Thursday, 16 March 2023
Many of us dream of a better swing or short game to lower our scores. But Lou Stagner knows you can score better right now, with the game you have, just by picking the right stats, strategy, and mental approach. As data insights lead for Arccos, Lou Stagner crunches the numbers to help us understand where we are losing shots…...
Monday, 20 June 2022
US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick shares the putting tips which helped deliver his first Major victory at Brookline. Matt Fitzpatrick is well known for being one of the best putters on Tour. A student of Phil Kenyon, he ranked second is consistently among the top players in strokes-gained putting on the PGA Tour. We visited Fitzpatrick at Hallamshire Golf Club in his...
Written by Chris Ryan on Thursday, 2 December 2021
Good golfers all possess their own, individual swings. But there is one, vital move they ALL make. Anyone can do it… but most of us don’t. We’ll show you how. There is no such thing as the perfect golf swing. The evidence smacks us in the face every day. Compare the fluid, elastic action of Dustin Johnson with the shorter, fast-twitch pounding...
Sunday, 10 October 2021
Major champion, former World No.1 and European Ryder Cup star Jon Rahm shares the short-game lessons that helped him to the top. A razor-sharp short game is the key to really low scores and saving a bad round. From pitching to bump and runs and splashing shots out of bunkers, Jon Rahm is brilliant at it all, as he showed on his...
Written by Steve Astle on Tuesday, 5 October 2021
How do I play the downhill golf chip shot? Here are four simple tips on how to play one of golf’s most daunting shots – the downhill chip – with more confidence and less hesitation. Duffing a chip shot is a fear all golfers have, and when your ball winds up on a downslope – the ground and grass higher behind the ball –...
Written by Karl Morris on Thursday, 12 August 2021
Tweaking your golf swing without having an end goal in mind is a recipe for disaster. Judging by the bulging diaries my PGA professional colleagues have been showing me, it seems like the entire UK golfing community emerged from lockdown by taking a lesson. No harm in that, you might think. And yet, it has set the alarm bells ringing. Lessons, of...
Written by Mark Crossfield on Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Fix your short game for lower golf scores with the help of PGA Professional and YouTube superstar, Mark Crossfield. One of the first online golf coaches, PGA Professional Mark Crossfield set up his YouTube channel in 2007. Since then his unique blend of straight talking, powerful, effective content and sense of humour has won him a legion of followers. To date, the channel...
Written by Karl Morris on Thursday, 27 May 2021
They are heroes to millions, but golf tour pros don’t always make the best role models… Has Bryson DeChambeau struck the longest ever drive on the PGA Tour? Actually, he’s barely halfway. American Carl Cooper hit one 787 yards in 1992. And yes, there was a cart path involved. Genuine feats of power are not exactly new to golf either. Some of...
Written by Andy Gordon on Friday, 7 May 2021
Too much hip rotation in the golf downswing is a common cause of heavy (or fat) iron shots. Here’s how to avoid it… 1. Top of backswing The best golfers shift the lead knee and hip towards the target even before the club starts changing direction into the downswing. The weight is moving forwards before you’ve really completed the backswing. RELATED: Best Golf...
Written by Duncan Lennard on Thursday, 22 April 2021
Using Shot Scope data, golf pro Adrian Fryer reveals where amateurs lose the most shots and shares simple drills to help you play better golf and lower your scores. We all have ideas about how we play golf, and where we lose shots… but how accurate are they? Thanks to modern shot data technology, we now know. RELATED: How to shoot your lowest-ever...
Monday, 8 March 2021
Me and My Golf, You Tube’s most-popular golf coaches, share their best-ever tee-to-green tips and fixes to help make this your best season on the course ever. When they’re not busy coaching European Tour star Aaron Rai, Piers Ward and Andy Proudman spend their days filming content and fixing the swings of everyday golfers. JUMP TO TIPS: Long game | Iron Play |...
Written by Gareth Johnston on Thursday, 5 November 2020
Improve your performance on golf’s longest holes with our comprehensive shot-by-shot guide to play better on par 5s, in association with Callaway. Anyone who watches a lot of profefesional tour golf could be forgiven for thinking par 5s represent the easy holes in golf. Callaway’s Tour staff routinely make their score on these holes over the course of a tournament, with...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday, 2 November 2020
As we find ourselves in another coronavirus lockdown across England, we bring you the best tips to help you practise your golf in the comfort of your own home. We’ve gathered leading coaches to provide golf tips that can be done in your house, covering the golf swing, the body and the mind. RELATED: Me And My Golf’s best-ever tips Improve your line and...
Written by Karl Morris on Friday, 9 October 2020
Always make a bad start to your round of golf? Our psychology coach shares his expertise to help you avoid making a bogey or worse on the 1st hole this weekend. I was recently sent a scorecard by an eight-handicap club golfer. He’d shot 83, but the total was not the point. From the 7th hole onwards he was two over.
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Phil Kenyon, one golf’s most sought-after putting coaches, shares the seven simple drills that will improve your putting and save you up to six shots per round. Let me introduce myself. My name is Phil Kenyon and for 20 years I’ve been working as an elite putting coach, offering advice to amateur golfers as well as to superstars such as Rory...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday, 21 August 2020
European Tour, PGA Tour, Major and Ryder Cup winners share their golf strategy secrets to help you play better golf, lower your handicap and win those matchplay clashes with your mates. As amateur golfers so many of us fail to lower our handicaps or enjoy matchplay success because, despite physically knowing how to play golf, we drop silly shots due to...
Written by Steve Astle on Thursday, 13 August 2020
The claw putting grip has evolved to become a viable golf hold in its own right, used by Ryder Cup stars Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio Garcia and Webb Simpson. Once a perceived crutch to twitchy putters, the grip has become far more accepted having helped so many European Tour and PGA Tour players to big victories. RELATED: Putting coach Phil Kenyon...
Written by Karl Morris on Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Play better golf by avoiding these four common mind game misconceptions. Competitive golf,” said the great Bobby Jones, “is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.” “Don’t ever try to tell me golf is not 99.9 percent a mental game,” said Jack Nicklaus. “I believe my creative mind is my greatest weapon,” said Tiger Woods. Related: Why the harder you try,...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday, 13 July 2020
Marc Warren shares the putting philosophy that helped him to a fourth European Tour victory. After a six-year wait, the 39-year-old Scotsman secured victory at the Diamond Country Club as the European Tour and Challenge Tour season returned from a four-month break due to Coronavirus, thanks largely to an exceptional performance on the greens with his Odyssey Prototype iX #1 and...
Written by Karl Morris on Friday, 10 July 2020
Why trying harder may be making you worse at golf – and how to fix it In most sports, trying hard is easy to see and its benefits obvious; consider a midfielder working to close down his opponent, a bowler steaming in to gain speed or rugby backs getting off the line fast to counter an attack. It is culturally wired...