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The 15 Minute Golf Practice Routine

At Augusta Golf Instruction, we hear this all time, people want to get better but in some cases, just do not have the time to hit ball after ball at the driving range. We hear you and understand, what we propose is a 15 minute a day alternative. We are proposing a condensed, fast moving, […]

Views from the Haney Ranch, 3

The morning session is with Arjun, Steve has been working with Arjun for almost a year now so the relationship is one of trust and verify. This in my mind is a good philosophy to follow, we all need to be coached by an instructor who we definitely have trust and confidence in, but as […]

Does Your Practice Swing Have a Purpose?

As I was watching the Haney Project tonight, Rush said something really profound that got me thinking. I decided to write about the subject of practice swings and how to actually perform them. Do you take a practice swing by just swishing your club around in the air, kind of mindlessly looking around with no […]

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 […]

Golf Secrets: Smash Factor

One of Trackman‘s laws concerning the “Smash Factor”….. Generally speaking, to maximize ball speed, it is more important to improve centeredness of impact than to increase club speed. So in AGI terms, it is much better to find that fine line where you have high club head speed while maintaining center of the face contact. If […]

Golf Tips: A Steady Head

When Mr. Homer Kelley wrote his popular book The Golfing Machine he listed the three Essentials to a good golf swing. In this post we take a look at the first Essential -maintaining a steady head in your golf swing and why that is important. I think one of the reasons that many golfers have […]