Monday 18 June 2018
Here’s how to make better use of the course for practice, and why it will help your game This tip comes from TG Top 50 coach Simon Payne, Cowglen GC, Glasgow Golf is one of the few sports where its players tend to make practice significantly easier than the actual game itself. Whether it’s hitting balls from a constantly at artificial surface,...
Thursday 17 May 2018
Build your game around three key elements to boost your performance and improve your scores At the start of a new season, you might expect performance coaches like me to rattle on about goals and goal-setting. But in my experience, setting targets to aspire to is an individual thing: some people respond to the challenge while others feel pressured by it,...
Tuesday 24 April 2018
Lee Cox is a specialist in helping people hit the ball far. In most cases, really, really, really far… This is how he does it. There are lots of ‘speciality’ coaches in golf. Ex-NASA scientist Dave Pelz has carved out a reputation as a short game guru through his work with Phil Mickelson. Southport’s Phil Kenyon is a putting maestro, with...
Wednesday 18 April 2018
A 5-Step Guide To Help You Hit More Greens Hitting a green in the regulation is deemed so important to your score that there’s even a formula that connects the two. The USGA has determined that if you take your GIR number for a round, double it and subtract the total from 95, you’ll near-as- dammit arrive at your round total.
Wednesday 18 April 2018
This tip comes from Karl Morris, who has worked with major winners including McDowell and Oosthuizen Natural athleticism, hand-eye co-ordination, an eye for a ball or just plain, simple talent. It doesn’t matter what we call it, the fact is the gods did not see fit to dispense it equally. You’ll know a golfer at your club for whom the game seems...
Monday 26 March 2018
WITH HELP FROM SIX OF THE GAME’S BEST POWER PLAYERS… TIGER, JON, RORY, DJ, JASON AND JUSTIN If you needed any proof of the importance of power in the modern game, just look at the world rankings. Nine of the world’s top 10 averaged over 300 yards throughout 2017, and in 2018 World No.1 Dustin Johnson currently ranks 13th with...
Tuesday 6 February 2018
There is only one place to improve your ability to deal with tension and that’s on the course. When you work on them mental side of your game, you are also working on the physical. There are all kinds of ways your brain affects how your body works, and for golfers the most obvious and serious example is tension. The desire to...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Get rid of weak drives, duffed chips, the shanks, leaving it in the sand and terrible putts with our latest instruction guide. As much as we’d like to hit more fairways and find more greens in regulation, there are also days where we’d settle for a round where we didn’t get frustrated or feel humiliated by a simple shot gone wrong. The...
Monday 29 January 2018
We all know we don’t quite swing it like our heroes on tour. But what are the fundamental differences between an elite action and, well, ours? And what can we do about it? This new series is designed to provide some answers. “Here, we pitch nine-handicapper John Dudley against Rory McIlroy, a player of similar build,” says former European Tour winner and TG Top...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 8 January 2018
What you can learn from the European Tour’s best drivers, green-hitters, scramblers and putters Stats play an increasingly important role in the world of a professional golfer. They reveal what players are good at, what they’re bad at, how they compare to the eld and – crucially – areas they can improve. Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell told us: “My...
Thursday 4 January 2018
Our tee-to-green guide will help improve each area of your game. One of the great things about golf is the sense of anticipation that accompanies every walk to the first tee. TOP STORIES NEW GEAR: TaylorMade’s new M3 and M4 Drivers, Irons, Fairways, Hybrids Sergio Garcia signs for Callaway How to exercise like a Tour Pro Cavity irons vs Blades Will this be...
Wednesday 29 November 2017
In our biggest questions answered series, we decided to settle the debate- should you tee it up with a wedge on a Par 3? You know all that stuff about it being better to hit your short irons off the ground on par 3s because the ground is where you practise hitting them from? Well, renowned golf coach Dave Pelz isn’t...
Monday 6 November 2017
We can all hit good shots; it’s hitting them regularly that matters. How do you achieve more consistency? David Leadbetter knows… Legendary coach David Leadbetter says he hasn’t come across the perfect swing yet, and doesn’t think he ever will. “If we were all built the same, maybe you could find the perfect swing,” he explains. “As it is, everyone is different...
Friday 3 November 2017
Two-time major winner Martin Kaymer shares his best tips, from driver to putter In this tutorial, European Tour Professional Martin Kaymer gives you his top 10 tips. This piece comes from our sister magazine, Golf World. For subscriptions – click here 1. Go to your comfort shot to find the fairway If I absolutely have to hit the fairway, I ask myself what do...
Monday 16 October 2017
You are just eight steps away from hitting more fairways and greens Hitting fairways and greens is the bedrock of a solid score; you’ll never score well if you’re constantly chipping out of the trees, or trying to get up and down for par. In this article you will see a phrase – ‘stable clubhead’ – make an regular appearance. That’s because...
Monday 16 October 2017
How to stop your mid-swing brainwork sabotaging your play out on the course This tip comes from TG Top 50 coach Karl Morris, who has worked with Major winners including McDowell and Oosthuizen. Find out more www.themindfactor.com So you’ve played beautifully, five under your handicap… and all because of one little thought you’ve been telling yourself throughout the round. “Back to target”,...
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Seven foolproof escape shots that will help get you out of trouble on the golf course and eliminate running up a horror-score Escape shots hold your round together. Yes, booming drives and towering iron shots usually get the credit for a good score; but it’s your ability to recover from trouble that keeps those card-ruining big numbers at bay. If you can...