Timing is everything, as they say, so credit goes to Golf Digest for having great timing in speaking with Jack Nicklaus on the topic of, well, timing. Shortly before his legendary one-shot victory over Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf in the 1975 Masters, Nicklaus was asked about getting his golf swing tuned-up for spring. Before Read more…
The story seems to be told and re-told every time a young bomber reaches the professional ranks. When asked how they got so long off the tee, they’ll say as junior golfers, they just swung as hard as they could and then figured out over time how to find the fairway with that swing. From Read more…
Most fitness experts will tell you that if you play golf, dealing with forward-head-posture issues are likely to be magnified by the way you stand when you hit shots. You already live your life with your head buried in your mobile phone, and your neck muscles spend much more time in flexion than extension as Read more…
If you think the goal is to touch your toes, however, you might be surprised to know that it’s not nearly as important as other aspects of the test in spotting dysfunction.
Have you noticed that you’re struggling to finish shots in balance? Is your entire body facing the target when you’re done swinging a driver? Does playing out of the rough cause you to “bail out” through the impact zone? If you’ve noticed that your lower body is really active in the downswing, even spinning out Read more…
Rule 1.3c covers this and goes on to clarify what happens in general when a player breaches a rule and then breaches another rule before the next stroke.
Inflammation of the connective tissue that runs lengthwise along the bottom of your foot (the fascia) is a common problem for golfers. But the very thing that might have caused your foot pain is the same thing that might prevent it in the future. If you’re currently suffering from plantar fasciitis, a biting pain at Read more…
There are a lot of pretty swings in professional golf, but the guy in the photo (above) has one of the best. If you don’t recognize him, it’s 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen. The South African, now on the LIV Golf tour, has been acknowledged for years for his smooth and stylish swing. We Read more…
Acknowledging for a moment that medical science has come a long, long way in the research and development of drugs and rehabilitation techniques that treat injuries, pain and soreness, it’s also true that it doesn’t have all the answers. Many people, especially those adverse to taking pills or shots or regular visits to sports-medicine experts, Read more…
Before we get into the rule that explains what constitues a putting stroke and what doesn’t, let’s watch this perfectly legal way to six-putt. This has happened many times in pro golf, but this effort by Thomas Detry at the Cognizant Classic in March pretty much sums up how golf can devour your soul. OK, Read more…
A buzz term in golf in recent years is “ground reaction forces.” Mark Blackburn, Golf Digest’s Best Teacher in America, explains it’s not just about how hard you can push into the ground to generate swing speed, it’s also about the pushing and pulling action of the feet toward and away from the ball along Read more…
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