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Tiger and Charlie

December 22, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

For me, it was uplifting, in this time of doom and gloom, to see Tiger and his son playing golf at the PNC father/child event, as well as others like 86 year old Gary Player, 82 year old Lee Trevino, ageless Tom Watson, Henrik Stenson and his 11 year old son, and the eventual winners […]

Filed Under: Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Equipment, Golf Improvement, inspiration in golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Practice, short game, Swing tips, The Downswing, The drive, The PGA, Tiger Woods

The Essence of a Good Lesson

May 19, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

As with any instruction, there are lessons which are effective and lessons which are not. I might be a concert pianist today if I stuck with lessons when I was six, but just didn’t connect with the teacher and his methods. On the other hand, my first golf instructor, though far from a top 100, […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, golf values, inspiration in golf, mental game, Owning your swing, pace, Slowing down, Suggestions for golf, Swing tips, The Downswing, The Majors, The PGA Tagged With: golf lessons, Jack Young, Vanco

The Lesson

March 18, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Well, I finally did it, thanks to a gift from my golf bud, Steve P. I took the plunge and saw the very able pro at Tri Mountain in Ridgefield WA, Michael Parker. Essentially, he diagnosed this old fart with a kind of old-fart kind of a swing. This was a bit of a rude […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, golf consciousness, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Patience, Practice, Swing tips, The drive, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Lee Westwood, Mo Norman

Further Thoughts on the Full Swing

December 16, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

So what is the one element of the swing that separates amateurs from pros? Actually it’s a series of elements, which adds to its complication…and mystique. I do not have it all figured out–far from it–but I have observed that recreational golfers know little about getting the sequence of movements right. Pros often learn this […]

Filed Under: Balance, Downswing, Owning your swing, pace, Swing tips, The drive Tagged With: backswing, ball position, Bernhard Langer, impact, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, swing sequence, transition, trial and error

The Importance of Pace

November 29, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

It’s what is most different in the swings of touring pros. And it’s what can throw a swing out of kilter possibly more than anything else. Essentially it exists on a continuum of two elements: slow to fast. It is pace, and you can see it in the way people walk, eat, talk, pay for […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Course management, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, golf consciousness, Golf Improvement, inspiration in golf, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Practice, Rhythm, slow play, Slowing down, Swing tips, The Downswing, Women's golf

The Weight Shift Conundrum

September 8, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 7 Comments

What complicates it is the timing and sequence of the shift, something that takes intensive practice after skilled instruction to get it right and keep it right over time. Most get it right on the relatively leisurely backswing, although, even there, the weight can drift to the outside of the right foot, causing the problem of swaying on the backswing. But at the transition, when things really get moving, is when problems increase.

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Fundamentals, Golf Equipment, Meditation and Golf, Mindful golf, pace, Phil Mickelson, Practice, Swing tips, U.S.Open Tagged With: Dustin Johnson

Learning from the Greats

May 4, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 3 Comments

Watching last year’s Insperity Greats of Golf this year, I was struck with how accurate these remarkable players still are. I was most impressed with Nicklaus, Player, Trevino, and Sorenstam. All made solid and consistent clubhead contact at impact, leading to tee shots that were in play and relatively long. Player, at 83, was particularly […]

Filed Under: Balance, Famous Golfers, Golf courses, golf values, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Patience, Putting, short game, Swing tips, The drive, Women's golf Tagged With: Annika Sorenstam, coronavirus, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Mo Norman

Delivering the Clubhead at Impact

February 26, 2019 by Stephen Altschuler 3 Comments

A golfer who excels at delivering the clubhead at impact, effectively and consistently, is a golfer who will play the game well and have a lot of fun in the process. To do this is not all that difficult if you apply some key fundamentals and have the time to practice them. A Rocky Start […]

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Further Thoughts on the Full Swing

April 20, 2018 by Stephen Altschuler 7 Comments

So what is the one element of the swing that separates amateurs from pros? Actually it’s a series of elements, which adds to its complication…and mystique. I do not have it all figured out–far from it–but I have observed that recreational golfers know little about getting the sequence of movements right. Pros often learn this […]

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