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Know Your Off-Season

Golf can be a year-round game in some parts of the world, but is important to know what your “main” season is so that you can prepare, implement, or maintain your game. In the Northeast US, for instance, it is a given that you won’t play much golf between November 1st – April 1st. This […]

Practice Smarter, Improve Faster

Golf is one of the only sports where your practice conditions are completely different from where you actually play the game. Think about basketball – you practice on the same court where you play the actual game. Baseball is practiced on the exact same field where the game is played. Football is practiced on the […]

Why golf swing changes are hard

by: B. J. Hathaway Sometimes people think that because I’m a swing coach that my swing is probably perfect and because of the knowledge that I’ve gathered from years of study that making a swing change is like waving a magic wand. The truth is, even though I’m surrounded by golf balls, my schedule […]

SKLZ Training Aids

All students are now eligible to receive a 10% discount on all golf training aids ordered through SKLZ Golf. To use your discount go to SKLZ.com and enter the code (BHATHAWAY10) at checkout.

Training Aid Review

As a golf professional I have seen and used most of the golf training aids on the market. Although many make big promises for immediate success in changing your swing there are few that deliver on that promise. The following is a list of training aids that we use (ranging from free to affordable) at […]

Drop 5 Shots on Your Scorecard

We live in an age where everyone is busy all of the time and finding the opportunity to hone your technical skills can be difficult. Could it be possible to take 5 strokes off your score without changing your swing? The answer is a most definite yes! If you would like to learn new strategies […]

Does Your Golf Score Define Your Self-Worth?

How many times have you stepped onto the first tee fully expecting to shoot a great round, even your best score ever? How many times did that actually happen? For some reason you just did not have your best day, or far worse than you expected. If you are like most golfers, you get done […]

The Practice Proposal

What does practicing golf have to do with dating, or the process of getting that someone special to play the entire 18 holes of life with you? Well hang on because we’re about to go old school. It used to be, and maybe it still is, that getting that special person to be interested in […]

Indoor Practice

Even in Augusta this time of year the weather doesn’t always cooperate for training your golf swing so having a good indoor setup and knowing what to work on can give you a definite edge going into next year. Let’s take a look at three inexpensive tools you can use to set up a training […]

Golf Progress Versus Success

Recently I was reading a post by Peter Krause from that Hank Haney IJGA about their end of semester and how students should reflect on their time spent in golf. Here is a quote from the article: “Progress, according to the dictionary, simply means advancement towards a goal, development of growth and steady improvement. Where […]