Written by Rory McIlroy on Monday 28 September 2009
People are always amazed by how far I hit the ball off the tee. I’m not the biggest guy out here, at 5-feet-10 and 160 pounds, but I’ve always been long for my size. I have a lot of natural speed. In the gym I work mostly on core stability and flexibility, which has helped make me longer. Plus, I like...
Written by Ian Woosnam on Monday 6 April 2009
Ian Woosnam, former Masters champion and world No.1, shares the secrets of taming Augusta National – and reveals how you can add these key shots to your game. Hitting The Draw Off The Tee If you want to do well at Augusta, a powerful and reliable draw off the tee is an absolute must. I’ve always hit a nice high draw, which...
Written by Anton Haig on Thursday 30 April 2009
People probably have a perception of me as someone who enjoys their time off. But I certainly feel that I’ve been putting the hard work in. I’m on the range before anyone else in the morning and I’m frequently the last to leave. I’m still young and learning from my mistakes. This year I’m going to try and go out and...
Written by Phil Mickelson on Tuesday 3 March 2009
The combination of wedges you use is your best chance to dial in your set for the course you’re going to play. I have a pitching wedge, a gap wedge, a sand wedge and two lob wedges – a 60˚ and a 64˚. Why do I have two lob wedges? Because they’re each great for different shots. The 60˚ has 10˚...
Written by Jamie Sadlowski on Wednesday 4 March 2009
If Jamie Sadlowski has created some uneasiness among his fellow long-drive competitors by routinely hitting 420-yarders — as he did in winning the 2008 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship — imagine how goaltenders in the Alberta Junior Hockey League felt. They actually had to stand in front of him. Last season, Sadlowski was a Bonnyville Pontiacs defenseman known for denting face masks...
Written by Butch Harmon on Tuesday 31 March 2009
The world-renowed coach reveals his 10 rules for overhauling your game. 1 Your ball flight will tell you when You don’t change your swing because of what your buddies are saying, you don’t do it so you can swing like your favorite pro, and you certainly don’t make a change out of boredom — you’d be surprised how many golfers do. Ball...
Written by Lee Scarbrow on Wednesday 18 February 2009
Here’s a simple drill to improve your ball striking. All you have to do is hit balls with your feet together. This will force you to focus solely on turning back and through and striking the shot away cleanly. TG Top 12 Teacher Lee Scarbrow demonstrates how this feet together drill improves your ball striking in this video tip below…...
Written by Lee Scarbrow on Wednesday 18 February 2009
To help you get a smoother takeaway place two balls a few inches apart behind the golf ball you are going to hit and practice pushing the club back through the gap. By missing the balls you will get the club tracking on a straight path away from the ball in a smooth motion. TG Top 12 Teacher Lee Scarbrow demonstrates how this drill...
Written by Lee Scarbrow on Monday 26 January 2009
Practice time is precious so don’t just pile all of your golf balls out of the basket onto the grass and bash them without stopping. Learn how to practice properly with this video golf lesson. Take one ball at a time and hit each shot with as much precision as you can. TG Top 12 Teacher Lee Scarbrow demonstrates the correct...
Written by Lee Scarbrow on Thursday 15 January 2009
A nice practice drill to improve your weight transfer is to place a golf ball under your right foot. This will affect your right thigh and right knee and prevent the right knee straightening up in the backswing. TG Top 12 Teacher Lee Scarbrow demonstrates how to drive off the ball into your finish to transfer your weight correctly. Watch this weight transfer...
Written by Phil Mickelson on Monday 5 January 2009
Phil Mickelson is nothing if not decisive. From 2004-06, Mickelson had the most productive stretch of his professional career, winning a Major championship each season and eight Tour events overall. But he felt like he needed to make changes – like Tiger Woods did – to become a threat to win every Major. So in April 2007, he made the difficult...
Written by Colin Montgomerie on Monday 12 January 2009
MONTY’S WORDS OF WISDOM I used to say “I hit a driver, 8-iron at the 5th, but I realised pretty quickly that such boasting means nothing. You must learn that what it says on the bottom of the club is irrelevant to scoring. 1. Stay loose I have very light hands. I’d guarantee that every one of you reading this would...
Written by Colin Montgomerie on Monday 12 January 2009
Stay Down on Wedges Don’t help the ball up. Let the club do the work for you and stay down on the shot. I like to think about trying to keep my left shoulder down for as long as I can. Control your Trajectory A simple rule: the harder I hit the ball, the higher it goes. So when I’m playing...
Written by KJ Choi on Wednesday 21 January 2009
Work with your fade… When swing coach Steve Bann met KJ Choi in September 2006, it did not surprise him to learn that Choi got a lot of his golf instruction from reading a Korean version of Jack Nicklaus’ book Golf My Way. Choi was doing some things with his swing that Bann felt did not suit his body type, and...
Written by Ian Poulter on Monday 26 January 2009
Europe’s top man on how to rip it off the tee, time after time… 1. Solid address Make sure you are lined up parallel to the target line. That means your feet, knees, hips and shoulders should all be parallel. I like a nice, stable, fairly wide stance. As a guide, I like my feet to be just wider than my...
Written by Nick Clemens on Monday 7 December 2009
Do you suffer from… • Lack of power • Limited weight transfer • Loss of distance Why does this happen? Poor posture is a common cause of of all the above problems. A slouched position limits rotation and therefore reduces the amount of power that can be generated. It can also affect the sequence the body starts down in. The Fixes 1. Try and achieve a small curvature in...
Written by Simon Khan on Friday 24 July 2009
We’re often told that getting our feet lined up with our target is the key to a consistent aim but European Tour pro Simon Khan says it’s more important to have the club head on the right path and to know where you want the ball to start out. In this video he’ll show you how he uses a cane along...
Written by Adrian Fryer on Sunday 24 May 2009
We all know how important a good golf grip is, but when was the last time you checked whether you were holding the club correctly. TG Top 12 Teacher Adrian Fryer takes you through the steps to gripping the club correctly. With the right hold on the club you stand a far greater chance of hitting perfect shots. Watch this SOS Accuracy...
Written by Adrian Fryer on Monday 13 May 2013
In this video tip TG Elite Teaching Professional Adrian Fryer talks about making sure you align correctly in your set up as part of our 25th Anniversary Best Ever Tips feature. Adrian revisits TG’s former Instruction Editor Bill Robertson’s 1989 lesson on parallel alignment to see what you can learn 24 years on.
Written by Gareth Johnston on Monday 24 December 2012
In this video TG Elite Teaching Professional Gareth Johnston shares his simple drill to help you attain ball position. All you need to do is review your divots or scuffs made during your practise swing, you can then see where you are consistently striking the ground. While this is only a short term fix, it can be vital to get you round 18...