals. This makes...

Blayne Barber Disqualifies Himself From PGA Tour Q-School

Golf is the only game where players actually call penalties on themselves. Can you imagine an NFL offensive lineman calling a penalty on himself for holding an opposing defensive player during a play? Can you imagine an NBA player calling a foul on themselves for...

How To Aim A Golf Shot

How To Aim A Golf Shot Golf is a side-on game. You stand to the side of the golf ball. In order to have a chance to hit the ball at your intended target, you have to be aiming relatively parallel to it. In the following video, Mike discusses how to improve your...

Distance Measuring Devices

Distance – Measuring devices have become a large segment of the golf industry. There are several manufacturers producing devices to assist players in gauging distances from various points on the golf course. Players like the quickness and accuracy of such devices in...

Penality Costs McDowell at BMW

For the second time this season, the Rules of Golf have cost Graeme McDowell some strokes. Earlier this year, at the opening round of the European PGA Championship, his round ended on a sour note with a triple bogey 8 and a score of two over par 74. He incurred a...

Prepared

What makes the tour pro’s great? Anyone... Anyone... I’m sure if you tried to answer and someone was nearby to actually hear you, you’d answer with a list of attributes. The one attribute that I am interested in is preparedness. How to do you prepare to golf? We can...