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Tempo: It’s About Time…

by: Stephane Boudreau One of the main things I constantly work on my golf swing is my tempo. Everyone has a different tempo; some players have very fast tempos like Jason Day and Billy Horschel for example. Other players have very slow tempos like Ernie Els. During my lesson last week with Coach Hathaway […]

The PERFECT Back Swing

A complete golf lesson on building the perfect back swing. You will learn: * The Four Stages of the Perfect Back Swing * Body movement in the back swing * Arm plane of the back swing * Weight shift- how much is correct * The arm plane * The real purpose of the back […]

The effects of toe contact

by: B. J. Hathaway Do you often find wear spots on the toe of your golf clubs? If so, this article will explain what happens to the club face at impact and the most likely cause of those nasty toe hits. First let’s look at what happens at impact. Because the center of gravity […]

Flightscope Distance Gapping

One of the most important questions you need to be able to answer in golf is “how far do you hit your clubs?” In order to know which club to hit in a certain situation, you need to know your distances. Until now, it has been almost impossible to accurately gauge these measurements on your […]

Improve Faster by Swinging Slower

Photo by Augusta Golf Instruction by: B. J. Hathaway If patience is a virtue, then a lot of golfers are in serious trouble. Now I am not saying golfers are bad people, on the contrary, they are some of the finest people that I know, but patient is another story. It’s usually the […]

Rory- Swing Changes – and You

I know what you’re thinking, why are you comparing me to Rory?! Well let’s take a minute and look at today’s news story about Rory McIlroy and a few swing changes he apparently began working on a few weeks ago. The word is he’s working on posture and swing plane- now why would a player […]

Slice Assassin

Are you tired of aiming WAY left just to allow that slice to hit the fairway? If you’ve tried other tips and still have trouble this video will show you how to focus on your finish position and get the club face square earlier and give you a real feel for making the corrections you […]

Turn vs. Slide

The movement of the body (pivot) is another often misunderstood part of the golf swing and yet one of the most important elements effecting movement and balance. With all of the popular catch phrases that are used like “turn your hips first” on the downswing it’s easy to see how this part of the swing […]

Check Your Plane

The swing plane is often misunderstood in the golf swing yet it’s one the most critical elements that control the quality and direction of ball flight. Think very simply of the swing plane as being the angle that the shaft travels on from start to finish, just the same as the shaft sits on an […]

The Flat Left Wrist in Golf

Compress the ball with the club’s true loft At Augusta Golf Instruction, we have been asked many times what my hands should be doing at impact. At times, golfers develop misconceptions of what it should look like at impact and how it feels. Obviously, the most important part of the golf swing is the moment […]