For successful bunker play, you want ball position left and finish left

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Kellie Stenzel, PGA Special Contributor The greenside bunker can often be one of the most feared shots in golf. And I understand because in most cases you need to take quite a large swing for a relatively small distance. And we all know, the la

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Five ways women can generate more club head speed

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Karen Palacios-Jansen Special to WorldGolf.com Most golf instruction is written by men from a man's point of view. But women, who are built differently and have different tendencies, have to work on set-up and swing keys that are specific to t

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Learn to train your hands

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor At our Medicus Golf Institute schools we have a saying, "Learn to control your hands so that you can control the clubface. If you control the clubface you control the ball. Control the ball you control the game.

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Fear not the chip shot

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor A lot of players are scared to death of chipping - and for good reason. They have experienced the full gamut of frustration. Sculling the ball over the green, laying the old Hormel on it and watching the little

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Do what it takes to win

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor We've all, at some point in our golf careers, had a match or a tournament that we've either won or really wanted to win. What separates winning from finishing behind the winner? Here are several things that playe

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Putt like the pros

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor Look at the world's best putters and they all have at least one thing in common: Once they pick the line, they focus on the pace of the putt. They do not "fall in love" with the line. This only leads to putts th

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Get to know your swing plane

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Karen Palacios-Jansen Special to WorldGolf.com Professional and low-handicap golfers consider the swing play to be one of the most important concepts in golf. Swing plane directly relates to how straight, high and far you can hit the ball. At

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Some lessons to take away from watching the British Open

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor Golfers in the U.S. are spoiled when it comes to course conditions and the type of golf we play here versus in Europe. The British Open is usually an extreme example of the contrast in golf between the two.

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It's not about how good your golf swing looks

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor Some skillful players know how to get the ball in the hole and score. Others have what appears to be a great golf swing but cannot score, while still others have a combination of both a great-looking swing and th

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Control your wrist, and control your slice

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor You're standing on the tee with water right and think, boy I don't want to hit it right. What usually happens next? The ball doesn't go into the water because it wants to. It go in the water because it has to!

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A golfer's got to know his limitations

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor How many times have you taken a lesson and walked away feeling unfulfilled, Knowing that you just didn't get it? It may not be your fault! The majority of golf teachers work strictly on the mechanics

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When it comes to drivers, bigger isn't always better

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor In the past few years we have seen driver head sizes increasing dramatically. The "theory" is that if the clubhead is bigger then the club will be easier to hit. Great theory - alas, there's only one problem with

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Five things you can do to play better in the wind

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor For the past few days I have been watching golfers play in extremely windy conditions. Now these players are not PGA Tour caliber but they do have something in common: they must learn how to control their golf ba

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Practice like you play

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor A lot of players seem to have trouble taking their "driving range" game to the course. We hit it so pure on the range but yet when the bell rings and we go to the golf course there is a complete change of person

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Add power, accuracy to your golf game in a few short steps

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor The two major priorities of most golfers are more power and accuracy. For optimal learning, these priorities must be addressed both academically and physically. Knowledge should be conveyed to the student thr

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The primacy of the perfect pivot

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor This week I'm in Pennsylvania working with a couple of our players on the Hooters Tour. While this certainly isn't as glamorous as the PGA Tour, these players are nonetheless playing for money, living their dream

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There isn't a universal golf swing

Sunday, December 1, 2013

By Chuck Evans Special Contributor Currently there is a lot of publicity about a "new" golf swing of the future. This swing is being touted as the "fix-all" for every golfer. Golfers will buy into anything that they think may improve their game

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Ball alignment is just as important as set-up!

Sunday, December 1, 2013

  By Chuck Evans Special Contributor In a recent article I shared with you something that Jack Nicklaus had said about setting up properly. Set-up is only part of the equation however. Most players think that set-up is how to position y

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