Golf Coaching Ideas
Anticipation, excitement, fear, frustration and embarrassment, let the golf games begin!
First of the season golf rounds are not pretty, sometimes just ugly. My preference is to play the 1st rounds alone or with strangers. One of the best takeaways from the first golf rounds is empathy and understanding better what a new golfer goes through, as they pick...
Better Golf As We Age
Last year was a major transformation of my golf game. At age where my body is no longer capable of what my head remembered, from just a few years, how to play the game. Last year showed distance noticeably reduced, golf swing much shorter and handicaps on the rise....
How often do we come up short on shot to green?
In reality, we typically do not hit a club as far as we think we do. How often on the shot to the green do we come up short? Ball distance is the result of many factors. In the spring and fall, when the weather is cooler, the...
Heads or Tails
When someone tells you to keep your head down while playing golf. Do not listen to them for several reasons; 1st because it will force you to start thinking which will affect your round of golf. 2nd it is the result of a problem not the solution. 3rd If it is during...
PLAY THE GOLF COURSE BACKWARDS
Here is an interesting approach to the typical “practice round” before the big game. A lot of amateur just play a practice round as a round of golf with maybe take some notes. More experience amateur players spent most of their time on the greens. They are trying to...
2019 Golf Rule Changes
Major 2019 USGA Rule Changes Rules of Golf for 2019 It's a good time to review the extensive golf rule changes that took place in 2019 as most of us will be home for awhile.
IT’S A NEW GOLF SEASON
There are common emotions of the new golfer, just starting the game and an experienced golfer, playing the first few rounds of the golf season. Common emotions are: anticipation, excitement, fear, frustration and embarrassment. First of the season golf rounds are not...
Handicap Changes of 2020
2020 World Handicap Set to launch in January 2020, the World Handicap System (WHS) aims to bring six different handicap systems together into a single set of Rules for Handicapping, enabling golfers of different abilities to play and compete on a fair and equal basis,...
Pace of Play
Here is a simple trick to safe between 10 and 20 minutes per round of golf. When you exit the green you have just played, keep you clubs in your hand and do not mark down your score. When you arrive at the next tee you will have plenty of time to put your clubs away...
Fun Connecticut Golf Courses
Pat Pierson recommends the following courses If you’ll allow me…..a few recommendations in Connecticut. Chanticlair in Colchester (REG 2) is a fun little 9-hole course with an island green that requires just the right club or ‘splash’! Elmridge in Pawcatuck (REG 2)...