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• An Eye On Tiger - A Look At What Makes Him Tick

  The biggest change in golf instruction over the last 50 years has been the video camera. One of Ben Hogan's regrets was that he only worked on what he thought he did, not what he actually did. Thanks to modern technology, you have the reality at your... Posted Jan 24 2008, 09:46 AM by Simon Holmes with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Swing Tips, Tiger Woods, Simon Holmes, Video Instruction

• A Splashing Time!

  By Padraig Harrington Bunker play is a bit like chipping, at least when it comes to your address position. As you did for the chip shot, you want to create 'impact' at address. So set up this time with your sternum directly above a point about... Posted Jul 27 2007, 05:26 PM by Padraig Harrington with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Padraig Harrington, Bunker Play, Swing Tips

• How to Recapture Your Control

  By Steve Wakulsky Director of Training and Certification Worldwide In this technology-driven age, golfers are benefiting from exotic driver design, red-hot golf balls and launch monitor club-fitting that has placed distance firmly at the top of the agenda... Posted Jul 20 2007, 04:45 PM by Steve Wakulsky with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips, Steve Wakulsky

• Sand Saves

  By Sean Hogan - Senior Instructor, DLGA Choosing the right combination of loft and bounce to suit a given situation is a key ingredient to making a consistent escape from a greenside trap. Here, let me share some thoughts on playing a short, soft 'popup... Posted Jun 29 2007, 04:31 PM by Sean Hogan with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips, Sean Hogan

• Put Your Club Before Your Swing

  By Eric Wilson, Director of the San Diego Golf Academy - Myrtle Beach Campus Golf instruction too often focuses on the golf swing, when many golfers could really benefit from learning how to use the club properly. Through countless magazines, websites... Posted Jun 15 2007, 12:17 PM by San Diego Golf Academy with | with no comments Filed under: Swing Tips, San Diego Golf Academy, Eric Wilson

• Respecting the Game's Fundamentals Can Quickly Help You to Become a Better Player

  Photography by Andrew Redington/getty images. Shot on location at The Wentworth Club When the average club player goes to his PGA pro for a lesson, the last thing he usually wants to hear is that they are going to be working on the fundamentals. He feels... Posted Apr 13 2007, 03:31 PM by Justin Rose with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips, Justin Rose

• Total Recoil

  By Steve Wakulsky DLGA DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION WORLDWIDE David Leadbetter Golf Academy, Champions' Gate, Orlando We've all been in this situation: you go after a tight pin, closely guarded by a bunker, and wind up just short in... Posted Mar 30 2007, 03:00 PM by Steve Wakulsky with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Short Game, Swing Tips, Steve Wakulsky

• Stay Relaxed And Create Width

  Looking at Collin Montgomerie's backswing sequence, the first thing that strikes you is just how relaxed and comfortable Monty is over the ball. Out on the course you can spot him a mile off – he has this distinct, easy posture. There are no false... Posted Mar 16 2007, 02:50 PM by Golf International with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips

• What Hogan Really Did

  By Luther Blacklock To make short work of hammering a nail the hammer needs to be close to the ideal line of the strike and be dead on it at impact. Not quite so clear – but equally true – is the concept that the ideal Swing Plane for the golfer is one... Posted Mar 09 2007, 02:46 PM by Luther Blacklock with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips, Luther Blacklock

• The Law Is Plane

  By Luther Blacklock The concept or application of a swing plane is indeed a 'Principle'. A man striking a fence post into the ground will swing the hammer up and down in a vertical or perpendicular 'plane'. He can choose to address or... Posted Mar 02 2007, 02:44 PM by Luther Blacklock with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips, Luther Blacklock

• Plane Beginnings

  By Luther Blacklock On Page 78 of Ben Hogan's book The Modern Fundamentals of Golf appears one of the most famous and influential images in the history of golf instruction. It shows Hogan addressing a driver with a huge pane of glass resting on his... Posted Feb 23 2007, 02:42 PM by Luther Blacklock with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips, Luther Blacklock

• Soft Hands

  By Colin Montgomerie I have four main thoughts when I'm practicing. And I say practicing deliberately, because I don't want any technical thoughts when I'm playing. The courses that we tend to play on tour are set up in such a way that it's... Posted Jan 12 2007, 02:08 PM by Colin Montgomerie with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips, Colin Montgomerie

• Fine-Tune Your Touch

  Good players use the length of swing and the 'turn speed' of their body to control their pitching distance. Using the 'Speedo' principle certainly gives you a good feeling to work on: i.e., for a 40-yard pitch shot your swing cue is 40... Posted Dec 22 2006, 08:16 AM by Golf International with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips

• The Big Feeling

  The "Big Feeling" with the chipping action is simply to turn your upper body over still legs. Nine times out of ten, miss-hits and generally poor ball control ball in the short game can be traced back to over-active legs and/or hands. In order... Posted Dec 08 2006, 08:13 AM by Golf International with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips

• Moving Your Weight To The Right

  Every golfer has heard about the importance of getting their weight across and on to the right side in the backswing, which is perfectly correct with a driver. But with the irons – and particularly the mid- to short irons – the danger is that in moving... Posted Dec 01 2006, 08:12 AM by Golf International with | with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Swing Tips