Posted by Double Eagle in Short Game Tips -
This is another bit of wisdom from the Dave Pelz school of thought that I got to try first hand recently.
According to Pelz, the best way to control wedge distances within 100 yards is to groove a set of three pre-defined swing lengths: 7:30, 9:00, and 10:30, where you imagine swinging within the face of a giant imaginary clock and where the player’s left shoulder is at the center of the dial, and the position of the left arm at [...]
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Posted by Double Eagle in Golf Psychology, Mental Game -
While we’re on the subject of the mental game, I encountered an interesting bit of information.
I hate bringing up things where I can’t cite a specific source, but I saw this recently, I think on Playing Lessons from the Pros on The Golf Channel.
The problem lies in the fact that for too many people, par is an impenetrable barrier. We look at par as the standard to be judged against. Like par is the goal, and anything better [...]
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Posted by Double Eagle in Goals, Golf Psychology, Mental Game, My Progress -
In my recent post about what separates the best from the rest, HappyRock asked me what I’m doing to achieve my goals. I addressed it in a follow-up comment, but it really deserves a post of its own.
The stock answer is that I’m working on my fitness, weight loss, and practicing the various aspects of the game. But that’s not enough. If I lose all the weight I want to lose, get reasonably fit, and play to [...]
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Posted by Double Eagle in Mental Game -
This is something I’ve thought about a lot recently. I know it’s been discussed forever, but this is my take.
I’ve been reading Paper Tiger, the quest of writer Tom Coyne to go from weekend duffer to PGA Tour pro in a little over a year (review coming along shortly). I’ve been closely following Luke Swilor’s Road to the Tour. And I’ve obviously been thinking about myself. My goals, my dreams, and my (golf) fantasies.
Several times each [...]
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Posted by Double Eagle in Ball Striking Tips, Stack and Tilt -
On Tuesday, I brought up the “Stack and Tilt”, a revolution in the basic golf swing. As promised, here’s a follow-up.
Yesterday evening I got out to the range and decided I was going to spend almost all my time evaluating the Stack and Tilt golf swing. Click the link above to my original post where you can get the whole story on the radical swing. Basically, since transferring weight to the right side then back left is [...]
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